Laundry and dry clean
Laundry and dry clean
You spend around a third of your life in your bed, and it collects far more than most people realise: roughly a litre of perspiration a week in a Sydney summer, skin cells, body oils, and the dust mites that feed on them. Professional bedding cleaning in Sydney deals with the things a normal home wash leaves behind — particularly on doonas, quilts, pillows and blankets that rarely fit in a domestic machine.
WashMate cleans doonas, quilts, pillows, blankets and mattress toppers at both stores. For a quote, email info@washmate.com.au.
Sheets and pillowcases get washed weekly and that is usually fine. The doona is the one that gets missed, because it does not fit in a domestic washing machine. Forcing a king doona into a home machine gives you an unbalanced load, detergent that never rinses out of the middle, and — worst of all — filling that does not dry completely. Damp down or polyester filling in a warm cupboard is precisely how mould develops inside a quilt where you cannot see it, and it is the most common reason we see doonas arrive smelling musty.
Commercial machines have the drum size to move a king doona freely, so detergent and water reach the middle of the filling instead of soaking one edge. Cleaning temperatures are high enough to deal with dust mites and bacteria properly. Most importantly, drying is controlled and complete — filling is dried right through, which is what stops the musty smell coming back a fortnight later. Down and feather items are treated to keep the loft rather than flattening it.
If anyone in your house has hay fever or asthma, it is worth reading our guide to washing bedding and curtains during pollen season, and our advice on treating mould in bedding.
Sydney’s climate makes bedding harder to keep fresh than a drier city. Summer humidity regularly sits high enough that moisture never fully leaves a mattress or quilt between nights, and dust mite populations track humidity closely — they need moisture from the air to survive, and they get plenty of it here from November through March. Coastal suburbs and older apartments with poor ventilation see this most.
Practical responses: air the bed for twenty minutes before making it rather than sealing the moisture in immediately, keep bedrooms ventilated on dry days, use breathable cotton rather than synthetic covers, and increase professional cleaning frequency over summer rather than sticking to a fixed annual schedule.
Every 6 to 12 months for most households, and more often if anyone suffers from allergies or asthma, or if pets sleep on the bed.
A single might fit, but a queen or king will not move freely enough to clean properly, and the filling rarely dries all the way through. Incomplete drying is the main cause of mould inside quilts.
Doonas start from $45. Blankets from $45, with the final price confirmed after inspection.
Yes. Commercial cleaning temperatures address dust mites and the bacteria that feed on skin cells and perspiration, which a cool home wash does not.
Yes. Pickup and delivery is a flat $15 per order across Sydney metro, which saves carrying a bulky doona anywhere.
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