Wool Comforter - Marino by Pure-Rest
Wool must be scoured before use as the lanolin is greasy and will eventually begin to degrade the wool. Our producer has tailored the washing process to fit extremely high standards. Instead of harsh detergents, a completely biodegradable product is used to clean the wool. The scour train is slowed to allow more thorough cleaning and rinsing.
Then the wool is first fed into a picking machine. The primary function of the picking machine is to pull apart dense bales of wool to add air to the wool and to protect the carding mill from getting jammed. The picker also begins loosening vegetable matter.
Remember that most other companies have washed their wool in acid to remove these persistent stickers and burs. Our producer works very hard in order to avoid that process AND to still create clean batting without prickly vegetable matter. Our producer uses a unique way to card the wool. Most mills run the wool through a simple one breaker "garneting" machine. Ours uses a three breaker carding machine to comb the wool through 3 complicated breaker/carders that remove even more vegetable matter. The extra combing also creates fluffier, more consistent batting.
In addition, midway through the combing process, the wool is crushed; this doesn't affect the wool, but does crush what vegetable matter is still present in the wool.
Our committment to purity is the reason we are the only company actually sending our materials for third party testing. Other companies try to deceive with certifications by Eco companies that are great for regular companies trying to be more green but allow formaldehydes, toluene, phenols in lower limits. We allow zero. We painted our location with Zero VOC paint, sealed our floors with zero VOC sealer, sealed our sewing tables, only hire people willing to use no scented products and do not live with a smoker. All in an effort to make sure your organic products do not get contaminated. We also seal any non washable products in pure polyethylene to maintain purity during storage and transit.
