With a background in the tanning industry, Tantech Pty Ltd was established in 1997 to develop & market a specialty detergent for washing medical sheepskins to the new Australian Standard developed by the CSIRO. The Australian Medical Sheepskin was developed to enable medical sheepskins to be washed at 80°C, such as in hospital & aged care laundries, to sterilise the sheepskin.
Where high temperature washing is not possible, such as domestic washing, the detergent had to sterilise the sheepskin chemically. Our sheepskin detergent met both these requirements. Because our sheepskin detergent washed the wool as well as the fibre, Tantech identified a market for our detergent for all natural fibres such as alpaca, mohair & cashmere as well as cotton.
Where high temperature washing is not possible, such as domestic washing, the detergent had to sterilise the sheepskin chemically. Our sheepskin detergent met both these requirements. Because our sheepskin detergent washed the wool as well as the fibre, Tantech identified a market for our detergent for all natural fibres such as alpaca, mohair & cashmere as well as cotton.
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Tantech supply specialty detergent for sheepskin products, leather wax for footwear and timber wax for furniture. We also manufacture horse rug detergent & water & insect repellent for horse rugs. Our tanning background is behind our upholstery leather care products. Our Felt Hat Care kit is a first for cleaning and protecting felt hats such as Akubra.
Cowhide Cleaner is based on a nonionic surfactant that effectively and safely cleans the hair of cowhides & all animal skins. It contains a algaecide & fungicide to prevent and remove mould & mildew. Craftsman Timber Wax is a blend of bees wax, carnauba wax and neatsfoot oil and has the fragrance of the Australian bush.
Canvas Reproofer with Insect Repellent is suitable for canvas articles such as tents and swags to restore the water repellent properties and contains an insect repellent to repel annoying insects such as flies & mosquitos. Felt Hat Care Kit contains Felt Hat Cleaning Spray, Felt Hat Rain & Stain Guard with Insect Repellent and foam pad, used dry to remove dust, dirt & loose fibres and moist with the Felt Hat Cleaning Spray.
Originally I bought WoolPlus from Coles and bought it because the label stated I could wash sheepskin. Up until then I thought skins where a dry clean only item. I have a lovely sheepskin and the dry cleaning quote was horrific and they were unsure of the outcome due to it's extremely long pile. Then I saw your bottle and figured.
Sheepskins provide comfort because their ultra-dense wool pile greatly reduces pressure, shear, friction and moisture. Sheepskins have up to 6,000 wool fibres per sq cm in its pile, therefore sheepskin provides a natural cushion to distribute the weight of the infant or patient, in the case of medical sheepskins, and driver & passengers in the case of car seat covers.
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