If you were told you could wash the sheepskin, it's probably going to be just fine. I have one under my desk in the office; the cats sleep (and occasionally donate a hairball or two) on it, and in winter, at least, my shoe-clad feet are on it. I throw it in the washing machine whenever it starts looking especially dingy or matted (or whenever the cats have provided a particularly juicy hairball!). I use regular detergent, and warm water, and I don't let it do a full agitation cycle - instead, I let it soak for a bit, then run the agitator for a few minutes, let it soak again, then agitate and spin out, and rinse the same general way.
I don't put it in the dryer, but let it dry draped over a chair outside if the weather is conducive (in Southern California it almost always is!), or over the shower-curtain rod inside if not. I sometimes lose a little bit of fleece fuzz in the washer, but nothing significant at all, and the results have always been a much cleaner, fluffier sheepskin rug! I would really, really be scared to put a sheepskin into the microwave. I envision the leather scorching... eek! Grace To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
