I heard that it isn't recommended to dry clean wool pants after each time wearing them. Besides the fact that the chemicals can wear out the pants, sometimes the pressing might cause a shine if not done properly. My question is then, if one perspires how often should he get them dry cleaned practically? I also heard that pants should not be pressed if they are dirty, since the stains (sweat too?) will get embedded. In that case wouldn't it make sense to get them dry cleaned before pressing? Any pointers? Wondering if I should invest in a larger ironing board so I can do pants as well
When to dry clean wool pants
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I heard that it isn't recommended to dry clean wool pants after each time wearing them. Besides the fact that the chemicals can wear out the pants, sometimes the pressing might cause a shine if not done properly. My question is then, if one perspires how often should he get them dry cleaned practically? I also heard that pants should not be pressed if they are dirty, since the stains (sweat too?) will get embedded. In that case wouldn't it make sense to get them dry cleaned before pressing? Any pointers? Wondering if I should invest in a larger ironing board so I can do pants as well
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I tend to wait too long...probably over a dozen wearings if I can get away with it. I wear really long socks and a complete base layer so that I don't have skin-to-pants contact when wearing them. That helps mitigate the sweat problem you discussed.
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Also brushing and hanging them out before putting them back in the closet helps.
I'd skip the iron board and invest in a trouser press. Get one with a heating pad. They are much better at getting wrinkles out. Sadly no available at this site but it shows what a trouser press is. I've set mine on a timer so I get to slide my legs into a nice warm pair of pants in the morning. A minor but appreciated act of decadence on my part.
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You heard right. If anyone needs to get their pants cleaned after one wearing, it should only mean they spilled something on them that won't spot-clean, or they were mud wrestling with a hog. :biggrin:
And the answer is; as infrequently as possible! :happy:
Ask yourself this question; How often do sheep go to the dry cleaners?
Small spots and stains can usually be spot-cleaned. Pants should be hung by the cuffs after wearing and brushed with a good clothes brush. They can be ironed when needed. (Frankly, I don't have sufficient room to hang all my trousers separately, so after hanging for a day, I'll often hang them on the trouser bar of one of my wishbone hangers.)
When you can no longer discern what color they originally were, then you dry clean them! :thumbs-up:
(Though it's axiomatic that lighter shades must succumb to the tender mercies of cleaners more often.
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Echoing the statements of others - most woolen trousers are lined down to the knee, with proper socks rising up to the knee, thus direct contact with the skin is minimalised.
Be fastidious in one's comings and goings and attend to the trousers after every wearing with a decent bristle brush.
I am marginally mysophobic but, given the resiliance of wool to stain and odour, am still content to wear woolen trousers until the crease requires a fresh pressing (up to 24 wearings) before dropping them off at the dry cleaners.
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Be fastidious in one's comings and goings and attend to the trousers after every wearing with a decent bristle brush.
I am marginally mysophobic but, given the resiliance of wool to stain and odour, am still content to wear woolen trousers until the crease requires a fresh pressing (up to 24 wearings) before dropping them off at the dry cleaners.
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Can you elaborate on this??
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Jeezus.
But then they're not my pants. Some night with little to do, yank one leg of your wool pants inside out. Lift the inseam at the very bottom. Many of you here will discover a congealed cake of white powder. It's leg dandruff. Further up the lifted inseam you may see dust bunnies, lint from socks. Dry cleaning does not rid you of this. Nor does washing in a bucket of warm, sudsy water, which I swear by, and over, but a tooth brush or blade will loosen it, then masking tape will lift it. And while you're at it, empty the cuffs.
Twenty-four wearings before they hit the suds? Jeezus. But I repeat myself.
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Brackish was, I am rather certain, the adjective which you chose to employ the last time we recieved this lecture.
Be assured that, whatever debris you may find within your own trousers, mine remain free from such detritus. You are very welcome to check. Whilst I'm wearing them, if you must.
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Jesus P&P,
I knew you were old, but are you actually disintegrating? Leg dandruff? That cold Maine air must be desiccating you.
Time to see the dermatologist, and get some moisturizer for gods sake, or at least try Dove soap.
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Complete is probably an exaggeration. I meant those hybrid compression shorts/running tights, although in a size that isn't too constrictive.
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Thank you Traser, that is very sporting of you.
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Now do we have anyone prepared to hold Peaky's trousers?
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Anyone?
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Anyone at all.....?
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Not while his flakes are pouring out.
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Nay. Your memory is dust. However, you've jogged mine, so from the deep well of preserved posts I repeat the lecture from two summers ago. Find it below.
I am buoyed by your use of desiccate knowing that Dr. Elmo's Internet School of Medicine, your alma mater I believe, seldom reaches beyond the mono syllabics.
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From July '15, a brief pictorial of what was found inside a vintage suit purchased by me prior to hitting the Yellow Bucket, dried and re-tailored into a fab piece o'duds which I wear with pride, mostly at Bernie Sander's rallies, which, admittedly, are getting hard to find.
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Whilst my memory is not what it once was I remain firm in my assertion that, whilst describing the hand washing of trousers, you have previously employed the term brackish. A different lecture perhaps?
Your response to momsdoc lacks the charm that we have come to expect, and enjoy, of your vicious charm and seems thus merely.. .vicious. Chin up old boy.
That you once purchased a disgusting pair of preworn trousers need not reflect on the practice and hygiene of others nor, more pertinently, the condition of their garments.
At any rate, let us not dispute too harshly. You remain one of my very favourite contributors here and, I am not ashamed to say it, a fellow who has gained my deep admiration.
Your response to momsdoc lacks the charm that we have come to expect, and enjoy, of your vicious charm and seems thus merely.. .vicious. Chin up old boy.
That you once purchased a disgusting pair of preworn trousers need not reflect on the practice and hygiene of others nor, more pertinently, the condition of their garments.
At any rate, let us not dispute too harshly. You remain one of my very favourite contributors here and, I am not ashamed to say it, a fellow who has gained my deep admiration.
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