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Washing a saddle

M. Wilson

M. Wilson

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What’s the best way to clean my phantom? Hand wash in a bucket or is it safe in a washing machine?
 
I fill up the tub with luke warm water and a small amount of blue Dawn dish soap. I let soak for a few hours and gently agitate by hand. I then drain the tub and fill with just luke warm water and repeat the process but twice (2 water rinses). I don't trust hunter soaps because they are always claiming special enzymes and such and I don't want to risk some secret sauce attacking the webbing on my saddle. I wash my ropes the same way and also my hunting pack and other items that I don't want to put in the washing machine. I have heard do not hang wet items like this because it can cause stretching, especially ropes. Before hearing that, I was hanging everything over the shower curtain rack and it seemed okay (the ropes and such are light enough). If you were worried about that, then I would lay out everything on towels in a warm area and flip them over periodically.

I don't worry about the smell of the soap because they items that are handled often and rarely washed are going to smell like human really fast anyways. I also don't spray any antiscent stuff on them. I did that to my neoprene seat covers a few years ago and it really gunked them up and it was a pain to get them clean again.
 
TooheyBirdie said:
i would just do baking soda in a wash basin or sink with luke warm water...
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This might be a good second step for me: 1. Dawn, 2. baking soda, 3. one or more rinses. I'd be slightly concerned with the baking soda drying and crystallizing inside and being abrasive, this would be even more true with ropes since there is a lot of internal space we can't see. I'd really rinse the tar out of them after baking soda.
 
For ropes, I buy a rope wash specifically for climbing ropes.

For a saddle, I would reach out to the manufacturer and ask what they recommend. I definitley would not machine wash though.

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