A clean cloth, small towel, or even a sponge will work for cleaning your microbead pillow. Only dampen the outside fabric of the pillow, do not use so much water that you soak the fabric. Do not submerge the pillow in water or it could damage the microbeads inside.
As with the soapy cloth, try not to get the outside of the pillow too wet. You don’t want the water to soak through the fabric to the microbeads.
You can hang the pillow using clothespins from a line or you can lay it over something like a railing, towel bar, or even a shower curtain rod.
If the microbead pillow’s outside fabric does get torn or ripped in the washing machine, a pillowcase will make sure the microbead stay contained. Make sure the colour of the pillowcase is similar to the colour of the microbead pillow, so if the colours do run, they won’t stain the pillowcase.
Make sure the other items in the load are similar colours to that of the microbead pillow, just in case the colour of the fabric runs.
If you don’t have mild laundry detergent, you can find a bottle at any grocery or department store. Avoid using bleach or fabric softener when washing your pillow to prevent damage to the microbeads inside.
You’re going to take the microbead pillow out of the dryer before it’s completely dry, but you can continue to run the dryer for the other items if needed. Keep the microbead pillow in the pillowcase while it’s in the dryer.
You can put the pillowcase back in the dryer to finish drying if you want. If you lay the pillow on a dry towel to finish drying, turn it over after a couple of hours to make sure both sides dry completely.
