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Hi Lance, Awesome, thanks for that. It's a wicked cool process. ~Shiree

Best wishes on your suint process. It's fun watching nature work. ~Shiree

Hi Amanda. Awesome, have fun. No I haven't used the water a 2nd time yet, but it's sitting out there ready to go. I'm still working with the fiber that I cleaned in the Suint and I keep thinking about how cool the process was. Happy cleaning fiber! ~Shiree

Yes, you can just keep using the same water repeatedly, it works better each time you use it.

Thanks for watching! ~Shiree

Check out my previous comment!

No because it doesn't have the same properties as the suint, which is the natural grease in sheeps wool. I wash llama and alpaca with shampoo in a wash tub. Thanks for watching. ~Shiree

I like to spin with fiber as clean as possible so I wash in Unicorn Power Scour after the suint bath. When you take your fleece out of the suint, rinse it, but then you can make your own decission on if you want to stop there or do further cleaning. With a good rinsing I find the yucky smell goes away after the fleece is dry. Good luck. ~Shiree

Watch "Hands - Wool Spinning"... The process they use is fascinating. It's an old documentary about ancient processes and traditions still carried on in Ireland. The women who clean their fleeces do not use soap, and their fleeces look incredible. Not only that, but they actually return oils (using vegetable oil or canola oil) into their fleeces during the carding process.

No, only do this with wool because of the lanolin. Alpaca can be washed with human shampoo. Thanks for watching. ~Shiree

I've never expierences worms. Do you suppose something laid eggs in the fleece prior to washing? Do you want to keep the fleece? Let it dry outside. Then pick through it carefully, and check it's quality. Put it in a plastic bag tied tight and put it in a garage freezer, if you have one, for 24 hours. Then wash in hot water with Unicorn Power Scour and then go from there. Good Luck. ~Shiree

@@rehashfiber not sure if the eggs were laid beforehand but I’ve never found eggs or worms or hatched bugs in my fleeces before and I skirt maybe 60 per year… so I wanna say the fermentation somehow attracted the thing that laid them? When I dried it in the sun the worms disappeared-or I guess shriveled up and died…but the fleece is not as clean as the first I did with the suint method. I’d throw it in the suint again but I’m afraid those worms will eat the wool or something so yeah I guess I’ll have to buckle down and wash it the conventional way :-/ thanks for the advice!!

If the lid is not tight fitting while in the suint container, flies can get in and lay eggs (maggots). If washed off they will die and won't be harmful. It might also help if the wool is totally immersed. I use rocks to hold down the wool under the water.

@@intuitknit you’re totally right it was because the tub I was using had little holes under the handles for some reason, after that I used one of those litter tubs that seal tight and worked like a charm