03-13-2006, 02:37 PM
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| Mask Cleaning
I work hard and the mask after awhile gets a little dirty, sweaty, and smelly, any ideas on how to clean this? | 
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03-13-2006, 02:46 PM
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| Yes...
1. Dishwasher
2. Car wash.
Both excellent choices (seriously)
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03-13-2006, 03:22 PM
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| Mr. Epee I've done the dishwasher method. Works good if your rivets are stainless steel and mesh is in good shape.
How is the carwash method? haha thats crazy.
Oh the safer traditional method skeletorsnell is to put it in the sink with warm water and wash it with some kind of liquid soap. Then switch to cold and get the soapy water out of the bib. That's the easy part. The hard part is wringing the water out of the bib for the next hour. Then just let it hang dry.
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03-13-2006, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Epee Yes...
1. Dishwasher
2. Car wash.
Both excellent choices (seriously) | I agree on both counts- 2 important notes
1. make sure mask is the only thing in the dishwasher
2. don't leave the mask in for the drying cycle- the heat can do nasty things to the liner
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03-13-2006, 03:28 PM
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| more info in this link on the subject Washing my Mask?
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03-13-2006, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by daveappr | Yeah, but that's in the Armory section, where questions like this one belong. :)
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03-13-2006, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by oiuyt Yeah, but that's in the Armory section, where questions like this one belong. 
-B | Too bad we don't have a "Smart-ass Comments" section.
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03-13-2006, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Epee Too bad we don't have a "Smart-ass Comments" section. | I thought we did. It's called the Water Cooler.
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03-13-2006, 07:09 PM
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| Contribution from an armorer.
Funny coincidence, I am washing a mask at this very minute.
I like to use a 5 gallon bucket. It is sitting in my tub at the moment. The 5 gallon bucket is big enough to submerge the mask completely.
I use a little Woolite, could really use any soap.
But the most important factor to get rid of the smellies is to soak it in baking soda. I used half of a one pound box. Soak it for 30 minutes. The dishwasher or the car wash won't soak it as well. The laundry sink might but would use a lot more water.
I will rinse it at least twice. Although as smelly as it has been, maybe more.
Big proprietary secret to getting it dry. Take a full size bath towel and put half of it inside the mask and half outside. Squeeze all the cloth parts between the towel sections. By the time you have done this thoroughly, it will be no damper than after a long fencing session.
Mine will be dry by tomorrow morning.
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03-13-2006, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr Epee Too bad we don't have a "Smart-ass Comments" section. | If we prohibited them, what would brad post? | |
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03-13-2006, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by telkanuru If we prohibited them, what would brad post? | Useful information such as Board agendae?
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03-13-2006, 11:16 PM
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03-14-2006, 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by telkanuru If we prohibited them, what would brad post? | And where would YOU post? 
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03-15-2006, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted by gtmac I thought we did. It's called the Water Cooler. | Usually that's the dumb-ass comments section. In short, it's the side judges of fencing.net. | 
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