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Caring for wool:
>Daily care is placing it in a wire basket in the wind for several hours. This easily lifts most odors and contaminants
>Monthly care is hand washing in tepid water with 3-5 drops of Dr. Bronner's soap per garment
>Drying protocol is to lay it flat on a towel, roll up the towel, and arrange it in the correct shape to dry
>Daily storage is to place small bags of cedar chips in the drawers
>Extended storage is to place mothballs in airtight plastic bins
>First wash: after washing, dissolve in boiling water a large pea-sized amount of anhydrous lanolin for each garment. Dilute this into a tepid water soak that just covers the garments (it should be as concentrated as possible). Let stand overnight and follow the drying protocol. Repeat once a year or every 10 washes, whichever comes first.
It's expensive! How much fancy wool do I need? I found that 1x long underwear/shirt, and 2x short underwear/shirt, is the most price-effective combination of newly bought 100% merino. This is a set of 2 shorts for warm weather, and 1x long 1x short for cool weather. At least 3 pairs of fairly thin socks, should be decent value but certainly not high end.
How long should it last? I have some conventional (not merino) that's easily 50+ years old. With proper care and timely mending with wool thread, I wouldn't expect merino to last less than 20 years of daily use. I've had cottons and synthetics worn daily and machine washed that are 12+ years old.
What else? Wool clothing requires some undoing of social/corporate brainwashing such as the belief that clothes must be washed after wearing them. This is simply corporate propaganda by Big Laundry taking advantage of the dark legacy of concepts such as moral hygiene.
