cleaning second hand toys
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Topic: cleaning second hand toys
Posted By: Henna79
Subject: cleaning second hand toys
Date Posted: 27 October 2008 at 7:26pm
| does anyone have any suggestions on how to clean second hand toys? My sister gave me her little ones baby toys and as a few are cloth and say surface wash only I am wondering how to do it and what to use. Any help much appreciated. Thanks heaps |
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 27 October 2008 at 8:34pm
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for anything hard use anti-bacterial wipes. for cloth toys get a bowl of warm soapy water and use a flanell or even a nail brush for marks. thats what we did with all my sisters toys she gave me and they came out all right. ------------- 
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Posted By: Danaj
Date Posted: 27 October 2008 at 8:45pm
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I would hand wash and then dry in the sunlight which naturally kills germs and allergens. ------------- http://www.TickerFactory.com/weight-loss/wyI1oWn/"> 
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Posted By: emachan
Date Posted: 28 October 2008 at 8:20pm
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use a bucket of handy andy or bleach mix and wipe them then air dry in the sun! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD#1 Sept 08 DD#2 Oct 09 |
Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 28 October 2008 at 11:53pm
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I handwashed all the cloth/fabric type toys with a bucket of water that had some washing powder and the canasten hygiene rinse in it, then rinsed them really well and dried them in the sun.
Admittedly I actually dunked most of them and then squeezed them out, even though they only said hand washed... they all came out okay! I just left them on a windowsill to dry in the summer sun for a few weeks, to make sure they were dry right through. They all smelt lovely and fresh  and looked good as new. I rinsed them heaps though to make sure all the cleaning stuff came out.------------- Chloe (4 years) and Oliver (3 years). |
Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 29 October 2008 at 7:27am
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I stuck any that I could, ie the hard plastic ones, in the dishwasher. Then put the rest through the washing machine if I could or hand sponged. I also used Febreese (sp) on some of them too. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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