light weight camping gear

[Ralph Hanson]

Borg, Has anyone used the special wash for Goretex jackets that Rider Wearhouse sells? And what do you treat the jacket with after washing it? I'm leaning toward ordering the special "detergent/wash/whatever" and a can of Camp Dry. Ralph Ralph E. Hanson rhanson40@... 99 KRL 650 http://www.wvu.edu/~journal2/west

[Bogdan Swider]

> Borg, > > Has anyone used the special wash for Goretex jackets that Rider Wearhouse > sells? And what do you treat the jacket with after washing it? > > I'm leaning toward ordering the special "detergent/wash/whatever" and a > can > of Camp Dry. > > Ralph >

Let us know how this turns out; I've been thinking of ordering he same thing. You won't believe this but for about the first five years I didn't wash or treat my suit of all. I put at least 50k miles on it and that included many hot sweaty rides here in the South West as well as 2 trips through Mexico to Central America and a couple of trips to Baja. My wife has a sensitive smelling apparatise. She said the suit didn't stink at all. Also it kept repelling water just fine. Bogdan

[les123@home.com]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Ralph Hanson wrote:

> Borg, > > Has anyone used the special wash for Goretex jackets that Rider

Wearhouse

> sells? And what do you treat the jacket with after washing it?

Just washed with regular detergent so far. The nylon is still repelling water. When that stops, I figured to try ReviveX. Dave A14 Richmond

[sabecker@netins.net]

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BackPackingLight Great group to find out about light gear. they don't like motorcycles all that much. so just lurk and learn.

[klx650dan@eatmydirt.com]

I wash the one piece RC in the spring and end of summer.. in the large front loader at the laundromat with std detergent plus if it's really grimy plus a HD additive detergent. I then hit it with Camp Dry after hanging it to drip dry. My washer at home is too small and the agitation is too agressive I think too. Dan P Graham WA

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Ralph Hanson wrote: > Borg, > > Has anyone used the special wash for Goretex jackets that Rider Wearhouse > sells? And what do you treat the jacket with after washing it? > > I'm leaning toward ordering the special "detergent/wash/whatever" and a can > of Camp Dry.