I am going to be productive today and clean out my car, vacuum, and wash the seat covers. I know it says to handwash the RN (Flora) and Frontier (Canyon) but I have seen in threads it makes it through the gentle cycle just fine. But then I saw those are front loaders. My washer isn't. Will they still be ok? I can never seem to actually get things out of items when I handwash.
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Washing FR and RN covers
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CrazyBoysMamma
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I don't know about the Canyon, but my cowmoo FR cover makes it through the wash in my top loader just fine. The Radian covers....ehhh...I dunno. Mine are in crap shape and I don't know what's most to blame, the quality of the cover, how rough my boys are, or my washer. I would hand wash it if it isn't completely filthy just to be on the safe side. Also, be prepared for the headrest foam to come off with the cover on the FR, and it's very thin! I almost broke mine because I didn't realize the first time that it came off with the cover.
mommaof2boys
Member
I've done a granite radian cover in a top load on the lowest setting and it came out just fine. I was glad to have a backup seat, though, since it took a full 2 days to hang-dry!
snowbird25ca
Moderator - CPST Instructor
Last cover I had to handwash I used the washing machine to handwash it. Let it partially fill to the small load mark, then turned the washer off and scrubbed the cover that way - kind of almost kneading it like a loaf of bread in some ways I guess.
It got all the big stuff out, though there was some super small crumbs deep in the creases that didn't come out. Then again, my EFTA that was ok to machine wash had some sand stuck in a similar area despite being washed on the gentle cycle.
After washing it that way, I moved the dial to spin and spun the water out, then rinsed it the same way I'd washed it, then spun it out again and hung it to dry. Handwash with machine wash benefits - super easy and fast.
It got all the big stuff out, though there was some super small crumbs deep in the creases that didn't come out. Then again, my EFTA that was ok to machine wash had some sand stuck in a similar area despite being washed on the gentle cycle.
After washing it that way, I moved the dial to spin and spun the water out, then rinsed it the same way I'd washed it, then spun it out again and hung it to dry. Handwash with machine wash benefits - super easy and fast.
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