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post #91 of 105
1/6/11 at 8:32pm
Do you know of any examples of companies that make the brushes? Thanks.

-LR
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post #92 of 105
1/7/11 at 5:15pm
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Do you know of any examples of companies that make the brushes? Thanks. -LR
Mmm nope but any can help you, those are like 6 euros each or so, available in any bazar http://www.google.es/images?q=cepill...w=1280&bih=841 Look for one as this ; http://www.peinesycepillosciutad.com/cepillos_ropa.html
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post #93 of 105
1/7/11 at 9:37pm
For clothing brushes at the online store of A Suitable Wardrobe.... http://store.dynend.com/clothingandclothingcare.aspx
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post #94 of 105
9/28/11 at 10:55am
Bumping this Thread.

Does anybody know a good reweaver in LA?
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post #95 of 105
9/29/11 at 11:15am
Unfortunately, I have had occasion to use a reweaver in Los Angeles.

Alex's Reweaving
5506 W Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90019
(323) 934-2106

They charge about $35-$45 per hole. Not cheap but is probably only a little higher than the going rate and the work is seamless. You won't be disappointed. Actually just laid out the first jacket they worked on for me to wear tomorrow night. Good luck.
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post #96 of 105
10/1/11 at 1:34pm
Thanks Xeno.
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post #97 of 105
11/20/11 at 3:49pm

Edited by indianshaft - 11/20/11 at 4:02pm
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post #98 of 105
11/21/11 at 5:16pm
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I am also curious about the same brush, that several of you have mentioned. Could someone please explain more. Thanks.

-LR


It's very usual and can be seen on tons of old B /W movies to brush your jacket once you arrive home.

You need that wide brush made from horse hair, the same one that is used for the last shoe polishing step ( but another one ,not the same of course )

You brush the garment and do eliminate the dead parts of your skin, some sugar from eat, some white parts from your hair etc etc that do attract moths, that's simple.



What I can't understand about all this talk about moths is that it's the larvae that does the damage not the moth. Who has moths in their house or their closet? You would see them. I've never had a moth hole in anything I own and that's like over 50 years.

 

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post #99 of 105
11/28/11 at 5:46am
^ It seems that the damage occurs from clothing not being worn for some time, and the inactivity allowing the larvae to stick to clothing and feed. Brushing and wearing clothing appears to create enough movement to knock the larvae off.
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post #100 of 105
12/2/11 at 1:36pm
I have found two victims already this year - a merino wool v-neck and a cashmere sweater. Both in the same slide-out shelf in my haberdasher chest (that has glass doors). I'm afraid to look at everything else in there.

I undertand that they get in the house - I have 2 kids and 2 dogs that go in and out all the time. What I can't figure out is - how do they navigate through our 4,000 square foot house and find the wool and cashmere?
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post #101 of 105
12/2/11 at 1:40pm
I had a bad problem with them this past year. It was odd, nothing was ruined, nothing seems to be eaten, but I found them everywhere, my traps caught them like crazy. Must have been hundreds of them. I think it was these new plants that I bought at the nursery that I brought into the house. I did a lot of cleaning like crazy and steaming and such very often. After a few months I don't have a problem. So, strange though, no damage, just adult moths.
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post #102 of 105
12/2/11 at 2:42pm
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I had a bad problem with them this past year. It was odd, nothing was ruined, nothing seems to be eaten, but I found them everywhere, my traps caught them like crazy. Must have been hundreds of them. I think it was these new plants that I bought at the nursery that I brought into the house. I did a lot of cleaning like crazy and steaming and such very often. After a few months I don't have a problem. So, strange though, no damage, just adult moths.

something was eaten, you might not have found it as of yet, but something was..

I had an outbreak a year ago, and battled the buggers with traps like you, and washed everything in the closed. To top it off we started storing everything with blocks of soap nearby (seems to help). This all did get them under control, but it took a long time before we found out wat it was. turns out it was an old scarf that was in winter storage in a different room.
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post #103 of 105
12/2/11 at 3:49pm
I have only a few suits which I rotate through - no extended storage. Must I dry clean them after every use? seems excessive and paranoid.
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post #104 of 105
12/2/11 at 7:52pm
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I have only a few suits which I rotate through - no extended storage. Must I dry clean them after every use? seems excessive and paranoid.

Hell no do not dry clean them after every use... once, twice a season depending on how often you wear them. Not getting them dirty to begin with obviously helps...get a good brush, nice hangers and a garment bag for each suit and you should be fine. BTW, however, I do use cedar blocks in all my closets and occasionally use the Enoz moth balls for extra measure.
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post #105 of 105
12/3/11 at 1:30am
Thanks. I read through this thread and I'm thinking "Seriously"? XD :P

I'm not a dirty person, though sweat's gonna happen. As far as the cleaners go, I'm not mailing my clothes to France to have them cleaned by someone in a $5000 suit just because it might be safer (seriously, you can make that much money as a dry cleaner?). Only once that I can recall have I ever had issues with insects attacking my clothing. Plastic bags resolved this (my clothes can be as filthy as I want them to be [not that they are] but if the bugs cannot get to them, they're good!). ...I am however, paranoid about the cedar chest I have in storage. I have a vintage smoking jacket in there from the 20's. :/
Easy come easy go, I guess.
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