A METHOD TO WASH GREASY WOOL, A METHOD TO SEPARATE LANOLIN FROM THE SAID GREASY WOOL, WOOL AND LANOLIN OBTAINABLE BY THESE METHODS.

摘要

The present invention pertains to a method to wash wool containing lanolin and impurities comprising providing a volume of an aqueous liquid at a temperature below a melting temperature of the lanolin, soaking the wool in the volume of the liquid, creating air bubbles in the liquid and allowing the air bubbles to pass through the wool to attach the impurities, and removing the air bubbles and attached impurities from the said volume. The invention also pertains to a method to separate lanolin from wool containing lanolin and impurities and to wool and lanolin obtainable by these methods.