| Wheelchair seat covers play a very important role in | | | | They are not dyed or bleached and they do not |
| providing comfort to an injured or handicapped person. | | | | contain grease or lanolin. |
| And for the user, a Merino wool cushion for the | | | | In cleaning the wool, you can use a wool wash solution |
| wheelchair gives comfort among other materials that | | | | that has Lanolin to improve the gleam of the wool. |
| can be used. It aids in keeping the patient warm during | | | | Most wool wash solutions are made from Tea Tree |
| cold temperatures. Armrest covers also provide soft | | | | Oil that is known to be very effective against dust |
| comfort to the patient and the luxurious Merino wool | | | | mites, cause of allergies, fungi and bacteria. It is also |
| cover gives a very soft surface. | | | | good for preventing skin irritations because of its gentle |
| Wheelchair seat covers serve as a preventive | | | | properties. |
| measure for "bed sores" that does not really come | | | | The only disadvantage of using wool as wheelchair |
| from the bed but from chaffing of the patient's skin | | | | seat covers is that insects like a moth larva and |
| against the bed or the chair's surface. Since the patient | | | | carpet beetle tend to eat them. Because wool |
| is not moving, the blood flow to the skin is very slow | | | | contains protein, a moth larva, not adult moths, may eat |
| causing skin lesions. | | | | wheelchair seat covers made of the material creating |
| Wool is the top choice for most wheelchair seat | | | | huge holes. |
| covers because of its soft feel and insulating | | | | For taking care of woolen wheelchair seat covers, it is |
| capabilities. The outer part of the fabric drives back | | | | advisable to clean the fabric extensively using insect |
| water and the inner part absorbs the moisture. Wool | | | | deterrents and then store it in hand-woven baskets. |
| has high absorption properties that can retain great | | | | Ideally, wheelchair seat covers should be kept inside |
| amount of moisture keeping the seat cover warm for | | | | cotton bags and then sealed to allow the wool fabric |
| the patient. | | | | to breathe. Plastic bags are not recommended |
| There are a few types of wool sources that make | | | | because they can contain moisture that will eventually |
| good wheelchair seat covers. Alpacas and Llamas | | | | lead to molds and mildew. |
| provide good, strong wools. They are actually softer | | | | Wool is the perfect fabric to use as wheelchair seat |
| and lighter than sheep's wool. These wools are | | | | covers. However, proper knowledge on how to care |
| actually cultured in environments free from pesticides. | | | | of them is needed to retain their quality. |