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Help with a wool/nylon sweater that was given to us
My MIL gave my DH a new wool sweater from Orvis last week. It is very
warm and he has been wearing it but is complaining that there is an odor to it. It is made of 85% wool and 15% nylon and a little scratchy to the feel. I aired it outside for two days but the odor is still there. Is this a normal thing with wool? Is there anything I could do. It is recommended to dry clean only, will that help? Thanks for any help. I am not used to wool, using acrylics mostly. But I know there are lots of you that use wool for your knitting. Diane |
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Help with a wool/nylon sweater that was given to us
wrote in message oups.com... My MIL gave my DH a new wool sweater from Orvis last week. It is very warm and he has been wearing it but is complaining that there is an odor to it. It is made of 85% wool and 15% nylon and a little scratchy to the feel. I aired it outside for two days but the odor is still there. Is this a normal thing with wool? Is there anything I could do. It is recommended to dry clean only, will that help? Thanks for any help. I am not used to wool, using acrylics mostly. But I know there are lots of you that use wool for your knitting. Diane Is it the odor of spinning oil, sort of smells like kerosene? If so dry cleaning will remove it. DA |
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Help with a wool/nylon sweater that was given to us
"Wooly" skrev i melding ... Wool has a fragrance, but more likely he's smelling dyes in the wool, spinning oil, packaging, etc. Wash it in hot water with a good slug of detergent - but no agitation, just fill the washer tub, poke in the sweater and let it soak, then spin out the water, remove the sweater, refill with hot water, poke the sweater in to rinse, spin out, stomp in a towel, air dry flat. On 12 Dec 2005 13:44:49 -0800, spewed forth : I agree, Wooly, but not TOO hot water Since the persentage of wool is as high as 85! I would stop at 40 *C. Aud ;-) |
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Help with a wool/nylon sweater that was given to us
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:57:44 +0100, "Aud"
spewed forth : I agree, Wooly, but not TOO hot water Since the persentage of wool is as high as 85! I would stop at 40 *C. Aud ;-) Bah. Heat isn't what fulls sweaters, agitation is. Wool will full in cold water if you make it angry enough. It'll even full with no water at all, but that takes a LOT of work We have two water heaters. The one that serves the kitchen and the utility room is set at 140f, or about 60c. Water much under 120f won't cut the lanolin out of a fresh fleece, and much under 130f won't cut the lanolin out of an old dried fleece. I have no trouble with accidental fulling or felting unless I forget to turn off the washer. The first time it happened I caught it just as it started dumping cold rinsewater onto a $30/lb fleece and I managed to save most of the wool. The second time I poked in the wool and left the house, only to return and find a nice wreath base in the washer - not only did I forget to turn off the washer, I had the washer set for a SECOND RINSE, and with heavy agitation to boot. One can shock a sweate scouring it in hot water and then dumping it into a cold rinse. The rinse should be at least as warm, if not moreso, than the wash. Jm2c +++++++++++++ Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET. This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%. Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account... |
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Help with a wool/nylon sweater that was given to us
In article , Wooly
wrote: On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:57:44 +0100, "Aud" spewed forth : I agree, Wooly, but not TOO hot water Since the persentage of wool is as high as 85! I would stop at 40 *C. Aud ;-) Bah. Heat isn't what fulls sweaters, agitation is. Wool will full in cold water if you make it angry enough. It'll even full with no water at all, but that takes a LOT of work snip snip Let me tell you!... wool will felt with no water, heat, or agitatoin.....I have a bag of very nice lincoln roving, good quality as well. I needed some roving to try to spinning wheels we have cleaned and fixed. They are Indian head bulky type spinning wheels. With very large bobbins and flyers. Otto got them finally all working again and we found that when you take the break off, the drag of the flyer is enough to create take up. In order to try this wheel I needed something heavier. Foun the Lincoln roving and man oh man is it matted and felted. No water, no heat no agitation..... I agree with Wooly (again...LOL) Heat alone, will not felt your wool. Agitation is the activator, or sudden changes of temperature. Washing the sweater is a good idea. When you use a bit of your favorite shampoo, that may work as well. Treat your sweater gently, and it will be find. Roll in a large towel to get all the water out and dry flat. Els One can shock a sweate scouring it in hot water and then dumping it into a cold rinse. The rinse should be at least as warm, if not moreso, than the wash. Jm2c +++++++++++++ Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET. This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%. Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account... |
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Help with a wool/nylon sweater that was given to us
I would Recomend a Nice and soft HAIR Shampoo , NO Detergent ,, make a
luke warm bowl , soak in till water is cold ,,,, soak again in clean water , than hand agitate softly in cold water , let lay in sink till water stoped leaking out Roll up in towel lay on flat surface for a day ,,,, if not dry by next day roll inside out ,,, than let dry in cool non sunny well aired place . mirjam |
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Help with a wool/nylon sweater that was given to us
Thanks for your replies. I didn't know that you could safely soak
wool. I learn so much from everyone here! I am going to give it a try and see. Diane |
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Help with a wool/nylon sweater that was given to us
Don't know if anyone has suggested this Diane, but maybe you could get some
of those tissues designed to go in the tumble dryer to make your clothes smell nice and feel soft, if they do them where you come from of course, our Asda do them, and I know US'ers have Walmart which is the same company... Just fold into the garment, a couple of the tissues and leave in the warm overnight, the smell may then over rule the other smell.. such a nuisance isn't it I had this with some cotton material I bought once, it smelled like fish..lol wrote in message oups.com... My MIL gave my DH a new wool sweater from Orvis last week. It is very warm and he has been wearing it but is complaining that there is an odor to it. It is made of 85% wool and 15% nylon and a little scratchy to the feel. I aired it outside for two days but the odor is still there. Is this a normal thing with wool? Is there anything I could do. It is recommended to dry clean only, will that help? Thanks for any help. I am not used to wool, using acrylics mostly. But I know there are lots of you that use wool for your knitting. Diane |
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