These things are resilient!
I left the Instax in the back pocket of a pair of slacks, so it had some protection when it went through the washer and dryer. Overall, there wasn’t much damage to the front side at all, just a bit of rounding to the corners, and the chemical strip at the bottom was bent. On the back, the plastic backing was damaged a bit, peeled up from a couple of corners, but overall, it survived with not much problem.
I wonder how an Impossible Project Polaroid Originals would fare…
I’m not going to purposefully try it… I might try an emulsion lift one day, but hope to be more attentive in the future.
Edit: Fall 2024… I ran my Passport through the wash… smh. So much for being more attentive. To my credit, I was very sick and not in my right mind, but still… US Passports do not survive a trip through the wash… You have to apply for a brand new one and write a mea culpa statement about how you came to destroy your old Passport. Fun.
