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#99212 - 07/06/07 01:01 AM 80% Wool -20% Poly Blanket for $11 Bucks!
alvacado Offline


Registered: 01/30/07
Posts: 79
Loc: South Texas
Harbor Freight has these new grey, 60" X 78", light weight, made in India, blankets; ideal for vehicle or kit use.
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#99213 - 07/06/07 01:13 AM Re: 80% Wool -20% Poly Blanket for $11 Bucks! [Re: alvacado]
smitty Offline
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Registered: 11/01/06
Posts: 97
Loc: Missouri
Hey alvacado..... Is this the blanket your talking about?

60'' x 80'' WOOL BLANKET

If this is the right one they must have just put them on sale for $7.99, Good find, thanks!

smitty

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#99214 - 07/06/07 01:22 AM Re: 80% Wool -20% Poly Blanket for $11 Bucks! [Re: alvacado]
alvacado Offline


Registered: 01/30/07
Posts: 79
Loc: South Texas
Good find yourself Smitty!
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#99216 - 07/06/07 01:38 AM Re: 80% Wool -20% Poly Blanket for $11 Bucks! [Re: alvacado]
JCWohlschlag Offline
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Registered: 11/26/06
Posts: 724
Loc: Sterling, Virginia, United Sta...
Harbor Freight is just an awesome store. I recommend to anyone that has one nearby to take a visit. It's worth it.
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#99295 - 07/07/07 01:48 AM Re: 80% Wool -20% Poly Blanket for $11 Bucks! [Re: JCWohlschlag]
Susan Offline
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Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
Get there early or get a rain check. Demand for most of their sale stuff exceeds supply. Sometimes by a LOT!

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#99296 - 07/07/07 01:58 AM Harbor Freight Sales [Re: Susan]
JCWohlschlag Offline
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Registered: 11/26/06
Posts: 724
Loc: Sterling, Virginia, United Sta...
Agreed. During my recent (and yet ongoing) move from California to Pennsylvania, the people at Harbor Freight informed me that U-Haul and the like always come in and clean out their moving blankets when they have them on sale. They buy them for $5 (for small) and $7 (for large), then turn around and resell them for around $14 and $16.
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#99303 - 07/07/07 03:28 AM Re: Harbor Freight Sales [Re: JCWohlschlag]
aloha Offline
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Registered: 11/16/05
Posts: 1059
Loc: Hawaii, USA
Are those wool blankets dry clean only? That is my gripe. I haven't found good inexpensive wool blankets that can just be washed out to clean them. All the ones I have seen say dry clean only.
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#99563 - 07/10/07 07:49 PM Re: Harbor Freight Sales [Re: aloha]
Susan Offline
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Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
Forget the dry cleaning tag. I've been washing wool blankets for years. Just remember that wool is hair. It doesn't absorb water like cotton does, and it has a fairly short drying time.

Wash with 1/4 cup of cheap hair shampoo.

Use a cheap hair conditoner (1/4 cup) in the rinse water.

Line dry, or dry at medium or low temps, in 10-minute increments. Most blankets will dry in 15 minutes or so, composite (artificial) materials usually in less. DON'T just twist the dial to 40 minutes and walk away, or you'll end up with a hard chunk of felt.

Line drying will give an expensive blanket a longer life. All that stuff in the lint trap used to be part of the blanket.

Sue

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#99581 - 07/10/07 09:50 PM Re: 80% Wool -20% Poly Blanket for $11 Bucks! [Re: smitty]
CJK Offline
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Registered: 08/14/05
Posts: 601
Loc: FL, USA
quick note.....we have some of the 'disposable/one time use' "wool" blankets that we use for patient's. The tag says, "100% Undetermined Fibres" Odd-Lots Made in Canada.

I don't know what it is made from but I do know to absolutely NEVER wash it. There is no real structure to the 'fabric' this thing just disintergrates in the wash!

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#99608 - 07/11/07 04:53 AM Re: 80% Wool -20% Poly Blanket for $11 Bucks! [Re: CJK]
aloha Offline
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Registered: 11/16/05
Posts: 1059
Loc: Hawaii, USA
Mahalo Susan.
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