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Suggestions for washing tandem harnesses?

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After a number of years tandem harnesses are pretty dirty. I've been asked to clean them all. I can understand why! They look like crap even though there is nothing physically wrong with them.

If it was one I'd it it in a tub like I normally do with a H/C but doing a pile of them, this looks like days of work! Anyone got tips/tricks or anything helpful to share?

-Michael

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Go to Walmart. Buy a large cloth laundry bag. Put one or two harnesses it it then wash in a old fashion top load washing machine on gentle cycle. Use Tide, don't forget to pre-soak them. Hang to dry.
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gowlerk

Go to Walmart. Buy a large cloth laundry bag. Put one or two harnesses it it then wash in a old fashion top load washing machine on gentle cycle. Use Tide, don't forget to pre-soak them. Hang to dry.



This is exactly how I wash my own H&Cs. I use liquid Cheer. Two cycles. I wash them every year.

I put a couple of large bath towels in just to balance the load during spin cycles.

I also stay around and monitor the spin cycle because they can get out of balance.
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gowlerk

Buy a large cloth laundry bag.



You could also use pillow cases, cinched shut with a rubber band.

When I've washed my own containers (usually in a front-loader at the laundromat), I also take an extra step of covering the friction adapters with a sock, also cinched on with a rubber band. Maybe overkill, but I like the idea of the extra protection so there's less chance of metal against metal in the machine.
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I like the idea in principle of using a sock on the hardware until you start counting the clanky pieces on a sigma passenger harness.

I did 4 in the tub today but really found the leg pads didn't clean up that well. It was a little amusing the number of pieces of gravel I worked out.

I tried putting them in the washing machine on spin to dry them out but there really isn't that much stuff to hold water in like there is on a rig so I 'm not sure if it made a real difference.

-Michael

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