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What are your cleaning tips & care for Sheepskin Coats & Skins?
COATS & VESTS & SLIPPERS
OH BY THE WAY, Do Not Wash Your Sheepskin Coat, Hat Or Slippers! We recommend you go to the hardware store, or sometimes you can find at the grocery store, a little brass bristle brush with firm bristles, then you brush the soiled area of your coat, cleaning the bristles as you brush, this may take a tiny bit of the skin off as you do it. OH yes, use common sense when doing this, don't rub a hole in the coat cause we ain't gonna replace your coat. But doing with moderate force can save you a $35 to $50 dollar dry cleaning bill. You could in fact brush the entire coat bringing it back to life. After years of wear you may want to have it dry cleaned, but that takes some of the life out of the coat. We also sell a product called KIWI Suede Cleaner that works well on light oil stains @ $7.99.
SKINS & SEATCOVERS
We recommend you brush, shake and vacuum your sheepskin, as much as needed to keep clean and almost the original look to it. We also suggest dry cleaning, by some one who has done it before. If it gets where you feel you need to wash it, be advised, we do not guarantee the sheepskins through washing or dry cleaning. So don't bring it back and say,,,wow you said I could wash it, and it shrank. We will not replace it. However having said that, we have washed ours the following way, on several occasions. Keep in mind you
are washing a part leather item, the leather part of hide. So what we do is, wash it in
cold water only, you can maybe spin some of the water out of it, again NO HEAT. Then the best way to dry it is inside, out of the sun, stretched out, tacked to a piece of plywood, then stand it up to drain and dry, then shake it and brush the hair with a dog brush. If you don't have a clean piece of Plywood, hang it over a line inside, tug and stretch it as it dries.
We have had good luck with this procedure. We also sell a mild wool wash at our store called KOOKABURRA WOOL WASH @ $ 9.99, good for a number of washings. Call 1-888-751-1300 or email us to order!
We also sell Mink Oil to condition & water proof all colors of leather and Saddle Soap to clean and smooth leather. @ $4.99 a can, and Rain & Stain Protector Spray, easy spray on, helps makes suede & leather garments water resistant@ $7.99. Contact information above.
REPAIRS: We do some sheepskin coat repairs but need to see the coat to quote a price,
and usually do not do repairs 45 days before or after Christmas, unless you purchased
your garment from us @ Pat Garrett's Sheepskin Outlet, or Sickafus Sheepskins our on line store. Location Rt 78, Exit 19, Strausstown, Pa 19559.
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