Perishing wool wash mitts?

[tomw2000]

All, I was wondering what lifespan people are getting out of woolen wash mitts?

I use Zaino show car wash thingy, and I have a genuine woolen wash mitt and one that seems to be manmade fibres or a mix. The proper woolen washmit I have had a year and the other manmade one a couple of months.

I have noticed that they're both starting to perish. The newer manmade one went first and now the proper wool one is going too - big lumps of 'fur' coming out in handfuls. The manmade one is basically unusable.The proper wool one I'll get away with for a couple more washes.

I was wondering if others had suffered this or knew what might cause it?

Also can anyone recommend good quality wool wash mitts and where to buy? To be fair the wool one has lasted a year, so I'm happy with that - but am sure it would have gone on longer if it hadn't suddenly started 'perishing'.

Cheers

Tom

[Neil_Sc]

Do you machine wash them at all? This tends to accelerate the falling apart. I tend to just rinse mine in a bucket of clean water, ring them out and let them dry and don't generally have an issue.

The Sheepskin shop do 2 for £12 if I remember, a good buy if your looking for replacements.