Author:
Linda Kernstock, Sage Critter Alpacas

Date of Publication:
6 March 2017

Publication:
Alpacas of Montana, Inc

Excerpt:
One of the most popular questions I receive is, “How do I wash my fiber?”

I wash my alpaca fiber in big livestock water tanks.  We simply use hot tap water and Ajax dish soap.  We use Ajax because it is the cheapest surfactant dish soap that I have been able to find.  By the ounce from Wal-Mart (in the big bottles) it is even cheaper than the bulk I have been able to find online.  It seems too simple, but it works well for me and I wash a little over a thousand pounds of fiber a year!  (note:  you will see Equate hand soap in some of the pictures, I don’t use that to wash, we use that for felting…. it is NOT a surfactant and it will not be effective in removing  grease from your wash fibers).

Read the rest of the article: http://alpacasofmontana.blogspot.com/2017/03/washing-alpaca-fiber.html