Wool washed too warm

What you need:

• Shampoo or conditioner
• vinegar
• warm water
• spray bottle

How to save wool that was washed too warm

• First, check the condition of the wool that you washed too warm. Depending on the result, you can still save something. However, if the item of clothing has shrunk down to the size of a child, it will be in vain.
• If the item of clothing is just a little smaller, spray it with clear, cold water that you put into a spray bottle. Then pull the garment apart slightly. Do this with gentle movements and don't tug at it.
• If this did not save the item of clothing, wash it again by hand. To do this, only use lukewarm water. Under no circumstances should it be hot. Add some shampoo or conditioner, not wool detergent. Then rinse the garment and place it in a bucket. To do this, add a little vinegar and let it work for a few minutes, then rinse it off again.
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• Now put the clothing on a towel, on the clothes horse. This allows the fibers to dry without wearing out. Then you can carefully and very gently try to pull it into shape.

The right care for wool

• Before you have washed wool too warm, you should definitely consider some care instructions. It pays off and you can enjoy your clothes for longer.


Saving shrunk woolen clothing - this is how it could be done

Wool - whether knitted by the grandparents or maybe even expensive in the designer shop ...

• Basically, it is not that you are not in the clothing made of this material Washing machine wash. This is just a common myth. Be sure to follow the washing instructions. You can find this on a label if you turn the garment inside out. It always says at how many degrees you can wash. If you find the remark "Superwash", it means coated fibers that you can even wash at 40 degrees. It is practical that the fibers coated with synthetic resin do not become matted. Find the note Hand wash on the label, you should only wash the garment by hand and use a gentle wool detergent.
• It is important that you always turn clothes made of this material inside out and then wash them. Avoid soaking, prewash and do not use fabric softener. This would only widen the fibers and the garment would then be larger than before.
• Note that textiles made from wool materials should dry lying down. Just put them on a clothes horse. Otherwise the water weighs down the material and it stretches out. Sun rays or even heating from heating is also not good. That would cause the fibers to contract.
• If you want to be particularly gentle on the colors, you should definitely put the textiles in a water bath with a shot of vinegar. So you can almost make the colors shine. Leave the garment in that for 5 minutes bath and then rinse it off with cold water.