Handwashing your kilt at home

[Pleater]

Does that leave your wool smelling like vinegar?

No - I use white vinegar, about a cup full, when washing a kilt in the bath, so it is quite diluted, and most of it drains away.

I have a quite acute sense of smell and have never detected a whif of chip shop after washing.

You could use anything acidic - lemon juice for instance, if you don't fancy vinegar. The fabric should feel smoother after the treatment, as it closes the scales on the fibres.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[sathor]

No - I use white vinegar, about a cup full, when washing a kilt in the bath, so it is quite diluted, and most of it drains away.

I have a quite acute sense of smell and have never detected a whif of chip shop after washing.

You could use anything acidic - lemon juice for instance, if you don't fancy vinegar. The fabric should feel smoother after the treatment, as it closes the scales on the fibres.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

I just realized, after the move, I'll have a bath tub!

(Try making a 3 yo take a shower when he doesn't want one. Not fun. Not even at 4, or almost 5...)

[ziggy]

Am I the only one that would rather wash it at home by yourself, just because you wouldn't trust a dry cleaner with your kilt?

It's one of those thing, if something is going to happen, I want to be the one to do it!

Anywho, this is excellent knowledge, these cleaning your kilts posts have amazing insight.