Molly Mutt Duvet waterproof liner?
May 23, 2018 5:49 AM Subscribe
Does anyone have experience waterproofing the innards of a Molly Mutt (dog bed) duvet?
I just received and set up a medium/large Molly Mutt duvet and stuff sack* for my dog ... and it is great, but hefty, and I'm realizing that if she has an accident on it, it's going to take me two days to wash, dry, and restuff it all (maybe more, in winter, since I don't have a dryer), so I'd like to waterproof the inside, but don't want the duvet to be slipping and sliding around on top of a make-do garbage bag liner.
However, reviews for the "water resistant" Molly Mutt liner indicate that it is definitely not waterproof, and it's also sort of pricey where I am. So now I'm thinking about a waterproof sheet, or bed pad, or mattress protector to somehow attach to the stuff sack. Maybe something designed for a crib might work? The size is 36"L x 27"W x 5"D (or about 92 x 69 x 13 centimeters) .
If I don't have to use safety pins, that would be great, because I don't want to rip the stuff sack (and my dog occasionally does the "bed scratch" thing that doggies like to do).
* You fill this mesh bag with your own old blankets, sheets, towels, etc. as filling, and then cover that with the duvet
I just received and set up a medium/large Molly Mutt duvet and stuff sack* for my dog ... and it is great, but hefty, and I'm realizing that if she has an accident on it, it's going to take me two days to wash, dry, and restuff it all (maybe more, in winter, since I don't have a dryer), so I'd like to waterproof the inside, but don't want the duvet to be slipping and sliding around on top of a make-do garbage bag liner.
However, reviews for the "water resistant" Molly Mutt liner indicate that it is definitely not waterproof, and it's also sort of pricey where I am. So now I'm thinking about a waterproof sheet, or bed pad, or mattress protector to somehow attach to the stuff sack. Maybe something designed for a crib might work? The size is 36"L x 27"W x 5"D (or about 92 x 69 x 13 centimeters) .
If I don't have to use safety pins, that would be great, because I don't want to rip the stuff sack (and my dog occasionally does the "bed scratch" thing that doggies like to do).
* You fill this mesh bag with your own old blankets, sheets, towels, etc. as filling, and then cover that with the duvet
My solution for this has been pretty low-tech. I have piles and piles of fleece blankets and I wrap one around the dog bed and tuck it under, and then fold one or two up and lay it on top.
I've picked mine up over the years at discount chains like Ross and TJ Maxx. They're usually under $20 and come in all kinds of colors and patterns.
Another benefit for wrapping the bed in blankets is that once a week I can freshen up the bedding by throwing all the blankets in the wash, rather than trying to wash the dog bed cover, which the dogs never touch.
The blankets also get used when we take the dogs in the car, or when the tiny dog started peeing on the living room rug, or to cover up furniture when they're shedding. They're very multipurpose in a dog household.
posted by Squeak Attack at 7:24 AM on May 23, 2018 [2 favorites]
I've picked mine up over the years at discount chains like Ross and TJ Maxx. They're usually under $20 and come in all kinds of colors and patterns.
Another benefit for wrapping the bed in blankets is that once a week I can freshen up the bedding by throwing all the blankets in the wash, rather than trying to wash the dog bed cover, which the dogs never touch.
The blankets also get used when we take the dogs in the car, or when the tiny dog started peeing on the living room rug, or to cover up furniture when they're shedding. They're very multipurpose in a dog household.
posted by Squeak Attack at 7:24 AM on May 23, 2018 [2 favorites]
Get a waterproof crib mattress cover, one with a zipper, and put it around the stuffing inside the duvet.
posted by Lesser Shrew at 7:38 AM on May 23, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Lesser Shrew at 7:38 AM on May 23, 2018 [1 favorite]
There's a store down in Stadiou that specializes in pee-proof bedsheets (they're kind of famous around the Greek internet for their simple yet frank advertising - google σεντόνια ο Πόντιος), I bet they'll have something.
posted by each day we work at 8:59 AM on May 23, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by each day we work at 8:59 AM on May 23, 2018 [1 favorite]
I have my Molly Mutt inside blanket stuffings wrapped with a really heavy duty trash bag.
posted by ilovewinter at 10:43 AM on May 23, 2018
posted by ilovewinter at 10:43 AM on May 23, 2018
Whoops. Hit post too fast. I attach the garbage bag to the duvet on the inside using double sided tape so there's no sliding.
posted by ilovewinter at 10:47 AM on May 23, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by ilovewinter at 10:47 AM on May 23, 2018 [1 favorite]
I bought the whole Molly Mutt set up in February, and like it enough that I just bought another last week. The beds are shared by an old, 35 lb dog who is only intermittently continent and a young, 60 lb dog who is a very aggressive bed scratcher. I've been through multiple rounds of trying to rig up my own beds with various types of removable covers & liners, and found the Molly Mutt liners & covers work better than anything I came up with on my own. The seams and zippers are tighter (no accidental leakage), they're designed to fit together (no slipping), they aren't noisy like garbage bags (which irritated my dogs). While urine gets through the duvet, I haven't had an issue with it getting into the stuffing. A zippered crib pad seems like a perfectly reasonable alternative, but in months of use I haven't encountered the issues that (the minority of) other reviewers encountered.
posted by Tentacle of Trust at 11:52 AM on May 23, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by Tentacle of Trust at 11:52 AM on May 23, 2018 [1 favorite]
We have used the Molly Mutt set up for many years and love it, but I agree it is heavy. Training a new, very large puppy, we used bed chucks in between the mesh bag stuff sack and the outer cover. We use about four or five of them inside the gargantuan size bag. Chucks are like flat diapers, so they absorb liquid quite nicely. We don't notice any slipping around, and putting them on the inside of the cover reduces the incidence of chuck-ripping mischief. Starting at 8 weeks, our guy was probably done with them by the time he was 16 weeks old, so you may not need them for long if puppy training.
posted by knottedknickers at 2:41 PM on May 23, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by knottedknickers at 2:41 PM on May 23, 2018 [1 favorite]
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*Or look for waterproof fabric online.
posted by bunderful at 6:13 AM on May 23, 2018 [1 favorite]