Official Luthiers Forum!

Where do you all buy your Lamb's Wool?

I live in Central Texas and have checked The local Grocery Stores, Target, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, shoe stores....and have yet to find Dr. Scholl's Lamb's Wool.

I then checked on the Dr. Scholl's Web site and did not find it there. I found it advertised on Amazon, but it is unavailable to purchase. It seems everywhere I find it on line, it isn't available.

I've come to the point where I'm thinking about going out to a sheep farm late at night with my scissors.

_________________
Thanks,
Blain

http://www.ullrichguitar.com

"89.67% of all statistics are made up on the spot."

http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/index.html
this is a good source for buffing supplies
john hall

John,

I'm looking on this site, and it looks like it's all buffing wheels. Do you know if they have just lamb's wool or perhaps I'm just not finding it? I need it for French Polishing to make the muneca.

_________________
Thanks,
Blain

http://www.ullrichguitar.com

"89.67% of all statistics are made up on the spot."

Try the chain auto parts stores. I've purchased both lambs wool bonnets and pads from Autozone on occasion.

_________________
Jim Womack

"Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for. "
Will Rogers

Thanks Jim.

I'll swing by Autozone on the way home and see if they have anything.

_________________
Thanks,
Blain

http://www.ullrichguitar.com

"89.67% of all statistics are made up on the spot."

Well, just got back from Autozone and still no lambs wool.


Maybe I'll have to spend the money on a buffing wheel and just cut the wool off of it...

_________________
Thanks,
Blain

http://www.ullrichguitar.com

"89.67% of all statistics are made up on the spot."

Just did some more searching on the internet and ran across this website:
Drugwebstore.com

This was the first place that let me actually check out (claiming that it was available), but it had me check out through amazon.com which is strange because amazon.com said that it's unavailable. It also said "discontinued by the manufacturer" so we'll see if they actually ship my order.

Just thought I'd post this in case some of you see some in the stores, you might want to herd it up.

_________________
Thanks,
Blain

http://www.ullrichguitar.com

"89.67% of all statistics are made up on the spot."

If you can find a wool sweater at the local thrift shop, you can scissor it into enough wool pads for a lifetime of FPolishing.
I had the workbench next to an expert (Jeremy Clark) French Polisher for the past few weeks; that's what he uses in his muneca.
Cheers
John

as john said, old sweaters or socks are a readily available source of lambs wool.

if you are trying to be really traditional, in many areas it is hard to find real linen for the covering. the thrift shops are a solution there as well if you are willing to sort through the racks for linen shirts and pants.

all that by the by, i have had good results just using a wad of old t-shirt. even easier to find.

For linen pad covers, another possibility is linen dish towels aka 'tea towels'. Thrift shops or the back of the towel drawer are good spots to look.
That said, in my very limited experience, knitted (T-shirt) fabrics seem to be a little 'smoother' to use, though they wear through faster than linen. The price can't be beat, though.

John

i've not run across any tea towel linen i would like to use as all that i have seen are too thick and rough.

Saddlemakers have large supplies of lambs wool in complete skins. They use it to line the inside or underside of the saddle where it comes in contact with the pad or blanket on the horse side of things.

How much did you need?

Mike

I believe you can still order lamb wool on one side tanned on the other from Tandy Leather Company out of Fort Worth, Texas as well

Mike

You might check Home Depot or another big box store.  Lambswool pads are used to apply poly to floors.  They are like a polishing bonnet except rectangular.  Paint supply stores might have those too - at least ones that sell poly for floors.

_________________
Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

[quote]I've come to the point where I'm thinking about going out to a sheep farm late at night with my scissors. [/quote]

    AATOLF!!!

_________________
Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

I don't know if there is an IKEA near you, but I know that they sell lambskin rugs for about $20. There's an IKEA not too far from me, so if you are having a hard time finding what you need, send me a PM.

_________________
Aoibeann

Blain, do you need some just to fill pads with for French Polishing?

_________________
Aoibeann

[QUOTE=crazymanmichael] i've not run across any tea towel linen i would like to use as all that i have seen are too thick and rough.[/QUOTE]

Ah, perhaps that's why they didn't work well for me! Off to the linen clothing hunt at the thrift store!

Thanks!

The Leather working is a good idea. There's a Tandy Leather company in Austin that will probably sell the Wool for saddles. If not then I'm sure they could order it for me. Very good suggestion. And now that you mention it, I actually have some Wool swabs that I bought from Tandy for applying stain that if push came to shove, I could tear the wool off of those.

Lillian, We do have a brand new IKEA about 15 miles from my house. I'll have to check there if my order never ships. I just need some for the muneca for French Polishing, but I ordered 6 bags from the place that I provided the link for so hopefully they'll charge my card and ship them. IF not then I guess I'm off to Tandy, IKEA or Home Depot to search some more.

One quick question....As for searching thrift stores and such for wool... Wouldn't most of that be dyed wool? Is it no big deal to have dyed wool? I had thought about using wool clothing but didn't think the dyed wool would be good to use.

Thanks for all of the suggestions all.

_________________
Thanks,
Blain

http://www.ullrichguitar.com

"89.67% of all statistics are made up on the spot."

Blain,
Get Dr. Scholl's Lamb's Wool. You can buy it from Amazon and it will be
at your door in a couple days.

FYI, I have recently switched to using one of my old dress shirts made of
cotton. Very good weave and no lint makes it an excellent cover.

Best of Luck,
Simon

Thanks Simon. I actually did purchase some of the Dr. Scholl's, but it wasn't available directly from Amazon (The stuff on Amazon said "not available" and "Discontinued by the manufacturer").

I've provided the link to where I made the purchase. I'm just hoping that they don't email me and say "We're sorry, but the item that you requested is no longer available"....

_________________
Thanks,
Blain

http://www.ullrichguitar.com

"89.67% of all statistics are made up on the spot."

Oxford, pinpoint or broadcloth?

_________________
Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

[QUOTE=JohnAbercrombie] If you can find a wool sweater at the local thrift shop, you can scissor it into enough wool pads for a lifetime of FPolishing.
I had the workbench next to an expert (Jeremy Clark) French Polisher for the past few weeks; that's what he uses in his muneca.
Cheers
John
[/QUOTE]

Its not hard to spot a french polisher...hes the bloke walking around in the woolen sweater with the little squares chopped out of it.

Check Tandy Leather Company- They always have from scraps to premium lambs wool.

I buy it at CVS pharmacy. It's CVS brand in 3/8 oz package sku #246626, about $5. It's 100% lambswool. Find it in the foot section with all the Dr. Scholl's. It's not on the CVS website.