Trying to find an old-school, thin, cotton mattress pad

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4. I buy the nicest, thickest one I can find

and I sweat HEAVY at night as well, so sheets and mattress pad washed sometimes more than once a week. BUT mattress pad is ALWAYS dried on lowest setting. Those pads can get expensive, especially the ones I've been buying lately Low heat, longer dry times is always key. Don't be in such a hurry to get it back on the bed. Pull sheets and mattress pad, wash both in machine, but dry mattress pad on low setting. Sometimes, when I was working as a City Letter Carrier(door to door, walking 12 miles a day minimum) and washing sheets more than once a week, I'd wash separate and let sheets soak while mattress pad dried over extended period of time.

I completely understand why you're in search of cotton mattress pad, but have a feeling, if you'll find a bit of patience, you'll find that low heat, longer dry times works just as well. Has for me. Of course, now that I'm finally retired, I still do same sequence.