Cleaning method for my USAK?

[RockyR]

If you don't have a top load washer, then you can use a bathtub filled with water as well. Instead of "spin cycle", you'll have to pull out the kilt and let it drip a few minutes. Then put it between some towels and press them together (press meaning pressure, NOT AN IRON) with the kilt inbetween. It will help to absorb excess water.

[Antonio]

Thanks Rocky! I think I'll find a Dry Cleaner around my area... but just in case I decide to do it myself, any suggestions on how to iron it?

[Mael Coluim]

Thanks Rocky! I think I'll find a Dry Cleaner around my area... but just in case I decide to do it myself, any suggestions on how to iron it?

I've had Burnett's & Struth dryclean and press my kilt. Does seem a little unusal I admit to send one to Canada from the US, but they do a fantastic job at a reasonable price. I don't have the nerve to trust any local cleaner with my kilts. Contact Brandon here on the board as Burnett's Struth, he give you the details.

[EHCAlum]

It seems you could do this with a front loader on gentle, or set short times for running.

[RockyR]

It seems you could do this with a front loader on gentle, or set short times for running.

You have to be VERY careful... If it agitates too much, the wool will get fuzzy.

Kelly uses our Meile machine to do mine, but it has some kind of setting where the drum fills a little with water, then rotates 180 degrees every minute, then sits, then rotates again. This allows for the same kind of motion as doing it by hand yourself.

Again, don't risk it unless you're 100% sure of what you're doing. I don't want to be the cause of a ruined kilt.

[EHCAlum]

You have to be VERY careful... If it agitates too much, the wool will get fuzzy.

Kelly uses our Meile machine to do mine, but it has some kind of setting where the drum fills a little with water, then rotates 180 degrees every minute, then sits, then rotates again. This allows for the same kind of motion as doing it by hand yourself.

Again, don't risk it unless you're 100% sure of what you're doing. I don't want to be the cause of a ruined kilt.

My brother's has a similar setting. Which is why I mentioned it.

[RockyR]

My brother's has a similar setting. Which is why I mentioned it.

I figured as much. I just didn't want someone to read "front loaders are OK" and throw their kilt in.

DON'T Dry clean PV! There's a teflon coating that drycleaning will remove.

Geoff Withnell

Geoff is right. DO NOT dry clean PV. What Antonio is asking about is a WOOL kilt.

[Geoff Withnell]

Thanks Rocky! I think I'll find a Dry Cleaner around my area... but just in case I decide to do it myself, any suggestions on how to iron it?

DON'T Dry clean PV! There's a teflon coating that drycleaning will remove.

Geoff Withnell