Wool is taken from the specialized skin cells of animals. In bitter winter, wool clothes will provide you warmth and this durability and warmth offers the wool a prime choice fabric for many clothes. Wool clothes have been popular for many years. Yet, washing and caring for wool clothes is a big project, as wool clothes have greater bulk than other textiles.
Before you do the washing, you should make sure whether you should wash your wool clothes. Sometimes, you can clean your wool clothes simply by hitting them with a garment brush. It really does a good job of removing any dirt and dust that have collected in your clothes. You can only spend a few minutes going over the entire clothes. There are some occasions you could see an assistant of the shop use the brush to keep the clothes on good terms in an expensive clothes shop. It is not their privileged rights you can do it as well as long as you have got one.
Usually, there are two ways of wool washing; the first is dry cleaning and the second is hand washing it. If you want to keep your clothes in their original shape and colors, you are better off using dry cleaning because they are professional. Of course, this would be a little expensive but it will be worth it as the laundry shop will take good care of it.
If you do decide to hand wash, it is not a big deal. But remember, you should have all water at the same temperature. The different temperatures of water will cause spots and wrinkles. You can also add some salt if you do not want colors to run and salt will keep the color. Another thing you should remember is that you can not soak, twist or wring your garments in the water. Because in doing so, you will change your garment’s original shape. Instead, you should press it gently and rinse it well under cool water.
Maybe you will ask whether you can dry your wool clothes in the dryer. The answer is negative as the heat in the dryer will cause the wool clothes to shrink. If you really want to dry it, you are better off leaving it to the professional. By the way, if found there are some wrinkles on your clothes, as wool shed wrinkles naturally, you can hang them up and place it in a steamy bathroom and then turn on the switch and let the hot water run for a few moments. In this way, the heat will fall out of the wrinkles.
These simple steps above will help you protect your woolen clothing and maintain your clothes neat and tidy so that each time you wear them they will look like new.