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| windypines |
Posted - May 14 2016 : 11:28:46 AM
i have my 2 sheep sheared and next step is washing wool. what soap have you found works best? i have always used dawn, but was told it does not do a good enough job. i have heard of using orvis paste. Anyone have anything that works well? thanks
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Michele |
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| windypines |
Posted - May 16 2016 : 5:36:41 PM
I do enjoy the whole process, from sheep to garment. just alot of work in between!
Farming in WI
Michele |
| forgetmenot |
Posted - May 15 2016 : 3:18:53 PM
I'm excited for you, Michele! I helped a friend wash her fleece a long time ago. It felt very satisfying doing something so natural.
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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the belief that something is more important than fear." Ambrose Red Moon |
| rachelbee |
Posted - May 15 2016 : 09:30:29 AM
I asked my friend who owns a yarn company and does a lot of her own spinning and she says that Dawn is a good way to clean it. Cuts the grease. If it's particularly dirty it may need to be skirted as well.
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| windypines |
Posted - May 15 2016 : 08:09:05 AM
i was told by a mill that she used sams club brand clothes powder. went to sams club they did not have any powder. my sheep are border leichester/shetland.
Farming in WI
Michele |
| guineahen |
Posted - May 15 2016 : 03:27:09 AM
Dawn is all that I have heard, and if it has been working for you...And anyway, seems the people who said it wasn't good enough should have offered an alternative. What kind of sheep do you have? |
