Originally Posted by
Valentine
Experiment: Washing in water of wool pants
Pants Origin Unknown. Certainly pants didn't fit me two years ago(waist)
Old dress wool pants I'll use for hunting. For all I know the wife might have found them at Goodwill.
Washed pants, alone, in cold water, in washer on the slow setting of knits gentle.
Used small amount of baking soda and borax; 2 to 1 ratio.
Hung pants to air dry.
Tested pants with black light. No ultra-violet effect on pants. No soap scent. Pluses for hunting clothes.
Measured dry pants before and after washing; no change in size noted. Dry pants fit on person, before and after washing.
verdict: Country club hunters will continue to dry clean wool hunting clothes. lord knows what they paid for those expensive wool hunting clothes. Us old experimenters can just save money.
it cost about 19 dollars locally to do my pants.mine are old woolrich and are 46 years old.
great pair.if you wash at home,to get a SOFT feel to pants, you have to tumble in dryer.
i like SOFT feel of dry cleaning and colors stay.washing at home does affect colors .
i only do mine 1 time a year so 19 dollars is not pain to me and they are so soft after being dry cleaned.
i also use NEW unscented laundry detergents that are now out.also there are unscented fabric softners too that will make yor clothes SOFT.
arm hammer has unscented one and downey now has unscented softner.