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Jay you have lost me? What has an Amaciador got to do with your jumpers???

Grandad wrote:Jay you have lost me? What has an Amaciador got to do with your jumpers???

I have asked Jay the same question

Here we refer to antimacassars which are the crocheted doilies used to protect the furniture from hair oil - so is amaciador something similar? The whatever that is needed to protect jumper material?

I going by the sound/pronunciation of the word - otherwise I dunno what a amaciador is either.

It's fabric softener!

Thankyou Ruby , , , , , , so, any suggestions ??? You men should be ashamed of yourselves - haaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

I am deeply embarrassed ….. Not!

FABRIC SOFTENER??? Really? What is that then the chemical composition ? Geez - I've never heard that word used for Fabric Softener. Here it is called Fabric Softener and sometimes Fleecy as that is probably one of the more popular name brands - kinda like when people refer to tissue as KLEENEX.

As for softening up your jumpers - I have hard plastic knobby balls. I put 2 of them into the dryer with the clothes and the clothes all come out super soft

Weather-wise the sun has come out here this afternoon, a bit cold but otherwise I'm wearing a long sleeve t-shirt with a flannel vest. Best of all - NO RAIN! I think we're drying up pretty good.

As Omar can never remember the technical term for fabric softener, he still calls it Downey, the main brand in Egypt I am sure there are a few people in the local Aldi who think thats my nickname as he just bellows Downey as we walk down that section

Had a stunning red sunrise sky this morning, as we did yesterday. It seems to be a temporary joy that is followed by dull grey cloud for the rest of the day

I wasn't asking the SAME question H. I know what an amaciador is but in the context of Jays post I read it as referring to her jumpers.

Has anyone found a good amaciador??? My jumpers are so scrubby.

Or am I still missing something.......like a few braincells?

I am on the other tack Grandad, now I know it is a fabric softener it makes complete sense to me in regards to her jumpers

LLL, would golf balls work ? Grandad, is amaciador the name for something in english ?

I thought it was a meat tenderiser thingy? Doh!

Weather is totally neutral here today with a hint the sun 'might' come out.

I wouldn't want a golf ball to explode in my dryer and have no idea how the heat and tumbling of a dryer would affect them.

I know the hard plastic knobby balls work (and don't damage the inside of your dryer). Some women here make the same balls out of wool and claim they work well.

I dunno how well wrapping wool into a ball would work and using REAL wool would be expensive.

Grandad, I reckon you read it wrongly, it was amaciado and not emaciate

Same difference,Emaciate, to make thin.

Amaciado de Carne, to make (your steak) thin.

Hellooo LLL, we dont have driers here, we have washing lines. I do have a washing machine and a portuguese "tank" for use in summer. Clothes in soak overnight need very little detergent next day and its people (me) power not electricity.

Hmmm - so how to make jumpers soft via hand power ....

What are your jumpers made out of? Real wool? Acrylic? Cotton? Nylon?

If you're not using lots of soap (which when dry will IMO stiffen up material) then once your jumper is dry I'd be rolling them into rolls and then batting them about so loosen the fibers and soften them.

Laundry brought in an day the wind is just snapping the clothes will be considerably softer than laundry brought in on a day with a small breeze - so somehow after they're dry I'm be shaking them, rolling them - doing something to batter the fibres which is what softens them.

i think we are getting the tail end of the storm in the USA today. Its windy out and i suspect its going to be a chilly one. Should be fun at the match tonight if the wind is taking the ball all over the pitch

Same here, gloomy skies and odd patches of rain, wind not too bad at the mo.

Gloomy doomy right now at 9:30am. Hopefully the sun will come out this afternoon.