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Message started by prechermike on 06/27/12 at 06:52:40

Title: Washing my jacket
Post by prechermike on 06/27/12 at 06:52:40

I have a Firstgear Mesh Tex 3.0 jacket.

http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4799699581797178&id=7526c27f90dc2809fb4b26b6524f9893

It needs washing, but the tag says hand wash only. I guess that is what I will do, but my thoughts are this. If this thing is supposed to protect me while I am sliding down the asphalt at 50mph, why can't it stand a round in the washing machine?

Anyone have any thoughts?

Title: Re: Washing my jacket
Post by babyhog on 06/27/12 at 06:57:29

Could be shrinkage, color bleeding? Is there armor in it? Wouldn't want a piece of armor getting wedged on your machine's agitator. Or maybe rip through the mesh.

On the other hand, I wash alot of stuff that labels say not to. ;)

Title: Re: Washing my jacket
Post by gerald.hughes on 06/27/12 at 07:06:59

Wash it in cold water, with Woolite, on the gentle cycle. Air dry it. Do not put it in the dryer. All will be well.

Title: Re: Washing my jacket
Post by Boule’tard on 06/27/12 at 07:10:14

Yep, it's probably to do with the armor possibly getting wedged somewhere in the machine.

Mine is similar, a Shift Aero. I just spray it out with the hose, pads and all. :D If it ever starts stinking I'll give it a good hand washing with detergent.

Title: Re: Washing my jacket
Post by prechermike on 06/27/12 at 07:36:47

I should have said the pads come out and I would not run them through the machine. The inside is a softer material, but not unlike other things that get washed. 'Tard, I thought about the hose thing and Piglet, I often disregard the instructions on things like this. Thanks for the input, you are all confirming what I suspected.

Title: Re: Washing my jacket
Post by Savage_Rob on 06/27/12 at 07:53:09

On any of my mesh, I just use Simple Green, a garden hose and a brush to clean the armor and the jacket, though I remove any removable armor inserts and wipe them down separately. I just let everything drip dry. Speaking specifically of FirstGear, I have a mesh jacket (don't remember the specific model) and a couple of different sets of mesh overpants. I've done all of them this way.

Title: Re: Washing my jacket
Post by sjaskow on 06/27/12 at 10:10:54

I have a FirstGear Mesh Tex that is almost 3 years old. To wash it, I take the armor out and run it in the machine on the "Extra Delicate" cycle in cold water using Simple Green for soap. So far, it looks as good as it did when I got it.

Title: Re: Washing my jacket
Post by Midnightrider on 06/27/12 at 14:34:31

I had a leather jacket dry cleaned once. I'll never do that again. They shrunk it down about 2 sizes.

Title: Re: Washing my jacket
Post by Dj12midnit on 06/27/12 at 23:07:40

I never wash my riding jacket or vest. Just would not be right.

Title: Re: Washing my jacket
Post by mpescatori on 06/28/12 at 02:50:51

Many items have the recommended "hand wash only" not because of soaps or the spin cycle...
...but because the synthetic fabric with which they are made suffer heat.

If I wash something by hand, the temperature of the water will be anything from lukewarm to mildly hot - never more than 50°C.

So I can put the item in the washer and use the "wool" cycle, which will ensure 40°C max and a very gentle spin, no problems.

But to wash anything synthetic at 60°C... calls for disaster... :-X

PS Midnight Rider, if your jacket shrunk after "dry cleaning", it wasn't dry cleaned, it was shoved into a washing machine by mistake and washed in water.

Dry cleaninig means they use a solution of specific acids in replacement of water.

You can smell the difference, dry cleaning smells acidy, like battery fluid.

Title: Re: Washing my jacket
Post by Boofer on 06/28/12 at 03:46:58

Mike, I washed my Joe Rocket Phoenix V mesh with armor in place. I put it in the bath tub with Dawn dishwashing liquid, wiggled it around, rinsed it thoroughly outside with a water hose and hung it up to dry. Maybe right maybe wrong. Just how I do it. :)

Title: Re: Washing my jacket
Post by babyhog on 06/28/12 at 13:48:57

465B4E58484A5F4459422B0 wrote:

My father owned a dry cleaning business when I was little. I still love that smell!

Title: Re: Washing my jacket
Post by Boofer on 06/28/12 at 20:15:21

bh, you're still little! ;D

Title: Re: Washing my jacket
Post by prechermike on 06/29/12 at 03:35:05

153838313225570 wrote:

bh, you're still little! ;D

BWAHHH!