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26th January 09, 07:03 AM
#11
Last week I managed to overturn a mug of freshly made tea - my fault for using a long 'sundae' spoon, but the new tall mugs are taller than the normal teaspoons. I snagged on the top of the spoon handle, the mug toppled and the tea spilt, but at least I caught the mug, right handed too despite being a natural southpaw - (It wasn't my cheer-leading skills that got me an invite to cricket practice) but most of the 'ten seconds from boiling water' tea hit my kilt.
For a split second I was really rather concerned for my skin, but it proved needless.
All I felt was a slight warmth and one hot drop hit my bare foot, but that was it, so off with the kilt and straight into the washing machine, on with another hung up to air and back to the kitchen for more tea.
If the coffee stain has dried it might prove to be permanent, and the only solution is to make a large - very large - pot of coffee and immerse the whole kilt in it.
I used to have a whole collection of coffee coloured clothing in my student days.
Anne the Pleater
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26th January 09, 07:19 AM
#12
Hm??? Doesn't the hot coffee/tea cause shrinkage of the material? After all the temperature is near boiling or at least much to high to be acceptable for wool. Or maybe it cools down rather fast.
I like the breeze between my knees
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26th January 09, 07:31 AM
#13
I'm with the "avoid dry cleaners like the plague" folks. Hand wash in the bath tub with Woolite. It'll be fine.
I'm amazed at wool. Was wearing my Isle of Skye which is 16 ounce Strome from Lochcarron Mills. Sitting in the car (parked, not driving) sharing breakfast snacks with my lady and spilled orange juice in my lap. I was in full freak before it even hit the kilt. But I found that the wool fibers seemed to hold the liquid above them and not let it soak in...at least in the few seconds before I began daubing it up. Apron didn't even seem to get wet.
Used cold water and a wash rag on the area later that night and its fine. But the OJ was cold. I'm guessing hot liquid gets through easier.
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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26th January 09, 07:39 AM
#14
A lot of wool is treated and made washable these days, but to get felting or shrinking of untreated wools you need heat, soap and agitation - not just the internal agitation of the wearer over the spilt beverage, nor the brief heat of the liquid.
I'm fairly confident with washing wool - I have been knitting it and washing it for a long time, and I used to buy wool garments from charity shops and wash them despite the 'dry clean only' lables, and only spoilt a very few of them and that was usually through being careless.
With most stains if you can treat them before they dry you have a far higher probablility of removing, or at least reducing the effect.
Anne the Pleater
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26th January 09, 09:32 AM
#15
"Two things are infinite- the universe, and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Albert Einstein.
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26th January 09, 09:33 AM
#16
I have for years washed my wool sweaters in the washing machine on gentle cycle and cold water, by themself , large load with lanolin soap, I got from the feed and grain store. Never had a problem. I have washed my SWK heavy BW in the tub with the lanolin soap and like stated above was careful handling the kilt while wet. Remember to use a towel to press the pleats.
MrBill
Very Sir Lord MrBill the Essential of Happy Bottomshire
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26th January 09, 09:43 AM
#17
Originally Posted by Nighthawk
No.
It's on a saffron, so you can't see it- just smell it.
Drinking problem. Wisea...Oops. Family friendly.
If it's just on the aprons, and you can't see it... perhaps you could wash the aprons a little in the sink without getting the pleats wet.
I tried to ask my inner curmudgeon before posting, but he sprayed me with the garden hose…
Yes, I have squirrels in my brain…
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26th January 09, 10:42 AM
#18
It is always best to drink from the side of the mug that is facing you. If you try drinking from the other side you will always spill whatever you are drinking all over yourself.
Darrell
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26th January 09, 03:25 PM
#19
I like coffee and I adore the Kilt, but not that way.
Glen McGuire
A Life Lived in Fear, Is a Life Half Lived.
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26th January 09, 04:11 PM
#20
All right, I think I have figured this all out. This is Karma from that stinging butterfly incident you caused last year, Nighthawk.
Last edited by Bugbear; 26th January 09 at 04:16 PM.
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Yes, I have squirrels in my brain…
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