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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Richard230 on April 16, 2018, 10:58:30 PM
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What I do with my dirty textile jackets and pants is to take them out in the backyard, hang them up, spray them with Simple Green, hose them off with a stiff water spray and then let them air dry on the hanger. However, Motorcycle.com has this advice for cleaning textile riding clothing - which is probably better than my way: http://www.motorcycle.com/how-to/clean-textile-motorcycle-gear
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I take out the foam pads. Wash it in the washing machine.. toss it in the dryer (low heat) and done.
Ive done that to all my textile gear for 15+ years without issue...
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I take out the foam pads. Wash it in the washing machine.. toss it in the dryer (low heat) and done.
Ive done that to all my textile gear for 15+ years without issue...
I do the same, minus the dryer because I don't have one.
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What Mr_Dude describes is pretty much what Aerostich recommends with their gear. They do have additional caveats:
1) Use powder detergent (the exception being the Nik-Wax process used to refresh/renew the fabric waterproofing)
2) Close ALL of the zippers. I think this is to protect the Gore-Tex laminate on the inner side of the garment.
Andy (Goldfine, the owner of Aerostich) also says he only washes his gear once a year. That's pretty much what I do too... Once a year at the start of the riding season I'll use the Nik-Wax products to wash and refresh the water-proofing for the year.
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> I do the same, minus the dryer because I don't have one.
Pretty much universally, hang drying out of the sun is better for fabrics than machine drying.