So, after returning from Ponyville Ciderfest 2019, I have kidnapped adopted some ponies from the Vendor hall in the form of plushies.
-Sunset Shimmer (rather firm and well built, the most expensive of them)
-Derpy (kind of a regret purchase, would gladly sell to someone if they want it)
-Caramel Malt (was given to me for free technically as I had the Changeling tier Patron badge)
-and finally / most importantly: A floppyish plush of Starlight Glimmer which I got Kelly Sheridan to personally sign.
So all in all, I got a lot of cute ponies to huggle...heres where the problem comes in though. While I'm not quite the highest form of it, after catching the Norovirus or whatever back in Jan 2017, I consider myself a bit of a Germaphobe. Sooo...I want to disinfect / kinda clean the plushies before I try to hug and cuddle them / release them from their temporary closet quarantine (lol)
Now: someone at one point told me that a diluted mixture of strong Vodka and water misted over the plushies will kill off any germs and such on them, but my folks at home seem to think that's stupid. Someone else said that they have some kind of Anti-bacterial Febreze or something, but idk if that would really work all that well. We don't really have any liquid detergent at the moment, only little gel packs that you throw in the washer, so not sure I could pull off the whole "use a towel and detergent / water mixture to clean" thing, and I've heard that simply throwing the plush in the washer is a rather dumb idea.
Any suggestions / feedback?