These shirts come with clear instructions about hand washing or dry cleaning. I am just wondering how people have got on with cleaning theirs and if they have used any other methods?
Washing bison bushcraft shirts
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Gave mine a NINETY degree wash from day one as it was way too XL. Whatever shrinkage occurred it still is so had SWMBO put a couple of side pleats in for a more tailored look.
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I hand washed when I had it first but now I tend to chuck it in on a cool wash. It's probably shrunk a bit over the years. (Of course, there could be another explanation...)
I believe they're meant to be worn with an outer girdle if the sales brochure is anything to go by!
I've washed mine both by hand with Woolite and on the wool wash cycle in the machine with the Nikwax Woolwash stuff. Both have been fine: no colour seepage or shrinkage.
Thanks for the feedback folks, that was helpful. Love the shirt can see its gonna be a favourite item. Have to say I am a bit miffed at the £8 postage they charge as it arrived with at having cost only £3.30 just in basic packaging!
In the sense of...
The price franked on the package was £3.30?
I suppose you are paying for someone to package it, also the reduction in admin costs that a flat p&p rate provides might allow for the shirt and the rest of your gear to be priced slightly cheaper?
Great shirts though, far superior to the Swannie ones.
In the sense of...
The price franked on the package was £3.30?
yep franked price.
Every so often when washing mine I'll either pop in some lanolin or a cap of baby-oil. Helps keep the wool in good nick and also weather-proofs it a bit.
As to cleaning agent I tend to use Nikwax Woolwash.
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As to cleaning agent I tend to use Nikwax Woolwash.
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I don't have a bison shirt, but I have several 100% wool shirts and wash them in the machine at 40º, with no ill effects. However, the caveat; I, or rather it was my daughter wot done it, have had one shrink when it got accidentally washed at 60º.
Now I buy over big (I'm a UK XL which = US L, so buying US XL "tall", buying from the US as their "tall" fitting means the arms are long enough for me) and wash at 60º for the first wash which reduces the garment a size and that takes care of the shrinkage, enabling me to find something else to worry about.
Now I buy over big (I'm a UK XL which = US L, so buying US XL "tall", buying from the US as their "tall" fitting means the arms are long enough for me) and wash at 60º for the first wash which reduces the garment a size and that takes care of the shrinkage, enabling me to find something else to worry about.
Sorry to trawl this thread up but I thought you'd like to know that this shouldn't be an issue from now on. Our new website gives us the ability to set postage by weight rather than based on an average ball park value/size. You also have the option to select regular fist class or insured RMSD. Either way I have to agree with Sandbender, as there is more to sending a package than just the cost of the stamp.
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Roger you have not got time to `troll this thread you should be hard at work making the wool shirt that I ordered so that I can then inform everyone how I wash mine.
He's too busy searching beneath the Cutting Room table for a 1m off-cut of "Autumn" plaid for my matching and, it must be observed, c10-years overdue matching hood!
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