Cleaning method for my USAK?

[RockyR]

If you aren't comfortable wet washing wool (which many people aren't), then I'd suggest a trusted dry cleaner. They don't need to "press" the kilt, JUST CLEAN it.

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If you CAN wet wash wool and are comfortable "risking it", the following should help. PLEASE NOTE... the washing machine acts as a TUB OF WATER and a SPIN CYCLE ONLY. A wool kilt should NEVER be just thrown in the wash. The agitate cycle is what screws everything up. Also, please note that you WILL NEED to re-iron the pleats on a wool kilt after a wet wash.

1. Fill up your washing machine with cold water but LEAVE THE TOP OPEN
2. Put in woolite or other wool cleaner.
3. Dunk kilt and lift it up and down gently. GENTLY swish it side to side as well. Do this several times and then let it soak for a "little while" (15 to 20 min).
4. Repeat dunking and let sit again for a few min
5. Turn washing machine to SPIN cycle and close lid. The water will drain and the machine will spin the water out of the kilt.
6. Stop the machine and REFILL with water (JUST water) to rinse the kilt
7. Dunk kilt a few times to get cleaner out of material.
8. Put machine BACK ON SPIN.
9. If you want to double check all cleaner is out of the kilt, repeat step 6, 7 and 8.
10. Once the rinse water is out of the kilt, take the kilt out of the machine and lay it flat to dry.
HINT: Straighten the pleats WHILE THE KILT IS DAMP. It will make ironing the kilt easier later.