Hi Fiberfolks, Here at the mill we use Sam's Club, powdered detergent in the 5 gal bucket. Works great. It is high alkaline and that is what breaks down the grease. It actually turns it into soap. Hot water over 140 degrees. On really greasy fleeces we use Amway's, industrial degreaser in the second and third washes if a third wash is required. We use regualar home washers, spin cycle only. I do a final rinse in an old Maytag wringer washer. You'd be surprised at how much dirt floats out of the fiber after two washes in the spinner washers. In the spinner washers the dirt is forced through to the outside of the washer and tends to lay along the outside of the tub and in the outer layers of the fiber. The old wringer allows the water to penetrate and float the dirt out. Putting it through the wringer squeezes the water and dirt out and back into the tub. Wringers do not felt the fiber. The commercial washing trains use wringers between each of the wash cycles. Gail
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