|
Post by 137e R.I. on Jun 18, 2009 19:20:17 GMT -5
Anyone have a suggestion on how to make itchy wool less itchy? I was wondering about putting it in the dryer for a while on cool air with a bunch of fabric softeners. Would that help? Suggestions welcome, thanks.
|
|
privypiper2002
1st Lieutenant
"War aint hell. Try having been married three times. That's hell."
Posts: 1,356
|
Post by privypiper2002 on Jun 18, 2009 19:53:11 GMT -5
Check historic pics. You'll see guys wearing scarves and using their cotton collars outside their wools.
|
|
|
Post by 209 PzPi on Jun 18, 2009 19:55:18 GMT -5
I would recommend washing it in woolite and air drying it. Anyone have a suggestion on how to make itchy wool less itchy? I was wondering about putting it in the dryer for a while on cool air with a bunch of fabric softeners. Would that help? Suggestions welcome, thanks.
|
|
wolfiejo
T/Sgt.
I hear, and I forget. I see, and I remember. I do, and I understand.
Posts: 410
|
Post by wolfiejo on Jun 18, 2009 22:56:13 GMT -5
It may seem drastic, but I always wear long johns under my wools. No matter the temperature. I rash up horridly if I don't.
|
|
|
Post by 321stGefreiter on Jun 18, 2009 23:07:06 GMT -5
I wear longjohn "bottoms" all the time, my wool shirt isn't bad at all so I can wear a white or OD shirt with it. Some how I never overheat with em on.
Boone Myers
|
|
Dave
T/Sgt.
Join the 104th Regiment, enlist today!
Posts: 457
|
Post by Dave on Jun 19, 2009 12:38:19 GMT -5
I say sweat. It just stopped being itchy and stuff after wearing it to a few events.
I could be, simply put, out of my mind though.
|
|
|
Post by Gefreiter Hauwärtz on Jun 19, 2009 16:36:51 GMT -5
I say sweat. It just stopped being itchy and stuff after wearing it to a few events. I could be, simply put, out of my mind though. That work rather well. Deal with it for a few battles...it gets better
|
|
colbob506
T/3.
That dog won't hunt!
Posts: 251
|
Post by colbob506 on Jun 19, 2009 19:11:58 GMT -5
I believe the others are correct,if you have no "allergy" to wool,them being dirty would help as it causes the fibers to relax,rather then "bristle" as they do after being cleaned.Not really sure, as I am not bothered by wool in the least.
Sparrow
|
|
|
Post by littlepopper on Jun 19, 2009 22:44:22 GMT -5
As some had said already, long johns work wonders.....we do the same for civil war reenacting...but most of us use sleeping pants as its thin enough to also not give you so much heat underneath. But before that, wool really wasnt a problem. Its just something you have to get use to....but everyone is different.
|
|
TAFF
1st Lieutenant
Posts: 1,322
|
Post by TAFF on Jun 21, 2009 7:33:22 GMT -5
Depending on what the garment is you could also try shaving it.
|
|
Danger Forward
Private First Class
The US Army consisted of the 1st Division and 1 million replacements
Posts: 47
|
Post by Danger Forward on Jun 21, 2009 8:18:44 GMT -5
I am allergic to wool (I Know, I know, I picked a great hobby right?) and although it is farby as heck, I wear an underarmor long sleeved shirt underneath my wool shirt. It helps with the itching and the irritation and also for keeping dry. I usually wear thin sleeping pants like mentioned above under the pants...
|
|
aicusv
S/Sgt.
Uniform of the Day
Posts: 392
|
Post by aicusv on Jun 21, 2009 9:15:57 GMT -5
I have an original shirt that has had a piece of silk put in around the collar. In CW I would wear clean cotton long johns along with a clean cotton shirt, just to keep the dirt away from my skin. For WWII I just wear what they wore. Once you have worn the wool a few times it will take on a natural polish where in rubs against you, then it is no longer a problem. Your skin will also become adjusted to it. For the most part it really is mind over matter.
You think this is the wrong hobby if you are allergic to wool? We had a guy want to join our CW unit who was a vegan and wouldn't wear leather. For myself, I maintain a vegetarian diet, almost all I eat once was a vegetarian. ;D
|
|
young 90th
1st Sgt.
