Old advice is the new trend on social media

Old advice is the new trend on social media

The snow has given new life to an old piece of advice, that one can clean wool clothing in fresh snow.

Parish priest Thomas Nedergaard has cleaned his priestly robes in the snow. (Photo: © Thomas Nedergaard) 1 min. ago

If you have wondered why the neighbor has left both socks and shirts out in the snow in the front yard, the explanation might be that the neighbor has fallen for an old housewife's advice.

There are indeed several who are doing it now, as can be seen on the social media.

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> Previously, one often did it with larger items such as carpet and rugs.

> Jens Sandal, cleaning business owner

The housewife's advice boils down to the fact that wool clothing is cleaned if one leaves it out in the snow for an hour or more.

And the old advice has been revived again on platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, where more and more people are advised by their friends and followers to put their wool clothing out in the snow.

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Cleaning business owner: Snow does not harm

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The owner of Rekord Clean and Wash in Esbjerg, Jens Sandal, confirms that the snow does not harm the clothing.

- It doesn't harm the clothing at least, but you shouldn't expect it to have the complete effect on your three-year-old wool socks, says Jens Sandal.

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> I could tell that they were fresher when they came back in, and they smelled better.

> Thomas Nedergaard, Parish priest

For old wool socks are filled with dead skin cells, so if you want them really clean, or if you want to remove something that you have spilled on a wool sweater, then it is probably washing or cleaning that is needed, says Jens Sandal.

He can certainly remember that people used to use snow to clean with.

- Previously, one often did it with larger items such as carpet and rugs, but one should remember that one should put it out in dry snow and not wet snow, for then it will freeze, he says.

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Snow is good against moths

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Employee in the yarn shop 'Knit Happens' in Aabenraa Anja Kammeyer has not herself tried to clean her homemade wool sweaters in the snow, but has seen several videos on the social media where people put their wool clothing out in the snow.

- It is at least a good way to freshen up the clothing. For the fibers collect more on the thread and then it does not fnurl as much. And it works well against moths, says Anja Kammeyer.

Anja Kammeyer is an employee in the shop 'Knit Happens' in Aabenraa. She tells that snow can prevent wool clothing from fnurl. (Photo: © Katrine Eisemann De Almeida, DR)

She washes her own wool sweaters by hand, uses wool soap with lanolin in it, and hangs the clothing to dry on a table or a floor with heat.

- One can certainly risk that the wool clothing will shrink, even if one washes it on a wool program in the washing machine, says Anja Kammeyer.

Customer in the shop Grete Nørvald has also cleaned wool clothing in the snow. It has she learned from her daughter, who lives in Norway.

- They use it a lot up there. It freshens up, and gives the clothing a better smell, says Anja Kammeyer.

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Snow freshened priestly robes

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Another who also has good experiences with putting wool out in the snow is parish priest at St. George's Church in Aabenraa Thomas Nedergaard.

He put his two priestly robes out in the snow for a few hours, and it made a difference, he says.

- I could tell that they were fresher when they came back in, and they smelled better, says Thomas Nedergaard.

He is not sure if the snow can clean them if they become very dirty, so they will probably need chemical cleaning, he says.

- But I haven't tried it yet, we take good care of the priestly robes, for they are quite expensive, says Thomas Nedergaard.

He would like to recommend his colleagues to put their priestly robes out in the fresh snow to freshen them up.

- It smells super nice. I have just used it, and it was a nice experience, says Thomas Nedergaard.

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