Quote Originally Posted by cdarwin View Post

There are just a couple of discrepancies that I would like clarified if you don't mind. The sweater article seems to imply that warm water is preferred as long as you stick to warm water and avoid extreme temperature changes.
By my reading, the sweater article is emphatic that hot water is best. I makes sense that hot water wouldn't do damage, because the next step, after the kilt is dry, is to press it -- with steam. Obviously the steam will be a lot hotter than any water.