How to Wash and Maintain Your Flannel Sheets
Who doesn’t love sleeping on a good set of flannel sheets? They’re unbelievably soft and great at keeping you warm that is, unless they’ve piled.
Typically, piling occurs when these sheets they aren’t well maintained or washed properly. Flannel is actually quite low-maintenance, but there things that you have to do if you want to keep them soft and comfortable for a longer period of time.
To properly wash and maintain your flannel blankets or sheets, you first have to remember to sort them by color. Some sheets may run if mixed in with sheets of other colors, and you definitely do not want that to happen.
If you are washing a particular sheet for the first time, wash it on gentle cycle, using a cup of vinegar in place of detergent. It would also be advisable to use only cold water because water that’s too hot may cause your sheets to shrink in the wash or the color in your sheets to fade.
On the succeeding washings, you should keep doing the same. You no longer have to use vinegar (although some people still choose to), but it would be good to use minimal detergent. Lastly, it would be better to hang your sheets out, but if you use a dryer, be sure to take your sheets out of the dryer as soon as it finishes, to avoid piling, wrinkling and creasing.
