/jp/ - Otaku Culture

I hand wash with a gentle surfactant. Cheer detergent has something in it that neutralizes chlorine in the water. Thus the very slight bleaching action of chlorine in the tap water doesn't occur over the course of many washings. Obviously, you would not add any kind of bleaching agent to the water. If your detergent says "with non-chlorine bleach safe for colors" its your call. I've washed using the machine machine only as a convenient "bucket". After some water and detergent is in the machine, I hand wash the item in washing machine. Close the lid and have the water drain out and a short spin. If your machine has a setting to spray water while spinning, that would be a great way to remove detergent residue. After the water is gone and a short spin dry, I let the machine fill up part way with water and hand rinse the cover. Remove the water and repeat. I drape the daki cover over the shower curtain rod and it dries fairly fast since I also put a little fan in the room to agitate the air. I never use the machine machine's agitator to clean daki covers. Although my dryer has a special addition to dry things without tumbling them, I still prefer to let the cover dry over the shower curtain rod.

I would not dry clean unless I knew the pigment and the method used to bind it to the fabric was compatible with the dry cleaning solvent.

I have never ironed daki. Besides, since you already refuse to stuff your waifu into a closet or under the bed, it would be disrespectful to take an iron to her face.

Caution: if you have a dakimakura of a female ranma, don't wash it in hot water.