Washing flight suit

[Anubiswolf]

How do people wash/clean their flight suits? Does washing ruin the suede patches?

[BikerScout007]

How do people wash/clean their flight suits? Does washing ruin the suede patches?

 

Turn it inside out and wash it in cold. Hang to dry. Yes it does fade the suede and make it less soft, but so does riding a speeder bike at 100 mph while getting shot at

[Stroker]

 

 

Turn it inside out and wash it in cold. Hang to dry. Yes it does fade the suede and make it less soft, but so does riding a speeder bike at 100 mph while getting shot at

I like the faded suede look.

[ScottF]

I bought fake suede. Should I ditch it and get real?

 

 

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[Merlin707]

I bought fake suede. Should I ditch it and get real?

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Do whatever you can afford to do!

 

Advice for washing though, place in a pillowcase and seal with elastic band prior to washing!

 

15yrs of wearing and washing military flight suits so know a few tricks lol, also only wash on a 30 degree setting as it will preserve badges and stitching etc.

[Stroker]

I bought fake suede. Should I ditch it and get real?

 

 

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If your going for Lancer yes.

[mmmtoastyboy]

My patches dried kinda weird. So I stopped washing it and just turn it inside out and fabreeze the hell out of it.

[Dart]

My patches dried kinda weird. So I stopped washing it and just turn it inside out and fabreeze the hell out of it.

 

Actually, you're better off to spray it down with alcohol instead. Get yourself a spray bottle (non-transparent is best) and hit your local drug store/pharmacy and find yourself some 99% alcohol. Do like you do now and turn the suit inside out. Give the suit a good spray down when it's still damp and let it hang dry. The alcohol will kill any bacteria and doesn't leave any smell. Just be sure you're careful to not inhale the spray too much. Won't hurt ya, but it's not pleasant.

[Jakeputt]

On 7/17/2018 at 7:00 AM, Dart said:

 

Actually, you're better off to spray it down with alcohol instead. Get yourself a spray bottle (non-transparent is best) and hit your local drug store/pharmacy and find yourself some 99% alcohol. Do like you do now and turn the suit inside out. Give the suit a good spray down when it's still damp and let it hang dry. The alcohol will kill any bacteria and doesn't leave any smell. Just be sure you're careful to not inhale the spray too much. Won't hurt ya, but it's not pleasant.

I love this idea, yea I trooped out in the sun a bit and I could ring the dang thing out it was so damp....... ewwwww.

[Aliaz]

I just wash mine inside out and at 30 degrees.

[MrPoopie]

I hand wash mine with Woollite or knitting fabric shampoo. I also try to avoid any real scrubbing on the leather parts, my butt flap is removable which helps. Then I roll each part in a towel to squeeze out as much water as possible and hang dry. Seems to do the trick.