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wool prep fail - a little help?

AshleyPTAshleyPT member
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I lanolized my used wool soaker per the tutorial on the Sbish site. When I added the dissolved lanolin back into the water with the soaker it all just gooped up.  What did I do wrong? Now it's just a sticky mess.

 


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Re: wool prep fail - a little help?

  • bethandjoe09bethandjoe09
    Generally the lanolin needs some help getting into solution.  What I'd recommend doing: put the lanolin in a small microwaveable container (I use a little mason jar), preferably with a lid.  Add a few drops of wool wash or baby shampoo and some hot water (or add water and heat in microwave for 20-30 seconds).  Put the lid on and shake for 30 seconds.  Then mix that into the soak water before adding your woolies.
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  • AshleyPTAshleyPT member

    imagebethandjoe09:
    Generally the lanolin needs some help getting into solution.  What I'd recommend doing: put the lanolin in a small microwaveable container (I use a little mason jar), preferably with a lid.  Add a few drops of wool wash or baby shampoo and some hot water (or add water and heat in microwave for 20-30 seconds).  Put the lid on and shake for 30 seconds.  Then mix that into the soak water before adding your woolies.

    Yeah, I dissolved a tsp of lanolin in super hot water with a drop of baby wash per the sbish directions and stirred it until it was all dissolved and it still got goopey when I added it back to the water.


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    imageAshleyPT:

    imagebethandjoe09:
    Generally the lanolin needs some help getting into solution.  What I'd recommend doing: put the lanolin in a small microwaveable container (I use a little mason jar), preferably with a lid.  Add a few drops of wool wash or baby shampoo and some hot water (or add water and heat in microwave for 20-30 seconds).  Put the lid on and shake for 30 seconds.  Then mix that into the soak water before adding your woolies.

    Yeah, I dissolved a tsp of lanolin in super hot water with a drop of baby wash per the sbish directions and stirred it until it was all dissolved and it still got goopey when I added it back to the water.

    A whole teaspoon of lanolin?  How much water were you using?  I use a large bowl for my lanolin soaks, and a pea-sized blob of lanolin (OK, it's larger than that, but two peas max).  A teaspoon sounds like a lot.

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  • AshleyPTAshleyPT member
    It seemed like a ton, but that's what the directions said :( So now can I just re-wash and start over with the right amount this time?

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  • bethandjoe09bethandjoe09

    imageAshleyPT:
    It seemed like a ton, but that's what the directions said :( So now can I just re-wash and start over with the right amount this time?

    Yes, you can rewash.  Worst case scenario, if the wool is totally greasy, you can strip with a little blue Dawn and then relanolize.  If there are just some extra specks on the wool, they'll rub in.

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  • AshleyPTAshleyPT member
    Thank You!!

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