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Clumps of lanolin on wool cover?

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Okay, I finally got up the guts to lanolize my wool cover (from Tykie Diapers). I followed the directions in the Diaper Resources FAQ. As the lanolin/water combination cooled some of the lanolin clumped back together. I tried to stir it again to no avail. Of course after I poured it on the wool diaper and let it soak in a few of the clumps stuck to the cover. I took the clumps off but now there's a bit of lanolin just kind of on the surface of the cover. Is that going to be difficult to get out? Help.
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I did the same thing the first time I lanolized! :LOL Mine were really clumpy. If you don't feel like doing another wash and letting them sit for awhile, just let them dry and use 'em like that.
They might be tacky at first in places, but it is on the inside and won't bother baby, and it where down after a couple of wears. I just figured hey...at least he is really leak-free in quite a few obvious spots. :LOL

This is how I do it now:
First I wash my soaker in Eucalan or WOW liquid. I leave them soaking in that for about 10-15 minutes. Then I put 1 cup of boiling water in a small canning jar with 1 inch of Lanolin, and a drop of baby shampoo(for one soaker). I shake like a madwoman, and it totally dissolves in the jar and looks white. Lift your soaker out of the water while you pour in the contents of the jar and wisk it all together and then lay in your soaker (inside out) into the sink.
I let them soak for awhile and then roll in a towel and step on them to get the water out. Then unroll and reroll in the dry side of the towel again. (
Thanks Ustasmom)
It was so bad the first time, I thought I had ruined my soakers.

Then I was so afraid to wash again!
: It seems so precise and complicated, but it was so fast and easy. Now I have all my stuff together so I can just wash, fill my jar, pour in and let them soak. Yey! Those are the instructions I got from my Kiwi Pie cover.
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Thank you, I love the jar idea - makes sense. I'll just use my extra-lanolized in certain areas soaker until its time to launder again and then try it your way.
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Don't feel bad, I just did the same thing... to a batch of 3 wool covers and a soaker.


I tried washing them again and it did help some. I'm just trying to use them in heavy rotation to get the rest worked out.

Cutie, when you say one inch of lanolin, do you mean a one-inch ribbon from a tube, or one inch up the side of the jar?
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Originally Posted by linnea
Don't feel bad, I just did the same thing... to a batch of 3 wool covers and a soaker.


I tried washing them again and it did help some. I'm just trying to use them in heavy rotation to get the rest worked out.

Cutie, when you say one inch of lanolin, do you mean a one-inch ribbon from a tube, or one inch up the side of the jar?
One inch ribbon from the tube.
The first time I washed them, I used like, 4 inches.
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: Let me tell ya, those babys are still not leakin'! :LOL
If you use liquid, I think it is 1 tsp(somebody jump in if I'm wrong here, I haven't used the liquid lanolin yet).

I was so surprised at how well it worked compared to the last time, it was actually fun! My mom was with me while I did it, and she said, "wow, that's not hard at all!"
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OH! Good grief! Make sure you use a dish towel and really tighten the jar lid really good! I did it at 1:00am and was obviously not thinking, because I almost fried my hand off with the hot glass jar and liquid sizzling out because I didn't put the lid on well enough!
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Originally Posted by Cutie Patootie
OH! Good grief! Make sure you use a dish towel and really tighten the jar lid really good! I did it at 1:00am and was obviously not thinking, because I almost fried my hand off with the hot glass jar and liquid sizzling out because I didn't put the lid on well enough!
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Ouch...not to self, don't lanolize at 1:00 am.
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Originally Posted by Cutie Patootie
OH! Good grief! Make sure you use a dish towel and really tighten the jar lid really good! I did it at 1:00am and was obviously not thinking, because I almost fried my hand off with the hot glass jar and liquid sizzling out because I didn't put the lid on well enough!
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:LOL I lanolized myself the first time I tried b/c I didn't have the lid on tight enough.
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