For best results, use a soap or detergent with a pH between 7 and 9. Most mild dish soaps are neutral (a pH of 7) and should be safe to use for cleaning wool. [2] X Research source Mild dish soaps can be purchased at any drug or grocery store near you.
Repeat the process as necessary. You may need to soak the wool 2-3 times before it is completely clean.
Wool carders come in small and large sizes. Larger sizes can be harder to manage if you have little upper body strength. Some wool carders have teeth that are very close together. They are harder to drag apart but align the wool into finer wool. Hand carders have different types of teeth as well, which are used for different purposes. Carders with coarse teeth are used for carding coarse fibers, such as wool and mohair. Hand carders with fine teeth are generally used for carding softer fibers like cotton and angora.
