Drying Toys in the Dryer??

I dry stuffies in the dryer, but plastic ones get put in the dishwasher.

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Stuffed animals, sure. Anything that's plastic/metalic/wood, no.
If you can spread those things out and have a fan blow on them, the drying time will be shorter.

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Are these things that have been washed, or are they dry but you want to heat them up for a few minutes?

If you are just using the hot dryer to heat them, that should be okay. Leave em in for about 10-15, but no longer if the toy fabric is nylon, nap, or fleece. They can melt, get crunchy or distort.

Wet things will probably distort and melt if you dry them in the dryer. And the downside is, most need to be dried in a dryer once they're wet, or they will mildew/mold because air cannot get to the stuffing inside.

Unless a stuffed item specifically says washable, I just surface wash, spray with Lysol and leave it at that. I have put dry items in the dryer for a few minutes on med-high to surface sanitze...but you have to watch the stuff so the synthetic fabric won't melt. Preshrunk, 100% cotton toys do the best with washing and drying (I have found).

Plastic toys that don't have electronic components do fine in a mild bleach and water solution to sanitize them. Rinse in water after. I just wipe plastics with electronics with a spray cleaner or bleach kitchen/bathroom wipes.

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only fabricated toys, hard toys i just sprayed with lysol when my daughter was a baby and was done with it (giving 48 hrs to dry then rinsed-on the weekends she was with her dad)

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I haven't tried it. I just spray them down with a light bleach/water solution. Sometimes I let the kids wipe them down or play with the plastic ones in buckets of soapy water. Stuffed animals usually wash and dry okay though.

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I have washed legos, plastic and rubber toys in the dishwasher in a mesh bag...it works awesome!

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maybe put them in a pillow case first so they dont bounce around all crazy? Seems like a good idea as long as some towels are thrown in for insulation purposes.

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I have washed toys in the washer but didn't dry them. The dishwasher works great for plastic toys. The smaller ones work well in a mesh bag so they don't fly all over the place. For stuffed animals and cloth body dolls I put each one in a pillow case and tie it closed. I have put them in the dryer. The pillowcase seems to help keep the fur in good shape.

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Just don't put stuffed animals that have a "hair" kind of material for tail. I dried a stuffed horse in the dryer and the main body was fine but the tail became one solid piece of tangled mess (almost like a cotton ball) and the lovely feeling of running hands through the horse's tail was lost. But you could still use the wash and spin cycle, just hand that kind of stuffed toy on a line to dry.

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