Comments on: Can I Wash My LoveSac?

By: Benny

Benny — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:12:32 +0000

Update: Here’s the best way to wash your Sac.

You will need:
- Garbage bags (I like the 13 gallon size for this)
- two (or more) pillow cases & and an equal number of zippers
- your preferred detergent/animal smell remover stuff
- washer and dryer (well duh)

1. Sew the zippers into the opening of the pillow case.

2. Empty all the foam into the garbage bags. This WILL make a mess.

3. Wash your newly emptied Naked Sac. (and the cover, but you should be doing that on a regular basis anyway. Remember, no one likes a dirty Sac.)

4. Transfer the foam from the garbage bags into the pillow cases. I use 13 gallon bags because they have almost the same capacity as a pillow case, so there’s less mess when transferring.

5. Wash the foam filled pillowcases, at least two at a time, more is OK if your washer can handle it. You need to do two cases at a time to keep the washtub balanced. It’s best to use a front loader machine because the agitator in a top loader might pull the zippers open and make a whole new mess you really, REALLY don’t want.

6. Put the foam back in to the Naked Sac. Add a nice clean cover.

7. Invite some friends over to enjoy your newly washed Sac! After all, everyone likes a nice clean Sac.

By: Benny

Benny — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:11:27 +0000

Brandi – A plastic/sealed liner wouldn’t work very well with a Lovesac as it needs to be able to lose volume when someone sits on it. Otherwise, it would be like sitting on one of those inflatable exercise balls filled with foam.

By: Brandi

Brandi — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:10:04 +0000

I have the same problem with out cat. I can wash the cover, I can’t wash the insert. I don’t have a solution short of washing the foam inside, but would Lovesac consider making a plastic zipper cover to go over the insert and under the aesthetic cover? Kind of like allergy covers for mattresses?

By: Shelby

Shelby — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:42:03 +0000

My love sac smells really bad do to my 3 dogs and we want to wash it but we can not get the cover off of the love sac in order to do that. How do you suggest we get it off?

By: louann

louann — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 05:33:05 +0000

can i wash my cousion in a washing machien

By: Benny

Benny — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:39:06 +0000

update: It goes slow, but the foam is cleaning up nicely. My fiancee and I put the foam into laundry bags, it almost worked, but the fine chunks of foam sifted through and made one heck of a mess. (The laundry bag also broke open after 5-6 washes.) We stitched zippers into some pillow cases and had much better results. The pillow cases hold all the foam, and still let the soap and water penetrate and the pet stink out.
Recommendations that I’d make:
1. Put a safety pin through the zipper to make sure it doesn’t unzip
2. Make sure you have something breathable to put the foam in until you get the naked sac washed. (I’m using the cover.)

After picking up one of the nice clean pillowcases full of foam, I’d kind of like to see Lovesac make a regular pillow sized sac. Or maybe I’ll just buy a 15 lb bag, fill one myself, and put the rest into my supersac.

By: Mat E

Mat E — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 04:46:11 +0000

I am going to try the same thing as Benny ^. I’ll be doing this tonight and tomorrow. I will report back and let you all know how it goes.

By: Benny

Benny — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 05:12:15 +0000

I’ve been having issues with my dog peeing on my SuperSac. She has separation anxiety issues, and will panic if I even close the door to my room for too long. Her response to panicking is to pee on the furniture.
I’m going to try using a couple of mesh laundry bags or pillow covers with zippers sewn into them to wash the foam in batches. My washer can hold three standard pillows at a time, so I’ll be using three bags of a similar size. This is just to try and balance out the load so my washer doesn’t shake itself to pieces during the spin cycle. I’ll also need some garbage bags to store the rest of the foam in while everything is being washed.
I’ll report back with my results in a couple of days.

By: David rawr

David rawr — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:30:32 +0000

I got a free moviesac on craigalist yesterday but the sac itself has sone oil on it from being on the curb, i plan on taking foam out and washing the sac. The cover is clean, Anyone have tips on removing foam? I was just gonna use my bathtub to hold it all

By: Love Sac

Love Sac — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:19:54 +0000

Cyndi,

Try taking your cover to a laundromat to use one of their super capacity washers.