Quote Originally Posted by English Bloke View Post
don't use conditioner.
Fortunately I read (here on XMarks) to avoid conditioner when cleaning my PV kilts so I went to the trouble of carefully washing out the washing machine to make sure there were no traces of conditioner left in the dispenser before I started. I then just threw the kilt in for a gentle cold water wash (no heating) using a liquid wool detergent. After a normal spin I hang the kilt outside on a line for a few hours before sharpening up the pleats with a steam iron applied through a protective cloth. The pleats don't usually need much treatment; they emerge from the wash in very well defined condition.

Now that my wife no longer uses fabric conditioner for any wash, I don't even need to do the preliminary wash out.

My PV kilts have been through this process many times and are still looking as good as new.

Bob