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mercuryblues

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5. I don't use any heat when I dry

Fri Sep 6, 2019, 08:36 PM

Sep 2019

My bedding. I wash my mattress pad, by itself. Dry on no heat for 15-30 minutes. Then it goes on the bed. I have a ceiling fan over my bed, turned on high. Then I wash all my sheets and pillowcases together. I dry the fitted alone on no heat for 15 minutes, put on the bed, followed by drying the flat sheet alone for 15 no heat. The pillow cases on low heat for 15 minutes. I also smooth out each sheet with my hands when I put them on, removing any wrinkles.

I do not put the bed spread on until I go to bed that night. By then the ceiling fan has finished drying the bedding.

What you really want is a cooling mattress pad with moisture wicking. Those pillow top mattresses are known to be hot to sleep on, especially if they are memory foam.

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Trying to find an old-school, thin, cotton mattress pad [View all] ekelly Sep 2019 OP

This one is listed as a "no-frills cotton thin" mattress pad hlthe2b Sep 2019 #1

I buy them at the thrift store DUgosh Sep 2019 #2

I have this one. I like it. TexasBushwhacker Sep 2019 #3

I buy the nicest, thickest one I can find CDerekGo Sep 2019 #4

I don't use any heat when I dry mercuryblues Sep 2019 #5

Try Vermont Country Store Lifelong Protester Sep 2019 #6

That was going to be my suggestion. Haggis for Breakfast Sep 2019 #11

They are online too. Lifelong Protester Sep 2019 #7

Habitat for Humanity Restore blm Sep 2019 #8

Thanks. There's one in my area. I'll check it out. ekelly Sep 2019 #10

There are cotton sheets advertised on t.v. that says they're the coolest you can get. But I don Karadeniz Sep 2019 #9