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11/5/2007 at 9:56pm
Location: Prestatyn
Outfit: Horizon400 Air
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Yep not a good idea to put the tent in the washing machine or have it dry cleaned.Have you thought of buying a packet of childrens baby wipes. They work great. I would recommend buying a tin of waterproof spray and just giving the tent a once going over after youve given it a wipe.
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11/5/2007 at 10:07pm
Location: Manchester
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Hi,
I used Tesco antibacterial wipes on the inner bedrooms and it worked a treat, but a spray with waterproof is a good idea, just incase.
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12/5/2007 at 1:25am
Location: Coventry
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I personally wouldn't risk putting it in the washing machine, as I'm not sure how that would affect the sig. I washed ours in the bath with soap flakes, let them drain in the bath for a while, then hung them over the line to dry. They looked & smelled like new when they were dry.
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12/5/2007 at 7:39am
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jk98 is right. always use soap flakes for the bedrooms. and specialist cleaner for the tent as using any other powder /liquid strips the waterproof off. unless you have mold spots and you can use milton diluted .
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12/5/2007 at 7:40am
Location: swansea
Outfit: Avondale corfu sunvalley 8
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I have washed my inner tents in the bath too, then drip dried them and came up like new.
But I have read on here that several people have machine washed inners with no prob, obviously use the delicate program, ie cool wash, short spin.
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12/5/2007 at 11:25am
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An inner tent doesn't have to be waterproofed, just put it in the washing machine on a quick cycle and double rinse, but don't fast spin, then line-dry. It's important that no soap residue is left on the inners (hence the double rinse), or it might compromise your waterproofing if it comes into contact with the flysheet.
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12/5/2007 at 1:05pm
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The Nikwax products are good, not cleaned a tent, but have done waterproof coats, ski-wear and my horses outdoor rugs with them and they have come out clean, and more importantly waterproof - in fact the horse rugs were more waterproof after than when they were new!
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12/5/2007 at 9:59pm
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I too have put bedrooms in the washing machine and they come out fine.
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