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Re:Microbial Odor Profile of Polyester and Cotton Clothes Af... by nntwozz on Sunday July 30, 2023 @07:36PM (#36937158)
You should use special wool detergent or just soap, regular detergent destroys the protein in wool and ruins it with time. This is a common mistake and why people get holes in their garments.
Re:Microbial Odor Profile of Polyester and Cotton Clothes Af... by navi0 on Monday July 31, 2023 @12:01AM (#36938683)
I’m curious to learn more about your suggestions, but Icebreaker’s website [0] suggests this isn’t necessary:

“Use a normal warm or cool machine wash cycle with regular powder or liquid detergent. Separate light and darks as usual. Don’t use softeners or bleach.”

[0] https://www.icebreaker.com/en-us/caring-for-your-icebreaker....

Re:Microbial Odor Profile of Polyester and Cotton Clothes Af... by nntwozz on Monday July 31, 2023 @12:32AM (#36938841)
Well, you gotta make money somehow ;)

I own Icebreaker garments btw, here's what Miele says:

Biological detergents contain certain enzymes that are there to remove proteins from a garment. This is how they are effective at cleaning things such as egg from clothing. However, silk and wool are also made up of proteins. Biological detergent cannot differentiate between a bit of egg stain and a bit of silk so the enzymes will eat away at it.

This results in very small, randomly placed, holes on a garment. They won’t appear after the first wash, but tend to appear after several washes once the enzyme has gradually eaten the fabric away.

Re:Microbial Odor Profile of Polyester and Cotton Clothes Af... by JohnBooty on Monday July 31, 2023 @01:37AM (#36939148)
I don't have an opinion here since I haven't owned many wool garments over the years, but:

In your previous post you stated that "regular detergent" destroys wool. This post from Miele seems to be about specific "biological detergents."

Re:Microbial Odor Profile of Polyester and Cotton Clothes Af... by nntwozz on Monday July 31, 2023 @01:48AM (#36939206)
The vast majority of detergents (at least here in Sweden) contain enzymes. Just make sure you don't have it in yours.

Personally I wash my wool with soap like they did back in the day, no worries.

Re:Microbial Odor Profile of Polyester and Cotton Clothes Af... by JohnBooty on Monday July 31, 2023 @01:53AM (#36939233)
Interesting! Thanks.