Machine washing -- my experience

[Raibeart MacKee]

Bought my 4 yard box pleated kilt used in 2009. Guessing it could have been 2 to 3 years old (at least) at that point so maybe it's 8 to 10 years old and definitely looking like it could use a general cleaning. Contemplated dry cleaning it before reading elsewhere here that some had tried machine washing with good results. Add me to that list -- absolutely great results. Machine was a front loader on Gentle cycle. Kilt was placed in a nylon laundry bag. Detergent used was Woolite "gentle cycle" which I used too much of and hand to repeat a Rinse + Spin cycle 3 times to get all the soap out. (A little goes a long way with that stuff!) It looks and smells so much nicer now, but does need to be pressed. I had reservations about dry cleaning and glad I went with machine washing instead.