Author Topic: Cleaning Your Riding Gear. (Read 3225 times)

hughes · « **on:** October 17, 2005, 11:53:36 AM »

Hey Guy's I was washing the truck today and figured I would wash the mud off my riding gear so I could have my wife throw it in the wash. I had the simple green out for the truck and I just figured I would spray down my pants and shirt. I let it set for about 5 mins and rinsed them off with the hose. The pants and jersey look like they just came out of the wash. My wife was glade I found a way to clean my own gear and not put it her washin machine. I mixed the simple green with just alittle water. No color fade or bleeding. Next I let them air dry.

alan · « **Reply #1 on:** October 18, 2005, 12:16:14 AM »

I just put mine in the washer on cold water setting on a gentle setting. I wash them at least ever other time I ride.

Alan

KXcam22 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 18, 2005, 02:06:50 AM »

If it is really muddy I like to hose off the worst at the car wash before it goes in the washing machine. I'll have to try the simple green thing. Cam.

hughes · « **Reply #3 on:** October 18, 2005, 02:33:41 AM »

Using simple green and hosing off worked great. My wife just can't stand to have anything muddy looking put into her washin machine. This way the gear is not beat up from a wash cycle of the machine.

alan · « **Reply #4 on:** October 18, 2005, 02:53:29 AM »

Quote from: hughes

Using simple green and hosing off worked great. My wife just can't stand to have anything muddy looking put into her washin machine. This way the gear is not beat up from a wash cycle of the machine.

Does she hose you down before she lets you in the house!

I forgot about mud, since we don't have much in the desert!

Alan

hughes · « **Reply #5 on:** October 18, 2005, 06:51:05 AM »

Red clay mudd can make a mess and stain anything.

John · « **Reply #6 on:** October 18, 2005, 08:02:44 AM »

Excuse my ignorance, what is the "simple green" thing?

//John

Spider · « **Reply #7 on:** October 18, 2005, 08:43:52 AM »

Simple Green is a liquid cleaner
http://consumer.simplegreen.com/

5dracing · « **Reply #8 on:** October 24, 2005, 08:09:03 AM »

I've used simple green to clean just about everything I ride in or on.

GDubb · « **Reply #9 on:** October 29, 2005, 01:54:58 PM »

My grandfather is a retired city fleet head mechanic (in his 80's now) and my grandmother has used Simple Green for his greasy clothes as long as I can remember, literally. As a matter of fact their house is the first place I ever heard of the stuff. I have to wonder why I havent ever used it. I know its great stuff. Must be the rebelious spirit in me I guess.