Those baby mats that crackle

The one we had was not washable, it said sponge off any spillage.

Ah right, thanks

What about a quick soak (handwash)? I do that sometimes if I think the washing machine cycle is too much ...

(Not that I've washed a crackly playmat though).

My daughter used a steamer for DGD and things came up a treat!

I machine washed one recently, it was being passed from set of GCs to their cousin. All crackles survived.

Do you really mean that, Elainel?
Was your DGD that dirty?

I suppose it wouldn't hurt to put it in the washing machine - perhaps in a large wash bag on a low temperature and a small amount of whatever you use, powder, gel etc. I have a quick 15 minute wash on my machine.

What are the crackles made of I wonder?

My DD washed her crackly mat the week after DGD after baby had wee on it, came up a treat!

I machine wash all the mats, soft toys, dolls and rattles etc from the toddler group, even if they say sponge wash only. They all seem to survive and still rattle/jingle/crackle etc afterwards, I wouldn't be-confident that they would be clean with just a surface sponge wash.

I would have thought that a steamer is a heck of a lot hotter than a gentle wash. Steamers are around boiling 100C

Therefore not to be used on a DGD, Nellie.

Thanks for all replies, might give it a short wash and see how it turns out before I put it in the next charity bag. Think it needs more than a surface wash but otherwise its in good nick.x

Washed it and it's now clean and still crackly, hooray!