duplo !!!! and cleaning it lol i have an idea

**karenandsmile** · 22-01-2013, 02:12 PM

today i thought i would clean out my duplo box and make sure they where all clean this is quite a hard job to do as small places to get into with your cloth ive come up with a brain wave ive stuck the boards and the cars in the dishwasher and turned it on ill let you know the out come lol

**moggy** · 22-01-2013, 02:26 PM

Lots of plastic toys can go in the dishwasher- lego, playmobile, megabloks, little people, etc, anything without paper stickers on. You just have to find a way to contain it, not tried it but I think a net laundry bag works if the plastic bits do not go through the holes. And then allow time for it to air-dry in any nooks and crannies.

**lizduncan72** · 22-01-2013, 02:27 PM

What a great idea!! I hate cleaning mine and normally tip it all into the bath and spend hours cleaning and drying it- if this works it'll save so much time and effort

**nipper** · 22-01-2013, 02:27 PM

What about using one of those washing bags that you use for socks? Surely it would work on the top shelf of the dishwasher as long a you made sure it couldn't snag on anything.

**nipper** · 22-01-2013, 02:28 PM

Moggy you beat me to it!

**nipper** · 22-01-2013, 02:29 PM

Wooden blocks are my pet hate. All my babies seem to be chewing on them at the moment! What about a quick wash in the dishwasher?

**LauraS** · 22-01-2013, 02:30 PM

I've put stuff like this in the washing machine in a sealed pillowcase before now

Don't have a.dishwasher, though

**Ballette** · 22-01-2013, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by LauraS

I've put stuff like this in the washing machine in a sealed pillowcase before now

Don't have a.dishwasher, though

I don't have a dishwasher....how do they come out from the washing machine?

**LauraS** · 22-01-2013, 02:39 PM

Freshens them up, probably wouldn't get anything really nasty and stuck-on out but mine come out clean

**Ballette** · 22-01-2013, 02:41 PM

Thanks Laura, mine aren't particularly dirty but babies are always chewing on the happyland people and I hate cleaning them!

This sounds a much easier way!

**Toothfairy** · 22-01-2013, 02:44 PM

I put mine in a pillow case and put it in the washing machine

**smurfette** · 22-01-2013, 02:45 PM

I washed Megablocks in the dishwasher recently only problem was I didn't put it all in upside down so I then had to drain them but it was great! Have also done the play food in it

**karenandsmile** · 22-01-2013, 02:48 PM

yey 30 min quick wash and the boards came out lovley i put the little bricks in the cutlery basket god sometimes i do have a brain

**thills** · 22-01-2013, 03:43 PM

I put action men and barbies in the washing machine in a pillow case too. Makes a racket but get them clean!

**mrs coops** · 22-01-2013, 04:08 PM

If u do the play food do they not get water inside?

**hectors house** · 22-01-2013, 04:10 PM

Duplo in washing machine even in a pillow case still makes a terrible racket - I just tend to spread mine out on a plastic sheet and spray liberally with anti bac spray.

**blue bear** · 22-01-2013, 04:11 PM

Unless its got batteries I shove it in the dishwasher, had to throw the odd ruined thing away.

**loocyloo** · 22-01-2013, 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by mrs coops

If u do the play food do they not get water inside?

exactly what i was wondering ... food and all the little people all have those little holes in them! even my ride on in the garden somehow has got water inside it