Vacuuming my great kilt.

**Sir Didymous** · 4th September 13, 12:21 PM

I was at my reenactment troops Grand Tournament about a week or so ago and packed my great kilt. The kilt wasn't period for the Tourney, I packed it to use as a blanket. The grounds had been recently tended in preparation for our festivities. It was a great time, and the grounds were beautiful. The only problem is that I ended up with lawn clippings all over my four and a half yard heavy weight belted plaid. Now it is one of my reenactment plaids so I didn't want to have it dry cleaned and get it "too clean" and remove the water treating, but I have no where to hang a piece of cloth that large for drying after hand washing. My solution was a bit of Febreze and a good vacuuming. It worked alright, but does anyone have any suggestions of other methods.

**Tartan Tess** · 4th September 13, 01:30 PM

If it was one of your plaids for reenactment, wouldn't just shaking out the lawn clippings work?
I mean, after all, it is supposed to look period eh? and historically, great kilts could be turned "inside out" when the original outside got too crusty

**Sir Didymous** · 4th September 13, 01:51 PM

I tried shaking the clippings off, but they acted like there was glue involved. The Febreze was because It was the one I use for my upper class portrayal. If it had been my other one (the one I should have took) I would have just let the grass fall off on it's own. It's pretty crusty already ;)

**Liam** · 4th September 13, 08:29 PM

How about putting it on and having a fair damsel use a clothing brush on you!

**piperdbh** · 4th September 13, 08:40 PM

Blow it away with an air compressor?

**Sir Didymous** · 5th September 13, 12:29 AM

Originally Posted by Liam

How about putting it on and having a fair damsel use a clothing brush on you!

Nice thought, but my fair damsel doesn't do anything gently. So a clothing brush could be a safety hazard in that area. But with the right lady, it could work.

**Tartan Tess** · 5th September 13, 08:12 AM

I like the air compresser idea.

**sydnie7** · 5th September 13, 08:28 AM

I'd favor the vacuum over the air compressor. Too easy to imbed particles in the weave with force of air.

**tundramanq** · 5th September 13, 01:05 PM

I favor the air compressor set at 30 psi and a blowout nozzle. You blow along the fabric, not at it. It actually sucks air thru the fabric from the back side.