--- Holly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dishwashing liquid is designed to > cut grease quickly, so it works well on wool without > the alkali damage.
I used to wash Merino and other high-grease fleeces in Dawn dishwashing liquid, but after the first soak, so much foam would form inside the mass of wool that during subsequent washes, most of it would float above the surface of the bath. I was as careful as possible not to move the wool around (I'd pull the drain and let the liquid go down w/o removing the wool from the sink, then I'd put it in the extractor). I tried putting things on top of the wool (sketchy at best) and eventually gave up. I now wash in lower-sudsing clothes detergent. It seems to work just as well and does not compromise the integrity of the wool. I soak for 15 min. at a time (2 or 3 soaks in hot with detergent with extractions in between, then 2 very fast soaks of 2-3 min. and extractions to rinse out). June -- Twosheep Blog: http://www.twosheep.com/blog Twosheep Handspun Yarn: http://www.twosheep.com/yarn To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
