I divided it in to 3 sections and then put it in pillow cases, I put it on the wool wash on the machine with a little bit of powder.
I did put it on a spin just to get rid of extra water.
Washing the fleece in the bath isn't really an option as i can bend for long length of time, to much for my back with my baby bump.
Linz
No idea about second hand carders, keep an eye on any spinning wheel publication you find, searchs on the internet things like that.
I got my set of my mum as she bought a wheel (to restore and sell on) and it had a lot of extras with it that she didn't want to sell with it.