Complete restoration. This was so amazing - I honestly didn't think this would work all that well, and it was a total no fuss no busy work restoration.
Wow I'm so impressed!!
Okay, here's the story- I have some some sheepskin rugs. I love them they are so soft and cozy to step on when you get out of bed in the morning, so much nicer for feet to hit that soft wool rug instead of the cold wood floor. I have had several of these rugs for a few years and we use them different ways. One of them had been used as a chair cushion on a wooden office chair so it had been sat on repeatedly and was completely squished flat. Then after it was flat we used it as a rug in front of our dresser so it was walked on regularly and had gotten somewhat dusty and dirty.
It looked grey and matted. - It was not attractive anymore. I had been planing to throw it away! A friend said she used to wash sheepskins in her clothes washer!! I thought she was nuts. You cant hardly wash wool in a clothes washer let alone leather or a shearling.. but then I found Kookaburra wash.
It was SUCH AN EASY PROCESS!! ! ! !
All I did was put it in my regular old agitator 1990's style clothes washer with an ounce and a half of the Kookaburra wash. Then lay it out to dry. It already was nicely fluffed and much whiter again. It was a nice creamy color and the dingy gray was gone. People recommend brushing them out with a metal brush like you would use to brush a dog. I don't have that kind of brush and didn't want to go buy something - so I took a scrubbing brush that I had in the house for cleaning and brushed it and it looked great. It only took me 3 minutes of brushing. Done and Done.
You've got to CHECK OUT the pictures!! . The first is the Kookaburra wash with the nasty rug. The second shows it immediately out of the washing machine (already a world better). The third shows the completely restored rug. The fourth shows what it looked like after 90 seconds of brushing on one side brushed and before I had brushed the other.. (baby stuck feet in here, but you can still see the unbrushed side behind them) It was amazingly easy and I just used a brush with plastic bristles.
I can't believe I was going to throw this away- I just had no idea they could even be restored.. let alone that I could do it myself and it would be so easy! This bottle is totally worth it. It takes so little liquid to clean and restore them that this will allow me to wash several rugs many times. SOO much cheaper than replacing the rug.
The natural tea tree oil makes it really fresh again and the lanolin protects the leather and fur. Lanolin is literally the natural lamb oil that sheep oil their own wool with, so it makes sense to protect it with the same thing.
Tips: The settings I used were:
* Warm wash water and Warm rinse - with any wool you don't want to change temperatures through the process.. that is when your wool sweaters etc shrink like crazy. If you wash cold then you need to rinse cold, if you was hot you have to rinse hot. I stuck with warm.
* I used low agitation to not tangle the fur, but high spin to get out as much moisture as possible.
* I set it to a small cycle because I washed this alone, and then I washed it on "delicate" cycle.
* Then I lay it out on a towel to dry and pointed a house fan on it to help it dry faster.
* About 3 minutes of brushing with a plastic bristled scrubbing brush and Voila it's beautiful again.
The Kookabura wash smelled strong when I put it in the washing machine but it smells fresh and very pleasant now that it is out and dry.
I am so unbelievably pleased with this product and the whole process! I would highly recommend giving it a shot.
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Favorite handwash for wool, cashmere, mohair, and silk yarns
After soaking a knitted swatch in the Kookaburra wash, the kitted swatch was soft, the stitches evened out beautifully and the fabric had a nice, but very light, fragrance. I had used this wash before when I received a free sample and loved it so much I bought a larger bottle. I love that it doesn't require rinsing, but does not leave any kind of residue on the fabric aside from a nice fresh fragrance. I use it on yarn made of wool, cashmere, silk, and/or mohair. I don't knit with cotton, so I'm not sure how the cotton comes out with this wash, but I would expect it would have just as nice results as the other yarns I have used it on. My Noro yarns really come to life after soaking in the Kookaburra. The yarn blooms and all the different elements that make up the yarn show beautifully once the garment dries. This wash leaves the knitted fabric with a beautiful drape, takes all the crinkly feel out of the yarn. And the fabric also feels so much softer than prior to soaking and blocking.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2016
Wow I'm so impressed!!
Okay, here's the story- I have some some sheepskin rugs. I love them they are so soft and cozy to step on when you get out of bed in the morning, so much nicer for feet to hit that soft wool rug instead of the cold wood floor. I have had several of these rugs for a few years and we use them different ways. One of them had been used as a chair cushion on a wooden office chair so it had been sat on repeatedly and was completely squished flat. Then after it was flat we used it as a rug in front of our dresser so it was walked on regularly and had gotten somewhat dusty and dirty.
It looked grey and matted. - It was not attractive anymore. I had been planing to throw it away! A friend said she used to wash sheepskins in her clothes washer!! I thought she was nuts. You cant hardly wash wool in a clothes washer let alone leather or a shearling.. but then I found Kookaburra wash.
It was SUCH AN EASY PROCESS!! ! ! !
All I did was put it in my regular old agitator 1990's style clothes washer with an ounce and a half of the Kookaburra wash. Then lay it out to dry. It already was nicely fluffed and much whiter again. It was a nice creamy color and the dingy gray was gone. People recommend brushing them out with a metal brush like you would use to brush a dog. I don't have that kind of brush and didn't want to go buy something - so I took a scrubbing brush that I had in the house for cleaning and brushed it and it looked great. It only took me 3 minutes of brushing. Done and Done.
You've got to CHECK OUT the pictures!! . The first is the Kookaburra wash with the nasty rug. The second shows it immediately out of the washing machine (already a world better). The third shows the completely restored rug. The fourth shows what it looked like after 90 seconds of brushing on one side brushed and before I had brushed the other.. (baby stuck feet in here, but you can still see the unbrushed side behind them) It was amazingly easy and I just used a brush with plastic bristles.
