How To Clean Your Pack & Play
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- Опубліковано 10 бер 2023
- Did you score that perfect used pack & play only to get it home only to discover it was stained and smelled of previous use? Do not abandon that pack & play!! You can clean it and give it a new life!! Reduce, reuse, recycle, and SAVE MONEY!! But don't clean that pack & play before you watch this video.
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Can we just acknowledge how insane it is that the mattress cover isn’t removable for washing??!!
Agree!!! Completely IN-SANE!!
@@uniquelyursula87 My pack n play isn’t actually soiled kind of dirty, and just a bit dusty from being packed away for a few years. So I’m thinking maybe I just hose things off outside. Do you think the mattress pad thing would be ok with a brief hose down, and immediately hung to dry on the line? Watching how you washed yours down in the bathtub, makes me think it could take maybe 5-10 seconds of a spray. What do u think?
@@jaquirox6579 If it's just dusty and light dirt, I would just wipe it thoroughly with a wet washcloth. Mine both had saturated urine and other unknown stains so it needed as much soak as possible, but it doesn't take much to reach the particle board. I probably would avoid a hose. It seems like too much water coming out to control.
@@uniquelyursula87 well… I cleaned it yesterday before I saw your message. I soaked everything, lightly rinsed the mattress mat, then also the bassinet topper that also had the board inside. Then I hosed everything to rinse outside. The boarded things, I spray briefly with the hose, on the non board side, then stood them up right away to dry in the hot summer sun. Everything is brand new clean, and no issues or defects ensued! Lol! I’m glad it went ok for me, if anyone else is a clean freak like me, and wants alllllllll the dust gone for a new baby, now you know how my method goes over as well.
Thank you for chatting. ♥️🙏🏽
@@jaquirox6579 Awesome!! So glad it all worked out!! This is exactly what I would have tried it it'd been summer here. Thanks so much for sharing!
Thank you for sharing. Since when we had our first child (2020), I had been trying to figure out how to wash our pack and play. With second baby on the way, this video is super helpful. Thank you.
Currently have mine soaking. Thank you! You saved us money and we get to keep our fancy gifted one! Also they do sell fitted sheets now that are waterproof for these!
Awesome! Thanks for the tip:)
Thank you for sharing, I'm definitely going to do this with my hand down pack and play. It definitely stinks 😩 and came from a dirty home so I'm glad you shared this thank you again
Thank you so much for posting this I have a hand me down and had no clue how to clean it! I appreciate this very much!
Thanks for the advice. I've struggled with this.❤❤❤❤❤
AMEN! I'm glad I came here because I was going to totally soak the pad but that's a bad idea!
This is much needed especially for new parents!
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Thank you SO much for this! We have a hand-me-down that was already filthy, and then we took it camping so it has that disgusting campfire smell too. Washing it today!! ❤
Hope the wash went well! 😀
Thanks! I just got a nice one with bassinet and diaper changer pad but stinks. I’ll soak the main portion today
This was SOOOO helpful! I just picked one up today for $15. There are a couple of tiny holes in the netting. Wondered if you had any of those and if not, how would you tackle it?
So mine I was able to unzip and pull out the boards I soaked it in the tub and scrubbed and rinsed it and then decided to throw it in the wash and dryer just for extra wash and scrub
OK, how do you open the plate pens and clean them that’s what I’m trying to figure out. My kids have mine so nasty and smell like pee because they have accident through the night.
great job
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For the pads I used a steamer and it looked new! For the base I’m going to soak them too! lol 😂
Pulled mine out and it’s soooo smelly 😢 I used to clean it with antibacterial wipes but it still smells lol thanks for this video
What about the tubes, does it damages it? Thats what I'm afraid of. Its always sunny where i live tho so thats a plus
I guess I'm not exactly sure what tubes you are referring too. I've found nothing damaged after doing this. Still using both from this video.
Just fyi, they sell washable covers for the mattress pads. Its kept our nice and clean 👌🏼
Have you had any issues with the frame rusting? That’s my only concern, I scored a Winnie the Pooh one for my daughter and I’m gonna be devastated if I can’t get this clean.
Mine did not rust. They are still going strong. If you have concerns, the one thing I might suggest is to rotate the bases onto their sides with the fans. Just make sure all water drains out of them, no dripping and then fans for at least 24 hours to make sure they fully dry. Hope this helps! Let me know how it goes!!
I see a bunch of people saying there pad mildewed from even wetting it. Did u have any problems
Neither pad mildewed. I got them in front of fans right away and they dried really quickly. It seems like the only way they would mildew is if they do not get adequately dry. If it had been summer I probably would have left them in the sun as well but fans did a really good job.
4:11 Solid tip for the rinse phase! Now I won’t have to spend so much time jumping in the shower with it to rinse it off. 😄
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Not to be rude, just educating on being aware of cleaning your baby's things inside of a tub with jets. If you use the basin to soak in often, those jets get really nasty with gunk from soap residue, dead skin and debris. You have to literally remove the facial pieces of the Jets themselves in order to get inside to clean them properly. Just letting everyone know so that there's not grossness hiding where you're cleaning your baby items. I bought a 50 gallon trash can specifically for that reason. I keep it outside in the shed but I bleach it and clean it before I use it every time and only for cleaning large baby items. Also, once I'm done washing and rinsing I open the pack and play up and flip it upside down on top of the trash can so that the sun is exposed to the bottom and all the sides equally. It dries super fast in the summertime. Hope this helped someone ❤
Just purchased a used one myself-- I think I’m going to take the side seam off and take the particle board out and throw them in the washing machine- fingers crossed
I'm curious how this went? Did you resew the side seam?
@@uniquelyursula87 Yes I took off the seam, washed it in the machine and re-sewed the seam. Turned out great- I’m so dumbfounded that these companies make it so difficult for us to clean these covers, same thing with strollers so darn hard to clean the covers, we live in such a disposable world. Sad
@@pamelao6762 Good to know! Resewing the seams was going to be my next solution to cleaning if my first method didn't work. But unfortunately not everyone has the means to sew. And you're absolutely right, these should be so much easier to clean and keep using for years!
Thank you for sharing your experience! Can i ask before I seam rip mine, would there be enough room to add velcro? I'd like to be able to keep washing this thing lol
@@SunshineRainbow222 you should be able to you can always add a little tab closure too.
Would it be okay to soak everything, except the mattress, overnight?
I can't think of a reason it wouldn't be ok. I think the key is making sure to dry as quickly as possible so mildew doesn't develop.
@uniquelyursula87 I let it soak overnight, and it's fine. Thank you for responding.
@@kizzy24-7 Great! Definitely good for others to know:)
@@uniquelyursula87 I agree.😊 Thanks again for your video!
Do one a a time
Those fans need cleaning too