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washing Ski gloves
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Just looking for a bit of consensus.
I've usually just put them on a cold wash, but thought I'd check the labels.

Got 1 pair that say non biological and no softener. Reshape whilst damp, and lay flat to dry.
another pair that say any detergent, but no softener or tumble dry. No soaking.

and one that says use a low tumble dryer to "reactivate" the waterproofing. Confused Puzzled

Suggestion?
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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My ski trousers recommend a cool iron to reactivate the waterproofing. Any ideas on the physics of that?
Surely a radiator would have the same effect?
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@brianatab, follow the instructions for each pair?
Tumble drying waterproof clothes to reactivate the durable water-repellent coating is fairly normal IME. But not all fabircs/DWRs need that.
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@mgrolf, wash each pair of gloves on their own cycle?

I don't have a tumble dryer as they are very environmentally unfriendly, and expensive to run. My clothes dry very efficiently on an airer.
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brianatab wrote:
@mgrolf, wash each pair of gloves on their own cycle?



Well, no, I wouldn't suggest that. I usually have other things that go on a similar cycle (for me, anything wicking never sees fabric softener), and I'd probably hand wash gloves anyway. But I'd use whatever detergent was recommended (within reason), and use cold ish water.
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@brianatab, weirdly, human shampoo is excellent, harsh on human grease yet fairly forgiving on DWR. And heat restores DWR by redistributing the silicon particles on the fabric surface.
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I use this for all sorts of technical fabrics: https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/dp-liquid-soap-flakes/581461-82431-82432
It smells a bit 'soapy' so you need to rinse well.
There's also a Wilko version which looks suspiciously similar, but I've never used it.
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