06-11-2005, 02:05 PM
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| What are the washing instructions for Allstar Startex uniforms?
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06-11-2005, 08:45 PM
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| Dunno about the Startex kit, but for my LP Sydney kit, I wash it in warm water (the label says 'warm, permanent press,' but eh), then hang dry. If I go too long in between washes, maybe I throw in a scoop of Oxi-Clean. I doubt you can go wrong with a regimen like that.
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06-11-2005, 10:17 PM
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| i always wash all of my synthetics in cold water with powder tide, use a cold rinse and line dry. i have used this on all my camping equipment and fencing equipment (including olympia, world cup, and sydney uniforms) with good results. i never use heat on anything with any sythetic material. | |
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06-11-2005, 10:45 PM
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| I a couple fo sets of Startex and wash them after every practice. I wash them in cold water with regular tide. I wash them on the regular cycle but with extra water (i.e. small load but set machine on large).
I know I should not dry them but I do. Low heat with a couple of dry towels. They dry VERY quickly.
I've been washing my wife and my jackets and knickers like this for a number of years and they are still in great shape.
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06-12-2005, 02:05 AM
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Originally Posted by R. Exnicios I a couple fo sets of Startex and wash them after every practice. I wash them in cold water with regular tide. I wash them on the regular cycle but with extra water (i.e. small load but set machine on large).
I know I should not dry them but I do. Low heat with a couple of dry towels. They dry VERY quickly.
I've been washing my wife and my jackets and knickers like this for a number of years and they are still in great shape.
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R | Amazing. I tried that, but my wife shrank, so I had to get a new one. I learned my lesson though, I line dry this one.  | |
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06-12-2005, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by miyamoto Amazing. I tried that, but my wife shrank, so I had to get a new one. I learned my lesson though, I line dry this one. | Your wife shrank?? | |
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06-12-2005, 08:48 AM
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| I'm not sure what you people mean by washing your kit in "cold" water but the washing instructions on my (allstar) kit says 40 C degrees.
I never tumble dry any of my clothes so I leave them, inclkuding my kit, to air dry in the "fan room".
I've never had them shrink and they still look good after several years.
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06-12-2005, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen I leave them, including my kit, to air dry in the "fan room". | Wow, I knew you were popular, but you have to set aside a whole room for the use of your fans? I am impressed!  | |
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06-12-2005, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Inquartata Wow, I knew you were popular, but you have to set aside a whole room for the use of your fans? I am impressed! | Uuuh...yeah. My bedroom became too crowded...ha ha ha! 
(Seriously though, I don't know what you would call them in english but I meant the 'dryer room' or something along those lines.  )
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06-12-2005, 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by drseudo Dunno about the Startex kit, but for my LP Sydney kit, I wash it in warm water (the label says 'warm, permanent press,' but eh), then hang dry. If I go too long in between washes, maybe I throw in a scoop of Oxi-Clean. I doubt you can go wrong with a regimen like that. | I was wondering if oxy-clean would have any negative long-term effects on FIE balistic nylon. How long have you used the stuff?
As for my usual regimin, I have always used cold water and regual detergent on my 8-year old Ulhmann FIE Jacket and Knickers, and they still look great.
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06-12-2005, 06:32 PM
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| I only use it once in a blue moon, and I haven't noticed any deleterious effects yet. Maybe if Barry Paul is still poking around here, he can tell us whether Oxi-Clean is good news or bad news...
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06-12-2005, 06:38 PM
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| This is kind of apropos of nothing but---what is with the care instructions Uhlmann/Allstar puts in their clothing? Both my jacket and knickers came with index-card-sized labels bearing the complete washing instructions on them. One washing and hey, presto! The labels were completely blank. The print washed out completely...
Is this a money-saving measure of some sort, of a piece with the skimpy, illegal mask-cord tabs on their sabre lames? Cheapo ink? | |
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06-13-2005, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by R. Exnicios I've been washing my wife and my jackets and knickers like this for a number of years and they are still in great shape.
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R | Doesn't she get really irate during the spin cycle? 
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06-13-2005, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by angriff Your wife shrank?? | No, his previous wife shrank. He's line drying the current wife. | |
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06-13-2005, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by angriff Your wife shrank?? | Yeah. Like R. Exnicios above, I too, tumbled dried my wife and fencing whites.
The whites lasted, she did not, so I now line dry only. I learned my lesson. | |
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06-13-2005, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by miyamoto The whites lasted, she did not, so I now line dry only. I learned my lesson. | Also, if you can, have the wife put in cold storage for the summer. I've seen what happens when moths take their toll, and it's not pretty.
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06-14-2005, 07:24 AM
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| When I brought my Startex jacket I was told by the vendor that the material is very temperature sensitive and if your machine doesn't control the water temperature accurately it can shrink. The label says 40DegC but I ALWAYS wash mine on the coldest setting (15degC) with a liquid detergent for delicates and it's been OK. | |
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