Laundry and dry clean
Laundry and dry clean
Doona cleaning in Sydney starts from $45 at WashMate, with pillows from $30 and blankets from $45, and prices rising by size. A doona is the one piece of bedding that never goes through a home machine properly, because domestic drums are too small and the filling never dries through. For a quote, email info@washmate.com.au.
Most households clean their sheets weekly and their doona almost never. The sheet is a barrier, not a seal, and body oils, sweat and skin cells pass straight through into the filling. This guide covers how often it actually needs doing, what each type of filling needs, and what it costs.
Once or twice a year for most people, and more if someone has allergies or the bed gets used by pets. The tell is not how it looks. A doona can be visibly clean and still be carrying a year of oils, which oxidise into yellow patches over time and attract dust mites. Cleaning at the seasonal changeover is the easiest habit, because the doona is coming off the bed anyway.
Two reasons, and the second is the one that causes damage. Most domestic drums are too small, so the doona cannot move freely and never gets properly clean. More importantly it never dries through. A doona that feels dry on the outside can hold damp in the core for days, and that is where mould starts, inside a quilt you cannot inspect. Commercial machines and proper drying solve both.
The whole bed, because cleaning one layer and returning it to the others defeats the point. Pillows from $30 hold more than anything else on the bed. The mattress protector from $45 sits directly against the sweat. Blankets and bedspreads are from $45. Sheets and pillowcases travel as laundry at $9.90 per kilo, weighed on arrival. One pickup covers the lot.
Fold it in half and let go. A pillow that stays folded has lost its structure and cleaning will not bring it back. Deep yellowing that has gone through the whole cover usually means the fibres themselves have changed colour, which is permanent. We inspect every item and tell you before we start, because paying to clean something past its life helps nobody. Our pillow cleaning guide covers this in detail.
Bedding is where dust mites live, because it offers warmth, humidity and a food supply. A regular professional clean removes the accumulated skin cells they feed on, which reduces the population rather than just the smell. For anyone with asthma or hay fever that matters more than comfort. Our hay fever bedding guide covers the full approach for Sydney pollen season.
It makes storage the dangerous part. From October to March the air holds enough moisture that bedding packed away even slightly damp will go musty, and in a sealed container it will grow mould. Clean it, make sure it is bone dry, and store it in a cotton bag rather than plastic. That single habit prevents most of the ruined doonas we see.
Never vacuum-pack a doona for storage, because crushing the loft is what destroys the warmth and it does not fully recover. Do not use fabric softener, which coats the fill and flattens it. Do not dry clean a down doona at a shop that treats it as a standard garment, since harsh solvent strips the natural oils and leaves the down brittle. And never store anything damp.
Doonas and blankets are from $45, bedspreads from $45, mattress protectors from $45, underlays from $55, toppers from $65 and pillows from $30. Prices rise with size, so a single costs less than a king. Sheets and pillowcases go as laundry at $9.90 per kilo. Pickup and delivery runs across Sydney metro seven days from $15 per order, covering the whole collection. All prices are confirmed after inspection. See the pricing page or our doona and bedding service.
Standard turnaround is 3 to 5 business days, and bulky bedding sits at the longer end because it must dry completely before it comes back. Down takes longest. If you need the bed made up by a particular date, say so when you book and we will plan the order around it. Express options are available subject to availability.
Doona cleaning in Sydney is easiest booked as one job for the whole bed, so strip it completely rather than sending the doona alone. Add the pillows, the protector, the blankets and anything in the linen cupboard that has been folded since last summer. One pickup fee covers the whole order, so there is no saving in sending things separately. If it is fabric, ask. Send a photo or a list and we will quote it.
Once or twice a year for most households, more with allergies or pets. Sheets are a barrier rather than a seal, so body oils pass through into the filling and oxidise into yellow patches over time.
Doonas are from $45 and prices rise by size, so a single costs less than a king. Blankets and bedspreads are from $45, pillows from $30, and all prices are confirmed after inspection.
We would not recommend it. Domestic drums are too small for the doona to move freely, and it rarely dries through. Damp trapped in the core is how mould starts inside a quilt you cannot inspect.
Yes. Down needs gentle handling and a long, low-heat dry to break up clumps and restore loft. Harsh solvent strips the natural oils from down and leaves it brittle, so it is never treated as a standard garment.
Standard turnaround is 3 to 5 business days, with bulky bedding at the longer end because it must dry completely. Express options are available subject to availability if you need the bed made up by a date.
Sheets get washed weekly and the doona gets forgotten for years. Send the whole bed in one collection and it is sorted. Doonas and blankets are from $45, pillows from $30, laundry is $9.90 per kilo, pickup and delivery runs across Sydney metro seven days from $15 per order, and every price is confirmed after inspection. Book online, email info@washmate.com.au or call 0403 861 744.
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