[pct-l] Cleaning down bags

[dsaufley at sprynet.com (dsaufley)]

Woolite is good, but I am a big fan of Arm & Hammer with baking soda (really
gets out the odors).  Also, for down, several tennis balls (rather than
shoes) might be easier on the fabric. 

L-Rod

-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net
[mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Randy Forsland
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 7:43 AM
To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Cleaning down bags

I use Woolite for cleaning my down bags...works great.

I dry them in the dryer..low heat and with a couple of tennis shoes thrown 
in there with the bag to prevent clumping of the down..

They always come out looking and smelling like new.

Redwood
----- Original Message ----- >
> Seems  like we may have covered this recently, but I can't find it. My
> basement recently flooded and I had to spend the last week of
> valuable vacation time ripping out damaged sheet rock and carpet and
> mucking out muddy floors.  Time I really would rather have  spent
> hiking.  Anyway, I have two old, but still somewhat  useful down bags
> that got soaked in the incident.  I got them  dried out quickly, but
> they will need to be washed.  We have a  big front loading washer, so
> I think we can use that to wash  them.  Any soap recommendations?
> What's the best way to  dry them?
>
> In exchange for your advice I'll give you mine about  floods:
>
> 1.  Get flood insurance.  Your standard insurance  policy will cover
> water damage caused because wind blew your roof  off or your pipes
> broke, but not due to a flood.  You have to  get government-sponsored
> flood insurance at additional cost.   Like most people in Portland,
> Oregon I reasoned that I live 150'  above the 500 year flood plain and
> won't be flooded.   Unfortunately, the water draining off the 400' of
> hill behind my  house had other ideas.
>
> 2.  Walk around your neighborhood and think  like water.  Where would
> you go if you got the upper hand?  Observe the storm sewers and
> ditches that protect your home.   Are they clear of debris?  Will they
> remain so if a deluge  flows down the hill?  If you get or expect a
> gully washer take  a rake or hoe and unplug those suckers.  You can't
> rely on the  government to do this stuff for you.  My local municipal
> government is so intent on assuring that I have the right to marry
> someone of my own gender, live in a nuclear free zone and eat  organic
> radishes that they have little time to clean out the  ditches.
>
> 3.  If your house floods anyway, DO NOT go wading around  in the water
> with the electrical power still on trying to save your  miserable
> personal possessions.  In the heat of the moment,  that is exactly
> what I did and I am lucky I didn't get terminally  zapped.
>
> Wayne  Kraft
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