Gonna blow those fascists all to hell !
Posts: 743
|
Post by young 90th on Jun 21, 2009 10:17:47 GMT -5
I do a couple of things. On one shirt I washed it in my sink with ice cold water and fabric softener. I also just brought another shirt to the tailor and I am getting silk sewn into the collar for my "field" shirt, I did two thing to it. I used a razor and shaved the neck section which helps a lot, and I also let the sweat build up a layer on the collar. Charlie
|
|
Dave
T/Sgt.
Join the 104th Regiment, enlist today!
Posts: 457
|
Post by Dave on Jun 23, 2009 17:23:33 GMT -5
I am allergic to wool (I Know, I know, I picked a great hobby right?) and although it is farby as heck, I wear an underarmor long sleeved shirt underneath my wool shirt. It helps with the itching and the irritation and also for keeping dry. I usually wear thin sleeping pants like mentioned above under the pants... This sounds horrendous. But your dedication to the hobby is bravo!
|
|
|
Post by wmac45 on Jun 23, 2009 20:40:28 GMT -5
One wonders what the WW2 soldiers did about wool allergies. Would such an allergy keep you out of the services.
|
|
|
Post by ilovemymauser on Jun 23, 2009 20:47:48 GMT -5
My pants are okay but the shirt is soooo irritating. I cant stand it. I have to have long sleeves under my tunic.
-oj
|
|
|
Post by 209 PzPi on Jun 27, 2009 14:18:21 GMT -5
You ladies need to buck up. You should have to wear some of the German uniforms out in 90+ degree weather . you will stop worrying about itching! . Hell some of us hard core Soldaten even wear our Field Grey wool underwear
|
|
|
Post by twhigham on Jun 28, 2009 19:55:38 GMT -5
One wonders what the WW2 soldiers did about wool allergies. Would such an allergy keep you out of the services. No, but it would restrict your service assignment, much like any other medical condition, such as poor vision preventing you from being a pilot but making you qualified for submarine duty.
|
|
|
Post by littlepopper on Jul 2, 2009 22:50:19 GMT -5
You ladies need to buck up. You should have to wear some of the German uniforms out in 90+ degree weather . you will stop worrying about itching! . Hell some of us hard core Soldaten even wear our Field Grey wool underwear Ha I already beat you to that. For Civil War all I wore was Grey, with a red shirt and a black hat I got in Gettysburg. To me its nothing because I dont dare take my shell coat off because I like to keep it on if someone wants to take a pic. Try doing all of that, in East German boots, carrying a rifle, alot of rounds, pistol, a saber, and my personals. Wait...it about equals out. Yeah sweating is nothing its when the wool gets wet and then you know its coming. Its like a cramp, you feel it coming and you try everyhing to stop but it hits you like a brick. James Dundorf
|
|
|
Post by aviatrix78 on Jul 3, 2009 0:50:05 GMT -5
Just FYI - the wool allergy thing, i'm not so sure that allergy testing was prevalent enough for people to know that someone was even allergic to wool in the 1940's. I'm allergic to wool as well, so I was curious. The history of allergies that I found really makes it sound kinda slow and focused on hay fever at first. (plus, ok, so, in 1914, they invented the allergy shot - but did anyone before wwii even get one in a doctor's office?)
Just for anyone who wants to know more about how well they'd survive with allergies during wwii - the first antihistimine (a precursor to benedryl) was only developed in 1937, and the prednisone / cortisone family was developed in 1948) That information, however, would lead me to believe that anyone with diagnosed allergies at that point WOULD be 4F, or at the least, tie you to a desk for the duration, assuming that people even knew they even had allergies (verses thinking they had a cold every spring). Not to go on TOO LONG of a side tangent here, but I've often wondered if allergies were almost unheard of in the 1940's, due to a simple lack of drugs to treat the infections that often come with them in the 1920's and 1930's (and before that). Say a kid has hay fever, and then gets a sinus infection or a chest cold, and then gets pneumonia, and without penicillin, that was pretty much it.
|
|