Washing rugs in your machine

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Do you do it? If so what size rugs and do they actually come out clean and fresh?! Mine don't seem to, they are obviously better than before but I'm wondering what size drum is needed to wash them properly!
 
I have a 9kg machine, and I do up to my mediumweights in it. As for stable rugs, I can get most of the heavy ones in, as long as they aren't combo rugs. For the stable rugs, I use normal powder, and rug wash for the turnouts.
 
I've got just an ordinary mediium size washing machine....... and no, I wouldn't wash heavy rugs in there.

I've got one of the orange wash-bags which you just bung the rug in and then zip it up, which stops a lot of the hairs etc going in the machine, but having had some scarey experiences with my brand-new washing machine with rugs inside it making the whole drum thing shudder and made awful noises, I don't do it any more. Its just not worth it.

I will do numnahs, fleece stable rugs, and sweet itch rugs, but nothing else. We've got a very good person who comes to collect rugs and she'll wash, mend and waterproof them very reasonably, so I let her have my heavy rugs.
 
I have a medium sized washing machine but I'm only allowed to use it for boots, numnahs/saddlecloths and bandages, I live with my parents and mum doesn't let me put rugs in her precious washing machine! So I take thin rugs to the launderette and the heavier rugs go to the professionals as by the time I wash them they usually need repairing as well :)
 
Yes I have a commercial washer and dryer - it used to drive me mad that I had to do multiple washes - I use a lot of towels etc and dog beds etc. Best purchase ever, and when you come back from holiday there is no backlog for a week! Obviously very useful for horse rugs too etc, but I don't put rugs in the dryer as the buckles wreck the drum.
 
My husbands black sailing gear, came out of the machine covered in little grey hairs,.dont see a problem myself..he wasnt that impressed.
 
I wash fly rugs, summer sheets and lightweight liners in my bog standard machine :)

Just use non bio powder and no conditioner:)

Do a service wash after though ;) someone at the farm said for the service wash she uses bleach not soap powder

HTH :)
 
I've got an American top load washing machine with an 11kg drum that is just used for yard and dog bed washing. I tend to use Rambo Duos or PE Trios so the outers easily fit in the machine. If the drum is too tightly packed then the stuff inside won't get properly cleaned.

I use Nikwax Rug wash for the turnout rugs and non-bio powder for other stuff.
 
I do up to a medium weight in my machine. Before they go in a spray them with carpet cleaner and scrub the worst stains then just put them in the machine Have done all my rugs bar one heavy weight, all come out really well saved a fortune.
 
The benefit of only having a Shetland at the moment is that all his rugs fit in the washing machine!

I have always washed rugs, bandages, numnahs, dog beds etc in my machine. Anything that will fit really. I use a non bio or sensitive powder or gel and sometimes a tiny bit of conditioner.

I always do up any buckles or clips, and if possible on front straps pass the strap back through the buckle so as little buckle as possible is able to clunk on the door or drum. I also fold the end of the surcingle over the clip a couple of times and fasten with a plaiting band or ponytail band, again just to protect the drum.

I find the best way to get hairs out of the drum is to leave the door open so they dry and then either brush them out or wipe with a damp cloth.
 
I also have one of the orange wash bags and never have to rinse the machine afterwards, the hair gets caught by the bag

I find tge bag dulls the effect of the buckles on the drum but if there is a lot of free space i have two quilted pillow covers that go in too which helps stop the thuds from the buckles
 
Thanks. Interesting!
Our current "home" machine is only 6kg and I think that's just too small.
I always use liquid for horse stuff to avoid that powder residue that I got- im thinking this is because there is not enough room in there to do it properly.
I always run an empty rinse wash after to get rid of hair ;)
Ive just left a message with a local electrical store who sell second hand appliances telling them in in the market for a bigger load machine which I will probably have plumbed into the shed where I store rugs.
Interested in the American top loader as ive seen one on gumtree and wondered about one.
 
Ive got a top loader 8kg or 9kg ( 8kg I think ). I bought it just for doing the horse and cat stuff as I got fed up with OH moaning about hairs clogging the good machine and breaking it.
I just use normal washing powder and can put up to a medium weight 6.6 combo in.
Kx
 
normal medium sized washing machine and put bandages, pads, leg wraps,fly rugs, fleece rugs and LW full necks in it. Medium weights and upwards go to the professional rug cleaner.

TBH i try to avoid washing turnout rugs as much as possible as i think the more you wash them, the less waterproof they end up as the wash in re-proofer is never as good as the original factory applied one.

we ARE lucky in that we dont have mud, so the rugs are not caked in dried on muck and mud, so i clean the inside by hand with a mix of shampoo and hibiscrub to get the grease out, soak the fillet strings in warm water to get the poo off and leave the outside alone as much as possible.

stable rugs get washed at the end of each winter, Bruces maybe get done twice a winter as he is so mucky in the stable.
 
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