How To Wash Fencing Jacket

Woolite is a popular option but any will do.

How to wash fencing jacket. I washed one mask in the dishwasher at the next tournament which was a few weeks later it was dead. You may use a nylon brush to scrub lames that get grungy or that get green spots. Fill a bath tub wash basin or sink with warm water. Washing conductive fencing equipment lamés and electric gloves hand wash conductive equipment with bleach free laundry detergent.

Zip the lame up and put into this bucket fencing spa tub and gently bathe it in the detergent water windex mixture. I don t know if this is a true measure of how this method of cleaning is effective or not effective or if fencer s mask was just dead from the get go probably the better assumption. Use cold water unless you re certain the jacket has already shrunk or if you d like it to. Hand wash in the sink with regular non bleaching laundry detergent.

Take it out and rinse several times in a clean lukewarm water you can use your shower to rinse it well under a gentle stream of water. Let the jacket soak for 10 to 15 minutes. Soaking the jacket before washing helps to remove excess dirt debris and soap from the spot cleaning. Machine wash the jacket alone or with other washable white fencing garments like underarm protectors or knickers.

Bleach will deteriorate the jacket s puncture resistance. Place the jacket into the water and gently agitate it with your hands. Let it soak for about 20 30 minutes. You can let it rest there for 5 minutes.

Woolite is a popular suggestion but any laundry detergent without bleach will work. Adding baking soda will definitely bring it to brighter white. Bleach will oxidize and destroy the conductivity of the lame in one fell swoop. Technically speaking washing your fencing jacket and pants follows a similar process as with your fencing mask.

Before you begin the washing process make sure that you ve zipped all the zippers. Dunk the mask in a big bucket with warm not hot water with stain remover laundry detergent tide purex you name it.