The Welsh Viking | I Cleaned My Chainmail with Soap @TheWelshViking | Uploaded February 2024 | Updated October 2024, 18 hours ago.
I have an early medieval (so Viking Age appropriate) chainmail hauberk, and it's pretty mucky. Covered in machine oil that leaves my hands black and greasy. Some people say "that's period!" but being covered in synthetic engineering oil from goodness knows where is *not* a period accurate way to prevent rusting on your mailshirt, no matter how grizzled the reenactment dude is that tells you so. Especially if his armour is rusty.
So I did an experiment with dish soap and lanolin! Washing up liquid is a great degreasing agent, and you know what sheep are? Waterproof and rust proof!
So let's see if I can get my Viking Age armour clean and shiny, using washing up liquid and a lanolin spray I bought on the internet :3

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