drying WASH MITTS?

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JCat brings up an interesting point, how does everyone dry his or her mitt? The beer bottle method is quite ingenious, similar to my method of putting it on the end of my wheelbarrow handle.



















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I have a tree in my backyard that has long skinny branches. I simply thread the loophole on the mitt and dangle it safely from the tree! In about 2 days the leather on the inside of the mitt is bone dry. Chenille mitts dry overnight.



In essence, the tree serves as a natural clothes line!



If it's very cold, I stick them in my basement in the boiler room and they all dry overnight because of the heat from the furnace.
 
I put it in the dryer on delicate or air only. I then return it to a clean bucket and close the lid to prevent attracting any dust (that is why I would think twice of hanging it to dry in the garage).
 
I dry my sheepskin by hanging it from ONE side of the cuff with clothes pins. I just make sure the two backings aren't touching each other before hanging and the way it hangs keeps itself open.
 
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Do you experience any unusual shedding from your mitt? Since sheep skin is obviously a natural product I would think it would begin to breakdown and disintegrate? I also use a sheepskin mitt, but I strictly use it dry to wipe down my car after the final layer of wax has been removed.
 
Ok Folks, I've given this some thought here's some ideas which I'll try when the neighbors are away:



I bet that you could 'extract most of the water from a mit if you tied it to the end of a piece of rope /twine and swung it over your head reeling out rope. I bet the centrifugal force would 'spin dry the mit significantly.

Second thought: use a hair dryer. I remember seeing a hip wader dryer that consisted of a pair of vertical plastic tubes ( 2" PVC ) to which you connected a hair dryer. I suspect that you could use the dryer of cool and it would still reduce the drying time significantly.
 
kg/cm2.....Interesting. the harshest part of using a sheepskin is the drying out of the leather. Just curious, how often do you use your mitt? Any problems with stuff (bacteria) growing in the water or the mitt??

Note to self: "obviously not or he wouldn't still be doing it" :rolleyes:
 
CHScholl said:
Ok Folks, I've given this some thought here's some ideas which I'll try when the neighbors are away:



I bet that you could 'extract most of the water from a mit if you tied it to the end of a piece of rope /twine and swung it over your head reeling out rope. I bet the centrifugal force would 'spin dry the mit significantly.

Second thought: use a hair dryer. I remember seeing a hip wader dryer that consisted of a pair of vertical plastic tubes ( 2" PVC ) to which you connected a hair dryer. I suspect that you could use the dryer of cool and it would still reduce the drying time significantly.
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Ha! I wip and slash it in front of me like a sword to fling as much water as possible out of it and then hang on the tree branch like I mentioned above.
 
HeHe. I can imagine you dancing around trying to fling as much water off that thing as you can and the neighbors looking at you like "oh he's lost it HERB come look at this."
 
VIKING:no, I haven't noticed any breakdown/disintegration...actually, my first sheepskin mitt that I used fell apart after 2 months...the "fur" started peeling from the leather...actually I am really not sure why it fell apart (maybe defective?)...but I only assumed that it was due to the continuous wetting and drying of the sheepskin mitt...too much shrinking and stretching maybe?



now with my current mitt, I just put it in a bucket of water...I too would think that since it is a natural product, it would breakdown...but,so far so good...it's been about 3 months...and it is holding up alot better than my first mitt...BTW...my current mitt is one of your (VIKING) mitts...I like it...



bunker: I use the mitt at least once a week...unless it's raining...but no, I haven't noticed any type of "growth"...not yet atleast...



I'll keep you informed of how it's holding up...
 
VIKING, thanks for noticing my ingenuity!

To summarize:



1. Wring mitt dry by hand

2. Place it over a beer bottle (outside dries FAST)

3. Turn mitts inside out so the leather will dry (takes overnight)



The key benefit is that the mitt dries faster because all sides are exposed to air, the mitt keeps it's shape, and no one part is overexposed to the wettness that will hasten a natural sheepskin's materials to deteriorate thanks to potential mildew, etc.
 
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