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Rappel
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Tue, May 16 2023, 7:46 am
My son wears cotton beged, wool strings. DH wears wool all over.
I'm terrible at washing them. At some point, always look ruined, or shrunk, or tangled, even if I use a bag.
But if I wait until I have enough to make a cold or handwash worth it, then they're out of Tsitsit.
Teach me your cleaning habits. How do you keep them clean? How do you keep them nice? How often do you wash, and what do you wash with? How do you keep the strings from shredding or tangling?
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ora_43
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Tue, May 16 2023, 8:19 am
I tie a hitch knot in them, the kind that comes free when you pull on the end. Then I wash them with rest of the clothes, untie, and line-dry.
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zaq
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Tue, May 16 2023, 8:19 am
By hand with Woolite, shampoo or Ivory soap. Don't wait to "have enough." You're not filling a machine, so you can do one or three at a time.
Better yet..."empower" dh and ds to wash their own.
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Rappel
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Tue, May 16 2023, 9:48 am
I like the empower idea
When you hang them dry, do they develop an odd smell?
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Rutabaga
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Tue, May 16 2023, 9:54 am
I gather the four strings together and wrap them tightly with aluminum foil. Then I put the tzitzit in a mesh bag and that goes in the regular laundry. When clean, I remove the tzitzit from the bag, unwrap the foil, and hang dry.
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amother
Clematis
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Tue, May 16 2023, 9:59 am
Rappel wrote: | I like the empower idea
When you hang them dry, do they develop an odd smell? |
Wet wool smells bad but it should not smell once they dry
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Rappel
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Tue, May 16 2023, 10:05 am
Rutabaga wrote: | I gather the four strings together and wrap them tightly with aluminum foil. Then I put the tzitzit in a mesh bag and that goes in the regular laundry. When clean, I remove the tzitzit from the bag, unwrap the foil, and hang dry. |
How do you wrap them in aluminium foil? And what does the foil do for the Tsitsit?
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amother
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Tue, May 16 2023, 10:07 am
Bunch the strings together and fold them so that it's only 2-3 inches long. Use a small hair pony to tie them together tightly. It washes great like that, I don't put them in the drier. Hopefully you can visualize what I mean.
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Rappel
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Tue, May 16 2023, 10:26 am
Thank you all. So tie, fold, or wrap the string to protect them
And then wash in hot? Cold? Presoak? Special detergent?
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amother
Papayawhip
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Tue, May 16 2023, 11:03 am
The strings get curly! Do these methods stop that?
Does anybody soak in oxygen? Something else?
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cookier
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Tue, May 16 2023, 11:13 am
Rappel wrote: | Thank you all. So tie, fold, or wrap the string to protect them
And then wash in hot? Cold? Presoak? Special detergent? |
Never was wool in hot, or change temperatures. They should be washed in lukewarm water for both the wash and rinse. Use woolite or another wool-specific detergent. You can soak wool as long as you want.
You can also air out the wool beged between wears. If DH has 2-3 pairs, he can rotate them and hang the ones he’s not wearing in fresh air to go longer.
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