Yes, this method works well. I had a similar problem about a year ago with a Stillwater heavyweight kilt and used food. I washed it by hand in the bathtub, using cool water and a child's shampoo and hanging the kilt to drip-dry. The pressing was more work than the washing but the result was very satisfactory.

The hardest part of the job was rigging a line from which to let the kilt dry. A Stillwater heavyweight saturated with water weighs about 20 pounds.

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