cleaning stuffed animals

It's pretty embarrassing, (I'm not a hoarder), but due to an intown move at a time when I and our family were leading very busy lives, our nanny packed the kids rooms (without really sorting anything), so old and new toys and stuffed animals ended up in boxes and trash bags, and then we just moved things into storage.  now, 20 years later, both kids have had beautiful daughters, and I've pulled this stuff out to see if they want any of the old toys. 
(I've only started on stuffed animals and dolls and baby books.  (there is still a box of puzzles, another of Halloween costumes, and several boxes of legos - another time).

Anyway, so these stuffed animals are 20-30 years old and have been in storage for 20 years  (at least no exposure to covid !)  but some of the stuffed animals had some soiling from years of loving. 

So I decided to clean up the most precious ones.  And it worked!  This Carebear was pretty soiled, as seen in the first "lineup " picture.  And then the next picture is "after".

First I used stainremover spray on the obvious stains.  (spray n wash).  I then soaked the stuffed animals in a sinkful of warm water, with a 1/2 cup of Biz and a tablespoon of Dawn liquid dishwashing liquid.  I let  them soak about 45 minutes.  Then I looked at them and used a brush to scrib any remaining stained places.  I took them out, squeezed out most of the water, and then put them back in a sinkful of clean water and let them soad another 30 minutes.  squeeze out and then another 30 minute rinse.  I squeezed out the moisture really  thoroughly and then put them in the dryer on "casual" with a couple of large towels.  It took about 3 cycles to get them close to dry. 
The bear looks almost like new!