You Need a Quilt?

**mbhandy** · 25th June 06, 07:13 AM

For 100's of years kilts have been washed by hand. Why take it to a cleaner and have noxious chemicals put on your clothing which will sit next to your body and also take out all the lanolin in the wool? :confused: Any other reasons to hand wash. That is a funny story.

MrBill

**ckelly327** · 26th June 06, 04:34 AM

Originally Posted by mbhandy

For 100's of years kilts have been washed by hand. Why take it to a cleaner and have noxious chemicals put on your clothing which will sit next to your body and also take out all the lanolin in the wool? :confused: Any other reasons to hand wash. That is a funny story.

MrBill

They are tailors first and do dry cleaning as a service to their tailoring customers. Unfortunately when I buy a kilt off the rack I need the tailoring to get my length correct. She does a good job on my economy level kilts so I can tolerate the kilt vs. quilt discussions.

**Roan Carter** · 27th June 06, 01:26 AM

I have a similar experience when I wear my kilt to the local hibachi grill. They understand that it's a historical man's garment, but eh ... the sk**t word gets used.