Pee or Sweat Stained Pillow? Clean Pillows By Hand with 3 Simple Ingredients!

How to wash pillow without a washing machine. This is one disgusting pee stained pillow! It's dirty and yellow. It's a family camping pillow and it's been slept on A LOT. Plus, there is pee, sweat on this pillow and who knows what else! Clean it now with 3 ingredients (including baking soda) that you probably have around the house!

I know you guys have a story about why you’re on this video and I want to hear em so put them in the comments. Did your pet rabbit pee on your pillow or what you got?? Wash and whiten yellowed pillows.

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INGREDIENTS
8 ounces or 2 cups of 3% hydrogen peroxide
3 Tablespoons of baking soda
A few drops of liquid dish detergent like Dawn

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I know how attached you guys get to your pillow and you don’t want to ruin it and so you’re nervous and looking for a way to get it clean. This method works great on all kinds of pillows but ideally for white fabric or fabric that can be bleached out. The hydrogen peroxide will bleach the color.

This pillow was tan and it's so beat up we didn't care if the color changed. First, every pillow is different, depending on what they’re made of. So shredded memory foam, molded foam, down, feathers and other materials are going to have varying washing directions.

So first look for the care tag or website to see what it advises to clean your pillow. I mean I’ve seen dry clean only pillows and so we don’t want to ruin any. If this is your aunt Martha’s wool pillow, you may not want to take the chance!

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Hydrogen peroxide - Now some people are going to say to use vinegar but it’s an acid that helps loosen mineral deposits, such as lime and rust, and dissolve soap scum. So I prefer to use peroxide. 3%.

Hydrogen peroxide is not only a cleaner but it’s also a disinfectant. It has the ability to quickly kill bacteria. And it’s safe because after it comes into contact with light and air, peroxide will decompose turning into simple water and oxygen.

Baking Soda - Baking Soda acts a cleaning agent because it is a mild alkali and can cause dirt and grease to dissolve easily in water for effective removal.

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Here’s the recipe
8 ounces or 2 cups of 3% hydrogen peroxide
3 Tablespoons of baking soda
A few drops of liquid dish detergent like Dawn

Mix it up and spray it on. Your spray bottle will get clogged. Don’t overspray it because you can get mold inside. Let this mixture dry on. To speed that up you can use a blow dryer, a fan or put it in a dryer on a very low heat setting. You can use dryer balls or tennis balls and that breaks up the lumps as they dry.

You may have to use multiple dry cycles (especially on air fluff) but it will dry eventually. If you don’t have a dryer hang the pillow to dry outside in the sun or somewhere where there’s good air flow. Take down your pillow every so often and shake and fluff it.

Moving around the fluff inside will also help get it all dried out. If your pillow has shredded foam and it’s an adjustable type pillow like Coop (which we love) then you can reach inside to fluff it up. You can find a link to them below in case it’s time for a new pillow.

Once you’re done with whatever method you use, you don’t want to have to keep doing this. So get yourself a waterproof pillow protector. Then you hardly ever have to wash your pillows, you just wash the cover with your sheets and pillowcases each week. Much easier.

Pillow protectors keep out dust, drool, etc.

If you have questions or if you tried this and it worked for you, leave a comment. We love hearing from you. And if you know someone with nasty pee pillows, share this video with them.

[RebelAlliance]

I have both waterproof and quilted protectors on all my mattresses and pillows. I wash the quilted protectors everytime I wash the sheets, and I wash the waterproof ones every 3 months or as needed

[bethwaite]

Thank you for saving my futon mattress! I used this method and it worked beautifully! I mixed the baking soda in my first application and the sprayer clogged - it was frustrating!! The second application I didn’t add the baking soda to the peroxide and soap. I sprinkled on the baking soda after spraying the peroxide and soap mixture. No frustration! Really beautiful results! Thanks! 😊💕🤗

[sparx]

You know what? Imma just buy a new one. Thanks anyway for the help

[Ragloves]

Thank you so much for your video. My husband tends to sweat alot when he sleeps and it creates a VERY obvious darkening on the bed sheet and pillow cover. It pains my heart to see my brand new luxury linen turn grey and black. This really helps and I'm doing this every time I was my bed sheet.

[mwinchester]

My husband has the same pillow, I make him put it in the washing machine, then dryer. It does get deformed for the first night, but then it regains its shape. So far so good.

[griselcherry]

Instructions unclear the pillow came to life and washed me

[kasiajaniak]

Hi, Just one tip you might find interesting. For some I was 'opening' stitch and take all the quilt out before just sticking into the washing machine, then saw back in. Now I sawed in zippers to easily take out the quilt. I can wash it as often as I like :D All clean and smells nice.

[deepsound]

I cleaned my latex pillow following the same advice of the mattress and I had an amazing result. Nice and clean as new . I will suggest to put soda direct on the pillow same for the mattress for a very hard yellow stains and live it to dry .
Once treatment should be enough. Repeat it if really really hates yellow stains.
Great advise Excellent result
👍

[charleswatts]

The best part of the video is the cute kitty.

[stacysfrontdoors-n-porches]

I'm so happy that I found you. I'm a clean freak but I'm always looking for new concoctions. Lol. Thank you

[hotjanuary]

I would have liked to see you “strip” the pillow for 3 hours in a white tub with washing soda (not the same as baking soda!), Borax, and soap.

[inunokanojo]

Would this work if you sprinkle the baking soda on the surface & spray it with the peroxide/dawn mixture? That way you wouldn’t have to worry about your bottle clogging?

[kayde]

Thanks for telling me the quickest answer for having my pillow suffer another blue stained sweat moment pillow protector here I come I'm putting you on my list. T.T

[boomy]

I dropped my moms pillow on our driveway when it was wet and thought it was ruined and cleaned it like this and it’s spotless

[joannasldr]

hey, lovely video! just FYI, you need to be way more upfront and clear about any sponsorship, affiliate links/products, etc. just don't want you to get in any legal trouble :)

[DogsforadoptionOttawa]

you should have done a Half and Half ! Like Only clean half so we can compare the beginning and the end ! ❤

[misslari]

I looove Coop's mattress protectors - I have one on every bed in the house. I didn't know they made pillows, will have to check them out.

[lindadavis]

After cleaning, dry in sun. My mom used to sew a pillow case over an older pillow.
They were down filled and were really old but comfortable.

[carriebridges]

Kitty wants you to use the pillow for her new bed. Lol

[vincentfuria]

The stopper keeps the pump and stem from clogging. Mixture should be mixed really well. I have four of the Serta Memory Foam Cooling Jel Pillows that are supposedly machine washable. I have covers on them no noise stain and liquid proof covers on them. I would like to try and wash them but maybe give your idea a try first. Thanks for another great video.