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Mundane question I know! But having come back with filthy ski trousers and jackets (mostly from having to grub around and put on snow chains) how on earth can I get the dirt out in the wash? I have never had any success with those bottles of non-detergent wash one is meant to use - clothes never look at all clean. What do other people use please?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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My step daughter got her jacket and pants stained with oil off the chairlift, thought they were goosed. She rubbed them with a bar of Fairy soap, (pre-treatment bar, it's green) before washing and re-waterproofing. They came up like new. Not sure if you can still buy it as I found it in my folks garage when doing a house clearance and it had been there for yonks.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Whatever you do, do not use a regular washing powder! This can form a barrier over the fine technical fabrics and
impair the function of the breathability and waterproofing of the garments.
There are special cleaning products available for ski clothes, I am not sure what is available on the British market, but here(Austria) we use Uni Savon sport wash concentrate and Storm wash in waterproofer. Oil is really tricky to remove though.
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I also use the Fairy bar on stains as suggested by dode, you can still buy it. I also use pure soap flakes as the detergent if the clothes are dirty as it cleans better than Grangers or Tech Wash in my experience and also maintains the waterproofness unlike detergents. You can buy pure soap flakes in a box as flakes or in a bottle as a liquid, not always that easy to get though.
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marmotte16, the Fairy bar works a treat on grubby white collars 
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sarah, or I could just lose the weight and get into my blue collared one 
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I scrub with neat liquid biological detergent, leave to soak for 30 mins, then wash normally, then with soap, then with wash in proofer. The kids gear gets done like this every couple of weeks otherwise the pomas seem to leave suspicious stains...
I've washed all my technical gear (including rucksacks and even tents) with normal detergent when it's really filthy, and never had problems with the proofing. I'm increasingly suspicious that the whole technical soap thing is a bit of a conspiracy...
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Main thing is to remove all trace of softener from your machine.
Water repellancy is based on high surface tension, fabric softeners reduce surface tension to make it feel, er, soft.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I have removed grease from a ski jacket (also from grubbing around putting chains on and we now always have an old jacket in the car for that job!) by spot treating with swarfega and detergent, rinsed out well. Then washed the jacket in the nik wash stuff using a programme with lots of additional rinses, and completed the process with the wash in proofer and gently tumble dried. Jacket came up very well and is still in use several years (and a couple of more nik washes) later.
I have also successfully removed dirty marks from ski clothing with a bar of vanish soap, again rinsed out well, then washed with the Nik stuff!
I never use fabric softeners in my machine and only non-bio powders, and I always make sure the detergent dispenser and the rest of the machine is thoroughly clean before washing ski clothing.
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Ariel stain remover, it's wonderful stuff. Then Grangers. If it says tumble dry to activate the waterproofing then do it. If not, then drip dry on a line.
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You know it makes sense.
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dode, When I got oil dripped onto my ski jacket from a ski lift, I was told to take it to the local dry cleaner & reclaim the cost from the skilift company, which I did. That was 8 years ago in Les Arcs - don't know it still applies.
But another vote for Grangers
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genepi, it happened on our last day, but I will bear that in mind if it ever happens again. We did think about claiming on the insurance but it all came out in the wash
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Poster: A snowHead
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Grangers washed all my stuff a treat. It was horribly smelly before and now it's fresh as a daisy and clean. My ski jacket is black but my bright orange ski pants came out really well.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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A natural soap to use rather than nikwax , grangers or jack wolfskin products etc is from Dri-Pak its called liquid soap flakes 750ml in the bigger Tesco about £2.50- £3 .
I also use it for merino and synthectic baselayers its uk,s only natural soap .
A lot of the so called wool wash products are just detergent so are not ideal where the dri-pak is a decent size and price for all your outdoor clothing.
Doubtful it will remove oil but it wont mess up the DWR either .
Pomas leave plenty of black marks so I have to use a brush and stain remover even then they never really remove from beige pants..
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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This is why it baffles me that anyone buys white salopettes!
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Tirol 164, that's the stuff I use as mentioned up the thread, yes I have had it from large Tescos too. The actual flake stuff is called Granny's or something and that I've had from large Tesco also and places like Home Bargains.
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Thanks guys - think I'll try the Fairy bar first! Next time I'm buying dark coloured gear, not girly pink
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Tech Wash and Nik Wax has worked for me. Might have more to do with the efficacy of the washing machine than the detergent?
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marmotte16, 
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I use vanish soap on any stains or marks then wash in the machine with non bio liquid and no fabric softener.
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FAQ
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I have a white collar on my ski jacket which needs extra attention!
