Hi, I have a few Harris Tweed jackets and really nice pure wool jumpers. I have noticed a few holes appearing in the jumpers and need to get rid of these moths before they do anymore damage, my jackets are quarantined in my garage, where it gets well below zero at night. Anyone got any homespun tips??
My wool is under attack. Help!
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Dry cleaning will kill the moths. You must find out where they are/were so that you can spray to kill any residuals. I had that problem, sprayed my closet, and now keep my woolens in storage bags along with cedar wood pieces. No problems lately.
Moth balls help too.
Turned a 6' x 6' walk in closet into a full cedar lined room. Walls, floor, ceiling, and shelving all made out of aromatic cedar. No problems with anything placed in there for the past 25 years.
You can get tongue and grove cedar and line one wall of a closet ir line a large wooden box if you don't want to give up the entire closet to woolen storage.
You can get tongue and grove cedar and line one wall of a closet ir line a large wooden box if you don't want to give up the entire closet to woolen storage.
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Thnx for the tips. Do mothballs leave your clothes smelling of... mothballs?
I have gone to storing all of my wool sweaters in "space bags".
B/t/w - it isn't only moth larva that eat holes in wool and cashmere. There are also carpet beetle and silverfish plaguing our fine clothing
B/t/w - it isn't only moth larva that eat holes in wool and cashmere. There are also carpet beetle and silverfish plaguing our fine clothing
moth balls? their legs are so tiny… I was told you couldn't smell moth balls without ripping their legs off.
Good tip, ceder does smell nicer than mothballs. I don't mind the smell of mothballs but I haven't caught that scent on anything in decades.
If you have a high end cleaners in your area you can get blue cedar scented clothes bags. This & lavender scented moth balls from wal-mart will solve any issues you have with moths & very inexpensive & you don't get the smell.
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Thnx again. I'd hate to give up buying vintage.
One reason to have vintage woolens you buy dry-cleaned before they go into your closet is to kill moth larvae!
Oh God, this is terrifying. I just scored an awesome Harris tweed jacket on ebay the other day...
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