Cleaning wool

jax · January 15, 2012, 06:01:00 PM

I dry clean mine every few years. Manufacturee calls for that

Plaigh · January 15, 2012, 06:21:00 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Killdeer:
"Wouldn't they itch you into insanity?"

There goes our little secret.
Killdeer

January 15, 2012, 06:24:00 PM

My wife uses dri-all, works for everything from Filsen shirts to wool jackets.

Trad 4 life · January 15, 2012, 06:52:00 PM

sportwash,gentle cycle hang dry

NoCams · January 15, 2012, 11:19:00 PM

I think you can get by with machine washing these days with the modern front loading machines with no agitator like the old top loaders had. The agitator was the shrinkage culprit I think. The modern machines have a, " Hand Wash " setting and this is what I use when I wash my Ullfrotte' long johns. Most of the newer modern dryers are the same... they have a very low heat setting or air dry setting so you do not overheat the wool and shrink it. If I have the time I simply lay mine out to dry outside.

I try not to wash my heavy expensive outer layers if at all possible. I hang them out the entire season from Oct to Jan on a clothesline.

amar911 · January 16, 2012, 01:10:00 AM

Hand wash with Sport Wash. Much better than Woolite and no UV enhancers.

Allan

celticknot · January 16, 2012, 08:49:00 AM

I wash all my wool hunting clothes in baking soda. Just dump a bunch in warm water in the bath tub and throw in all my clothes and treat em like a 2 dollar hooker. lol then I rinse em for a while and wringe them out and hang em up somewhere they can drip dry.

Killdeer · January 16, 2012, 08:57:00 AM

Might I ask how YOU treat a two-dollar hooker? :confused:

Killdeer

ksbowman · January 16, 2012, 09:01:00 AM

Killy, I just about spit my coffee all over my key board! You crack me up!LOL

Warchild · January 16, 2012, 09:08:00 AM

I have washed both of my shirts in the machine on the delicate cycle and then hung them to dry. No shrinkage or damage.

Keefer · January 16, 2012, 01:06:00 PM

Killy,
You ran him out of town I think? He must of meant something like this

Killdeer · January 16, 2012, 01:47:00 PM

That's better.

Killdeer

celticknot · January 20, 2012, 05:00:00 PM

KILLDEER I get my money's worth LOL