The only piece I'd add to the posts provided here relates to wool care. Once upon a time Woolite was the "go-to" detergent for wool - but somewhere along the line the formula was changed and the "new" version appears to be a lot more aggressive, which is good for cleaning grime, but significantly reduces the life-span of garments - particularly the thinner weight merino items.
Personally, I found "Kookaburra wash <http://www.kookaburraco.com>" to produce extremely good cleaning results, without damaging the wool. Cold wash on delicate cycle & dried flat keeps the items in shape. Regards Jim On Thursday, January 23, 2014 8:36:21 PM UTC-8, Michael wrote: > > These days, cycling specific wool garment prices are astronomical. > > Goodwill has wool tops that are non cycling specific. Sometimes they have > 100% Merino wool sweaters, like Gap, etc. > > Itch-and -fine-ness-factors aside, will these do just as well layering to > keep warm and dry in the winter, and the t-shirts in the summer to keep > cool and dry? > Or does one have to use cycling specific wool to get the desired effects? > > > I did have an Ibex score at Goodwill last year. 3 bucks and change for an > Ibex t-shirt! > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
