Buckwheat Pillows last for up to 10 years when properly taken care of.
Before you get started, knowing when you to replace your Buckwheat Pillow, and when to just clean it is important.
How to do it?
It's best done by leaving your pillow outside on your balcony or patio for a day or two.
(We'll that's for the lazy people among us 😜).
Exposing the hulls to direct sunlight, can further help in freshening up your buckwheat hull-filled pillow.
So emptying out the pillowcase and only leaving the hulls outside, is better and most effective.
Can a Buckwheat Pillow be washed?
The simple answer is no.
Only the cover can be washed (inner and outer covers of our Pillows are washable).
Do not wash the whole pillow.
It can and will destroy your washing machine as well as the pillow itself. The weight fo the pillow will wrack havoc on the washing machine drum.
Can you wash the Buckwheat Hulls?
While you technically can(and we wash our hulls as part of our in-house cleaning process) we do not recommend washing the hulls unless you're a pro.
Long-time water exposure can break down and degenerate the structure of the Buckwheat Hulls. The hulls can also get moldy by doing that.
As part of our cleaning process we wash the hulls but then dry them immediatly in heat chambers, which prevents any of the problems you could run into when doing it at home.
The 6 Steps to clean a Buckwheat Pillow?
As you can see, it's less work than one might think to clean your buckwheat hulls pillow.
If your hulls become wet by accident, immediately put the pillow outside into the sun for it to dry out.
If you accidentally spill coffee or other liquids over your pillow, we recommend replacing the hulls. This does not mean you have to buy a new pillow. Buckwheat Hulls Pillow Filling is available in our addon section, as well as on plenty of other retailers' websites.