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Did You Know? (Urine, Pt. 1)
The second process in preparing wool for spinning is scouring. Wool has a natural grease, suint, that is removed by washing the wool in a warm weak alkaline solution; traditionally stale urine (which produces a solvent, ammonium hydroxide) was used.
The Primary Textile Industry In Canada – McCullough, p. 13
also
Fermented suint for cleaning fleeces – https://mozfiberlife.wordpress.com/fsm/
