Wash clics/legos in washing machine or dishwasher?

amother

Plum

Mon, Apr 01 2019, 10:31 pm

I have a front loader washing machine, if it matters.
Which one is safer for the appliance? Washes toys better?

amother

Scarlet

Mon, Apr 01 2019, 10:33 pm

Cant imagine any are good for these toys.
Put them in a bathtub.

kerem

Mon, Apr 01 2019, 10:35 pm

I find it easiest to put them in a mesh bag and wash in the machine.

amother

Ruby

Mon, Apr 01 2019, 11:20 pm

If something in the dishwasher, NOT in a front loader machine, it will break the machine.
Do not machine wash or submerge magnatiles, water will go in & they will never dry.

all is good

Mon, Apr 01 2019, 11:25 pm

Neither!!! Don't go crazy over cleaning your toys. Ask your LOR, but I have learned it is not necessary. Little specks of shmutz are not a problem. Just don't put the toys on your pesach counters or tables and you'll be fine! (That's what we were told, not making it up.)

creditcards

Tue, Apr 02 2019, 1:04 am

I put it in the bath when I bathe the kids. They play with it and it gets cleaned while they play with it in the bathtub. Then I let it dry overnight.

sky

Tue, Apr 02 2019, 1:13 am

I one put large LEGO (like duplo) I’m washing machine and some pieces were bent.

pizzapie

Tue, Apr 02 2019, 3:45 am

gilamom wrote:

Can I do this with magnatiles too?

I wipe down each magna tile with Clorox wipes. It sounds tedious but actually didn't take too long. And I have around 200 pieces.

someone

Tue, Apr 02 2019, 3:50 am

I use my washing machine (front loader). I have been doing it for the past few years and the machine and the toys are all fine.
And yes, for sure you don't have to do it for Pesach, to be honest, I like the idea that the toys will actually be clean once a year.

yidisheh mama

Tue, Apr 02 2019, 4:16 am

lego, mega bloks, etc. inside pillowcase in washing machine
magnatiles wipe down w clorox wipes

amother

Sapphire

Tue, Apr 02 2019, 4:19 am

creditcards wrote:

I put it in the bath when I bathe the kids. They play with it and it gets cleaned while they play with it in the bathtub. Then I let it dry overnight.

If it's in the bath with your kids it's not getting as clean as in bath without the kids. I mean, isn't whatever dirt, germs and dead skin cells coming off them going to possibly stay on your "clean" toys? If you are already going through the hassle of cleaning your toys once a year...

creditcards

Tue, Apr 02 2019, 4:58 am

amother wrote:

Na, it's ok. It looks clean and that's enough for me. Kids have a blast washing them. It gets cleaner while the kids shwoosh them around.

Mayflower

Tue, Apr 02 2019, 5:16 am

I always wash clics and lego (duplo really) in a mesh bag or pillow case in our front loader washing machine, works perfectly fine.

ra_mom

Tue, Apr 02 2019, 6:59 am

gilamom wrote:

Can I do this with magnatiles too?

They will get water logged and scratched. If they're actually dirty just wipe down with damp cloth. Otherwise just leave them alone and clean out the bin you store them in.

meme6

Tue, Apr 02 2019, 8:38 am

I wash almost all my toys in the dishwasher in by mesh bags it’s the best!
Little people
Manga tiles and anything with small holes or delicate get washed by hand

amother

Plum

Tue, Apr 02 2019, 8:44 am

all is good wrote:

I like to clean my toys - nothing to do with Pesach. (We have Pesach toys and I sell the toy closet.) I haven't cleaned them in 3 years and I feel like every so often they need to get washed, what with kids putting in mouth, being on the floor...

gittylove

Tue, Apr 02 2019, 8:45 am

thanks wrote:

In the dishwasher.

I did this once and a Lego piece fell out to the bottom and burnt the machine. And the dishwasher no longer works because of that. It was nina mesh bag but the zipper opened a bit.
Front loader washing machine is the way I do it since.