Originally Posted by
TanyaL
Perhaps next time I send them I will just say launder them, but I've slept decades under drycleaned comforters and bedspreads.
It is my belief that manufacturers put the standard 'dry clean only' on the object so that they cover themselves if anyone washes it badly and then tries to claim compensation. I am with the lady above who says she doesn't like the chemical residue. Washing gets out the formaldehyde and sizing and any other irritating stuff that may be in the fibres and if it is not going to crack the fibre when it is sensibly washed, then that is the way that I go.
I usually don't wash anything until it is finished, but recently had my first colour run so I guess it will remain a dilemma with me.