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Topic: How often do you wash your outerwear?  (Read 302 times)

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bbt95762

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wetsuit, and whatever else I was wearing go straight to the washing machine when I get home - it's a front loader with 'ultra' delicate cycle - typically hang dry after that - though I have put it in the dryer on gentle-ist cycle as well

if its a multi day trip, rinse after every use, hang inside out

I don't like funk or any of those fungus that cause itches.


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Hose my wetsuit every time. Pop it in the washing machine, front loader, with some wetsuit soap when it starts to get smelly. Probably every 4-6 trips.

This is pretty much my routine too. Never used wetsuit soap tho, just a tiny amount of reg detergent to knock out the fish slime smell.
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I’ve always tried to rinse all drysuit, dry tops, bibs, wetsuits and booties after each use. This will greatly extend the life of your gear. Sometimes I just use the hose and spray them down, but for heavier fish goo, blood and stank I like to fill up a bin with water and then add some wetsuit/drysuit shampoo from McNett and let soak before hand washing inside and out-then hang dry. I highly recommend a great product that I periodically like to add into the water as a deodorizer that was formally called Mirazyme and is now sold under the label Revivex Oder eliminator. Worth every penny!
 

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