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When to Replace

Pilling, thinning, yellowing: how long each piece really lasts.

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Lifespan

Lifespan

How long each piece of bedding actually lasts, by fibre and by use, and what shortens it.

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Old Bedding

Old Bedding

What to do with sheets, pillows and duvets that are done: donate, reuse, recycle, and what nobody will take.

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Pilling

Pilling

Why sheets pill after washing, which fibres do it most, and whether a pilled sheet can be saved.

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When

When

The signs that a sheet, a pillow or a duvet is finished, and the ones that only look like it.

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Yellowing

Yellowing

Why pillows and sheets turn yellow, what the stain actually is, and what gets it out.

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Alfredo Ramses
Who writes this

Alfredo Ramses

Textile engineer, founder and researcher. I have spent my working life making fabric and watching how it behaves, and nobody assigns these guides or pays for one. Everything here was slept on, washed, and slept on again before a word was written about it.

About Alfredo