The last couple of days have been good blanket washing days - bright, warm sunshine and a gentle breeze, so I've taken advantage and washed all the winter blankets ready to store them for the summer.
I use this wool wash recipe, which is based on the Martha Gardener Wool Mix available at supermarkets. I've used it for 30 years on all our woollens and delicates and anything clothing or manchester that is stored away. It leaves woollens especially soft and clean, and helps to deter bugs like silverfish and moths that like to feast on our woollies. Ingredients: 4 cups Lux flakes* 4 cups boiling water 1 cup methylated spirits 2 tbsp eucalyptus oil Method: Mix together and bottle. To use dissolve mixture in hot water, cool before gently kneading woollens to wash. Rinse well and dry carefully in the shade, preferably flat to retain shape. *Lux flakes - you can use any pure soap flakes or grate cakes of pure soap to get the flakes. Depending on the size of the cakes of soap you'll need 2 or 3. If you use the zester side of your grater the soap will dissolve easily and quickly. From the Laundry: Manchester Tip Store
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Helen Le Sueur
20/7/2019 08:37:24 am
I can't use Lux because it gives me a fierce, itchy rash all over. I finely grate Velvet laundry soap and use the other ingredients. I started using a wool mix 46 years ago, The original recipe I used was from an old CWA cookbook with imperial measurements and home hints including such things as "Invalid Cookery", "Hints for the Home and to Preserve the Temper" which itself includes To Wash a Fleece in a kerosene tin. It's a wonderful book.
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Bridget
19/10/2020 11:32:48 am
Can you use this mixture in the washing machine?
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