Washing Princess dresses

Sunflower22

V has 3 or 4 Disney princess dresses. They all say "wipe clean with a damp cloth", but she wears them a LOT and has gotten small food stains on there too. We make her take them off before meals, but she's spilled chocolate milk & other stuff on there. 

Do you think if I put them in a mesh lingerie bag they would come out ok? With the amount she wears them I can't see that wiping clean with a damp cloth would be effective for much longer. 

BSweet823

I'd try the lingerie bag and the gentle cycle with one of them.  I would figure I could replace one if I wreck it in the wash.  I wonder how the tulle would do in the wash, I'm guessing they all have some amount of tulle?

tra_la_la

We have a large utility sink in our laundry room. I put them in there with a drop of soap and hot water. Then use a rag to rub any bad spots, rinse and hang dry. I tried putting a cheap rapunzel dress in the washer on delicate and it came out torn in a few spots. The bag might work though. Let me know how it goes if you try it, those things are a PITA and expensive for how cheap they are.

carrierrie

I think it would fair ok on the delicate cycle in a lingerie bag.  We haven't had to do this yet.

tsmomma42

I've done it before. I used a lingerie bag on delicate and it came out a-okay. I hung it up to dry though because I don't think tulle would hold up in the dryer.

Sunflower22

Thanks - I think I'll try one in a lingerie bag and see how it comes out. I won't dry them. We don't have a utility sink so that won't work (not that the kitchen sink wouldn't work either)