I can't believe I was going to throw this away- I just had no idea they could even be restored.. let alone that I could do it myself and it would be so easy! This bottle is totally worth it. It takes so little liquid to clean and restore them that this will allow me to wash several rugs many times. SOO much cheaper than replacing the rug.
The natural tea tree oil makes it really fresh again and the lanolin protects the leather and fur. Lanolin is literally the natural lamb oil that sheep oil their own wool with, so it makes sense to protect it with the same thing.
Tips: The settings I used were:
* Warm wash water and Warm rinse - with any wool you don't want to change temperatures through the process.. that is when your wool sweaters etc shrink like crazy. If you wash cold then you need to rinse cold, if you was hot you have to rinse hot. I stuck with warm.
* I used low agitation to not tangle the fur, but high spin to get out as much moisture as possible.
* I set it to a small cycle because I washed this alone, and then I washed it on "delicate" cycle.
* Then I lay it out on a towel to dry and pointed a house fan on it to help it dry faster.
* About 3 minutes of brushing with a plastic bristled scrubbing brush and Voila it's beautiful again.
The Kookabura wash smelled strong when I put it in the washing machine but it smells fresh and very pleasant now that it is out and dry.
I am so unbelievably pleased with this product and the whole process! I would highly recommend giving it a shot.
I completely restored a rug all while holding a baby in one arm!
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2016
Complete restoration. This was so amazing - I honestly didn't think this would work all that well, and it was a total no fuss no busy work restoration.Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2016
Wow I'm so impressed!!
Okay, here's the story- I have some some sheepskin rugs. I love them they are so soft and cozy to step on when you get out of bed in the morning, so much nicer for feet to hit that soft wool rug instead of the cold wood floor. I have had several of these rugs for a few years and we use them different ways. One of them had been used as a chair cushion on a wooden office chair so it had been sat on repeatedly and was completely squished flat. Then after it was flat we used it as a rug in front of our dresser so it was walked on regularly and had gotten somewhat dusty and dirty.
It looked grey and matted. - It was not attractive anymore. I had been planing to throw it away! A friend said she used to wash sheepskins in her clothes washer!! I thought she was nuts. You cant hardly wash wool in a clothes washer let alone leather or a shearling.. but then I found Kookaburra wash.
It was SUCH AN EASY PROCESS!! ! ! !
All I did was put it in my regular old agitator 1990's style clothes washer with an ounce and a half of the Kookaburra wash. Then lay it out to dry. It already was nicely fluffed and much whiter again. It was a nice creamy color and the dingy gray was gone. People recommend brushing them out with a metal brush like you would use to brush a dog. I don't have that kind of brush and didn't want to go buy something - so I took a scrubbing brush that I had in the house for cleaning and brushed it and it looked great. It only took me 3 minutes of brushing. Done and Done.
You've got to CHECK OUT the pictures!! . The first is the Kookaburra wash with the nasty rug. The second shows it immediately out of the washing machine (already a world better). The third shows the completely restored rug. The fourth shows what it looked like after 90 seconds of brushing on one side brushed and before I had brushed the other.. (baby stuck feet in here, but you can still see the unbrushed side behind them) It was amazingly easy and I just used a brush with plastic bristles.
I can't believe I was going to throw this away- I just had no idea they could even be restored.. let alone that I could do it myself and it would be so easy! This bottle is totally worth it. It takes so little liquid to clean and restore them that this will allow me to wash several rugs many times. SOO much cheaper than replacing the rug.
The natural tea tree oil makes it really fresh again and the lanolin protects the leather and fur. Lanolin is literally the natural lamb oil that sheep oil their own wool with, so it makes sense to protect it with the same thing.
Tips: The settings I used were:
* Warm wash water and Warm rinse - with any wool you don't want to change temperatures through the process.. that is when your wool sweaters etc shrink like crazy. If you wash cold then you need to rinse cold, if you was hot you have to rinse hot. I stuck with warm.
* I used low agitation to not tangle the fur, but high spin to get out as much moisture as possible.
* I set it to a small cycle because I washed this alone, and then I washed it on "delicate" cycle.
* Then I lay it out on a towel to dry and pointed a house fan on it to help it dry faster.
* About 3 minutes of brushing with a plastic bristled scrubbing brush and Voila it's beautiful again.
The Kookabura wash smelled strong when I put it in the washing machine but it smells fresh and very pleasant now that it is out and dry.
I am so unbelievably pleased with this product and the whole process! I would highly recommend giving it a shot.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2024
Favorite handwash for wool, cashmere, mohair, and silk yarns
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2024
After soaking a knitted swatch in the Kookaburra wash, the kitted swatch was soft, the stitches evened out beautifully and the fabric had a nice, but very light, fragrance. I had used this wash before when I received a free sample and loved it so much I bought a larger bottle. I love that it doesn't require rinsing, but does not leave any kind of residue on the fabric aside from a nice fresh fragrance. I use it on yarn made of wool, cashmere, silk, and/or mohair. I don't knit with cotton, so I'm not sure how the cotton comes out with this wash, but I would expect it would have just as nice results as the other yarns I have used it on. My Noro yarns really come to life after soaking in the Kookaburra. The yarn blooms and all the different elements that make up the yarn show beautifully once the garment dries. This wash leaves the knitted fabric with a beautiful drape, takes all the crinkly feel out of the yarn. And the fabric also feels so much softer than prior to soaking and blocking.
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2024
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