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PersonNursey01
05/8/2014 at 3:07pm
 Location: Reading Berks
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Hello all, I'm after some advice please regarding 'spring cleaning' my Vango Aspen 500DLX. She's looking a bit grubby with a few patches of suspected mildew on the inner and a couple of small grease marks on the outer. What can I use to give both the inner and outer a good clean? Apart from the inner and outer is there anything else that you do as part of your tent's 'annual maintenance'? Thank you in advance tent-folks! :)


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Persondaveslisa
05/8/2014 at 5:15pm
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Put your inner in the washing machine if it will fit then dry it on the line. I've washed a couple of my inners like this and never had any problems afterwards. If not use your bath and Milton sterilising solution mixed to the directions. Rinse well and dry as before. word of warning with the bath...make sure you have a large enough container to fit the wet pod in to take outside otherwise you will leave a flood of water in your wake!

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PersonNursey01
05/8/2014 at 8:28pm
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Thank you daveslisa, good tip about the bath and container! Unfortunately I think the inner for the Aspen 500DLX is too big to get in the tub - but I could give it a go pitching the inner and giving it a scrub with some Milton on a hot sunny day... :-/


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Marks on a tent are like battle scars...the sign of a seasoned veteran. If you have a nice clean tent everyone will think you are a newbie.


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PersonKampaWendy
05/8/2014 at 10:52pm
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Hi Nursery
Ive always put the inners in our Machine and they are the same size as yours polyester is very light and doesnt bulk up when wet just dont spin them and allow to dry on the line. Also they will easily fit in a bath. Either way its better than doing it with the inners insitu.



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