Comment on Discussion Thread 🐞 Sunday 21 December 2025
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 1 month ago
As part of the holiday unKAOS I want to wash all my blankets. Am gonna enlist some outside line time from a mate. Cotton ones are fine but how do I wash those old woolen ones? You know the ones with the various check patterns that no-one ever buys but everyone has? Tips?
With woolwash on a cold gentle cycle. If you don’t have woolwash use liquid washing detergent and if you don’t have that dissolve some powder into some water before adding.
Usually you would wash woollens in cold water so they don’t shrink but warm water for blankets should be fine if you prefer.
Wait for a nice warm day to hang them out.
Awesome that’s what I was thinking. Will take them to the laundromat and use one of the bigger machines too.
In that case definitely use cold water.
I don’t recommend you put the blankets in the washing machine, they will be too heavy for the machine when wet.
if they really do need a wash take to the dry cleaners.
I usually wouldn’t wash them unless they have some sort of wet grot like cat sick on them. Just hang them on the line and beat the shit out of them with a broom or suchlike. If wet wash is needed make sure it’s cold and gentle. Stomping on them in a bathtub is a better idea than a machine. Hot water and too much agitation will get you lumpy felt.
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Mine are an especially unattractive pinkish brown and puke green 😹
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 1 month ago
That’s the one! Haha