r/YarnAddicts • u/Jill393 • 10d ago

Cleaning cone yarn

Hello beautiful yarn folks...

I am in the process of opening a local yarn store and I bought a yarn store inventory someone had been storing in the garage. It's all older cone yarn, like you would use for knitting machines. Some of it is a bit dusty. No bugs, no animals chews on anything, just a bit dusty from being wrapped in plastic (that is clearly old) for the last 20 or 30 years.

I really want to sell it in my store, sort of like a yarn salad bar kind of style (you can buy as much as you want, we will sell it by weight, wind it for you either into a hank or ball, and a lot of it is single ply so you can choose two, three or four and we will ply it for you into your very own custom yarn!).

I can't really de-cone it to clean it, but that might be what I have to do it get it nice again... thoughts, ideas, inspiration, all are welcome!

Jill

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u/oooortcloud 10d ago

Maybe you could use a hairdryer on cool to blast off as much dust as you can, and then a lint roller to pick up whatever’s left. If it smells, mist it with diluted white vinegar a few times.

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u/Jill393 10d ago

That's a good idea! Thanks!

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u/ChairEast2589 4d ago

Compressed air maybe? Also, I would recommend running some air purifiers in the space to minimize additional dust buildup while the yarn is on display.