<p>This article talks about various things in your home and how often you should wash them. According to this article, pillows should be put in the washing machine every 3 to 6 months.</p>
<p>Bed sheets should be washed every week without fail!</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/29/living/how-often-should-i-wash-everything/index.html?hpt=hp_c3”>http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/29/living/how-often-should-i-wash-everything/index.html?hpt=hp_c3</a></p>
<p>I have washed my pillows. They are never quite the same again. </p>
<p>My husband uses a tempurpedic pillow. I don’t think it would do well in the wash!</p>
<p>I am very happy with inexpensive poly fill pillows. Every 8-10 months, I buy new ones. They are $15 for a pair at BBB. </p>
<p>The last time I washed a pillow in the washer, it came put all lumpy…and I had to throw it away.</p>
<p>I DO wash my pillowcases! That will have to do.</p>
<p>Lol. Have they tried washing those fake down pilows?!</p>
<p>Agree… the times I have tried it, they ended up lumpy. 
Even when dried in drier with a couple of tennis balls or other items to "fluff’ them. Nothing seems to work… I use pillow protectors (like a zippered liner) inside the pillow case on all of them, and wash both the pillow case and pillow protector regularly.</p>
<p>I wash bed linens once or twice a week, wash my pots and pans after each use (duh!), including on the outside. Have not had a desire to “wash” my mattress or purse (I do clean it, but why should I wash it?).</p>
<p>I have washed them - agree that they are never quite the same - usually dry them a couple of rounds in the dryer with a tennis ball. </p>
<p>I just double up on the pillowcases - that helps keep the pillows “fresher”.</p>
<p>No I never have…</p>
<p>Real down pillows actually survive washing and drying fine. I wash my down blankets and comforters, too, but never had much luck with synthetic down alternatives. </p>
<p>I confess it never occurred to me to wash pillows…pillow cases, yes, but not the pillows. Ditto on mattress and purse…</p>
<p>Jeans: Every four to five wears and Bras: Every 3 to 4 wears ???</p>
<p>I can’t imagine that. The only time I might not wash them every time is if I’m on vacation. </p>
<p>I go 2-3 with jeans (depends on what I have been doing in them – sweaty stuff, then just one wearing). Bras - every time.</p>
<p>I do not wash bras after every wear, but I have not yet experienced the joy of hot flashes. My running bras get washed every time I use them!</p>
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<p>When I was younger, I had to wash my hair every morning…it was just too oily. Now I use Wen, so I guess I never shampoo my hair. </p>
<p>I hate washing new jeans. I love the dark look of new jeans. </p>
<p>I read all the tips. I am so not worthy on the home front. I admit I have never hand washed a window screen. I agree that pillows have become so inexpensive it’s easier to toss and replace them.</p>
<p>Um… I have sprayed my screens with a hose when they get a ton of pollen or dust on them. But not a regular part of my routine (probably should be, but isn’t).</p>
<p>I buy pillows that are of good enough quality that they are worth washing.
I can’t imagine buying bedding and just throwing it away when it gets dirty.</p>
<p>^^^^I buy pretty good pillows, but eventually I discard them when they get old and not so comfortable. If they were soaked with body fluids or stained somehow, I also discard them. It never occurred to me to put them in the washer-if I had, I would have rejected the notion, thinking the pillow wouldn’t survive that well.</p>
<p>Learn something new every day on this forum!</p>
<p>Most of the pillows we have are from Costco and have survived several washes, dry with tennis balls. When one started to wear thin (fabric was about to rip) I cut it down to a 16 inch square size pillow, sewed it back up, and took an old college t shirt to make a cover. Now we have a throw pillow with a washable throw pillow. ( I was channeling generations of people who had to make do.). I will add that it was habits like this that helped make me the parent of 2 college graduates - who do not have debt. </p>
<p>The window screens are easy. Anderson screens that pop off. A hose, picnic table and nylon brush with a little sudsy water. They dry quickly. I put them away for the winter because I like the look of shining glass in the winter - and it’s a nicer view out a glass window unencumbered by a screen.</p>
<p>I read about washing pillows a year or so ago, and started washing – two or three at a time – all the pillows in the house. Everything was going fine until one of them leaked all the feathers out of it into the dryer! It must have had a hole or a tear in the seam. Apparently feathers even got in the dryer vent, because we found feathers on our other clothes for months. </p>
<p>So I no longer wash my pillows. </p>