washed kilt help

**urddascymru** · 19th August 07, 10:18 AM

after a week in pa, my kilts did really well in all the rain!!.my back was turned, my daughter decided to wash everything in my travel bags for me. so after heavy duty spin cycle on hot with jeans and darks my kilts are worse for wear.
my pv is in need of ironing is there a trick to getting the pleats back? should i starch ? my wool also needs ironing but there is this fuzz all over the surface of the kilt, can/should i remove this? how? shrinkage wasn't bad but a lot of seams started to run is there a trick to this repair ? am i just doomed?

**Erisianmonkey** · 19th August 07, 11:49 AM

The wool I have no experience with. On the pv, if there is still an indication of the crease in the pleats, then go ahead and lay the kilt out flat and baste across the pleats so that they lay correctly and press the kilt on low temperature with a damp rag. If there is no indication of the creases, it's a little more difficult. What you will have to do is baste each pleat along its length in the correct position before pressing. Be careful that you get them lined up correctly or you will have a pleat that kicks out in a funny manner and you might have to do the whole thing over again.

**McClef** · 19th August 07, 12:09 PM

Croeso Glyn dod o Dde Cymru UK!

**Don Patrick** · 19th August 07, 02:45 PM

I don't have any experience with kilts yets, but I'd probably pin the pleats down, and if I felt comfortable ironing - try that, else take them to a professional cleaners for pressing.

Someone with experience making kilts could probably address the issue better, though.

**turpin** · 19th August 07, 04:53 PM

Sounds like your wool is felted. If so, there's not much you can do about that, but if it still fits OK you can wear it. Maybe one of out kiltmakers will chime in with better advice.

We always wish the kids would help out more....until they do.

**kilted in seattle** · 19th August 07, 08:41 PM

If you have the time and patience, a razor works well although it is time-consuming. We use them in the Army to de-felt our wool berets.

My wife has this de-felting doo-hickey too. It's a little motorize thing with holes and a spinning blade in one end.

**Tattoo Bradley** · 20th August 07, 06:42 AM

Originally Posted by kilted in seattle

If you have the time and patience, a razor works well although it is time-consuming. We use them in the Army to de-felt our wool berets.

My wife has this de-felting doo-hickey too. It's a little motorize thing with holes and a spinning blade in one end.

Ah yes, he's got a good point. I know it took a little time shaving the beret, can't imagine how long it'd take to shave yards of cloth.

But, it does work.

**Panache** · 20th August 07, 07:00 AM

Originally Posted by kilted in seattle

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My wife has this de-felting doo-hickey too. It's a little motorize thing with holes and a spinning blade in one end.

If your local fabric store doesn't have a "de-felting doo-hickey" you can always ask if they have a "fabric shaver" odds are they will.

Cheers

Jamie

**ScottEPooh** · 20th August 07, 08:38 AM

Originally Posted by Panache

If your local fabric store doesn't have a "de-felting doo-hickey" you can always ask if they have a "fabric shaver" odds are they will.

Cheers

Jamie

Dang it Jamie! Now you owe me a new keyboard! I spit coffee on this one!!

**urddascymru** · 21st August 07, 11:33 AM

i got a machine its called a napper knipper, hooray this could take hours, kinda like a electric shaver but only one head, however a friend of mine suggested sprayin a fine mist of alcohol on surface setting fire to it then smothering, says he does it to his cowboy hats when they get fuzzy. what do ya think?
thanks
gwyn.
p.s. hello mcclef, gwyn o gwynedd ydw,