Supercharge Your Wool!

Magnussen said:
Someone from another forum just told me that he and his peers have had great results using cooking oil!
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Sounds like an accident waiting to happen :eek:

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what a wondeful and timely post! Thanks mag!
 
Good warning NOT to use anything BUT lanolin on wool! Wool rarely needs to be washed, and treat it after washing if you do.
 
KuRUpTD said:
Sounds like an accident waiting to happen :eek:

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mmmmmmh......... do I smell frenchfries?



Seroiusly though..... I guess all the fishermen he knows use cooking oil....... one tablespoon in a bucket of warm water.... probably not enough to ender you a human torch.

And it doesn't go rancid either.

I use 100% pure lanolin..... but may test out the cooking oil on a sweater...
 
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I use NikWax Wool Wash on my wool. It contains lanolin and is safe to for your washer. To me, it seems to impregnate the wool to just the right amount and seems to be the easiest way to do it. I'm very happy with the stuff; works great. I hear Eucalan wool wash is good too.
 
Magnussen said:
Good point JRB....... I hadn't thought of that.... but wouldn't those same folks be somewhat allergic to wool itself anyway?..... I really don't know.


You can buy small tubes of lanolin rich cream at the pharmacy. Nursing women use it for chaffing..... incidentaly.... boobs without nipples would be pointless..... ahthankyou.




Rick
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I think that the concentration of lanolin is the culprit (of my allergy at least). I have always worn wool clothing with no problem, but when I used a lanolin rich cream on one of my tattoos (as recommended by my tattooist) all hell broke loose. My whole arm was on fire. At first I thought it was a reaction to the red ink in my new tattoo as I've never had that color inked into my skin. I stopped using the lanolin cream to see if that would help and the redness, pain and hives went away pretty quickly. Thank god it wasn't the ink or I'd have been screwed! As a test, I put some of the lanolin cream on my other arm a few weeks later and felt a bad reaction starting within an hour.
 
Lanolin works wonders for overtreated wool but there is an alternative to it, at least a few years ago there was a silicone treatment on the market that achieved most of the water repellancy of lanolin treatment. The feeling of the treated wool was quite comfortable and no allergy for that.

TLM
 
Hey Rick I have a great blanket that is made of both Alpaca Wool and Sheep's wool, I assume lanolin would not hurt the alpaca, any idea?
 
Lanolin is from sheep, as a first guess I would not use it on alpaca. I don't know what the corresponding fat is called in the Lama family. :o

TLM
 
Lanolin is a wax secreted from the sebaceous glands of ALL wool bearing animals.... I don't see why you couldn't use it on alpaca.
 
In High School there was a girl who was very allergic to wool, but she could wear alpaca. (Her mom was not happy due to the high price.)

So I Googled, and found many references to the absence of lanolin in alpaca fiber.

Containing no lanolin, alpaca fiber is also naturally hypoallergenic. Most people who are sensitive to wool find that they can wear alpaca without the itching or irritation they feel from wool because alpaca fiber is smooth.
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Illinois Appaca Growers and Breeders Assn.
 
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So I Googled, and found many references to the absence of lanolin in alpaca fiber.
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Found the same and apparently also vicuna is similar, out of interest I tried to find more but found really nothing. So to be on the safe side no lanolin on alpaca (which wool really feels warm).

TLM
 
The lanolin treatments I've seen have been wash-in. I have some Filson wool pants and coats that say dry clean only, no washing. Are there any spray-on lanolin treatments available that would allow me to get around washing in the lanolin?
 
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