mattys Posted December 29, 2004 Posted December 29, 2004 Alright, I finally got my middleweight shureido gi! Now a question. What cycle, speed, and temperature do you lot wash your shureido gi in? Also, any certain detergent? When you drip dry it do you put it on a hanger to dry or just leave it lay? I noticed two things after my gi came out of the wash the first time: 1, it was extremly stiff; 2, it had greyish streaks or stains all on it. Is any of this normal?
Shorinryu Sensei Posted December 29, 2004 Posted December 29, 2004 Alright, I finally got my middleweight shureido gi! Now a question. What cycle, speed, and temperature do you lot wash your shureido gi in? Also, any certain detergent? When you drip dry it do you put it on a hanger to dry or just leave it lay? I noticed two things after my gi came out of the wash the first time: 1, it was extremly stiff; 2, it had greyish streaks or stains all on it. Is any of this normal? If you like the way it fits now, wash it in cold water. Hot water wil lmake it shrink some. I would wash it alone, or with other whites...NOT WITH ANYTHING COLORED! A little liquid bleach (not poured directly on the material of the gi though) will help keep it nice and white. Note, I said "a little"...to much and it will eat through the material. Any major brand of detergent shoudl work jsut fine...powedered or liquid. Personally, I dry mien in the dryer all the time, but if you're going to let it "air dry"..hand it on a plastic hanger (metal ones can leave rust stains) and allow it at least a day or two to dry. Air movement will hasten the drying process. If the gi is coming out of the wash stiff, and you want to unstiffen it a bit...try fabric softener at the end of the rinse cycle. I do that with my Wranglers and it works great. If you got greyish streaks, you probably had washed something greasy (overhauls perhaps?) in the washer on the previous load, or possibly there was a crayon, broken pen or something else in the washer when the gi went through. Normal washing shouldn't leave anything like that. Re-reading this post of mine...I'm going to make some nice woman a great wife some day! Hey, I iron too! My nightly prayer..."Please, just let me win that PowerBall Jackpot just once. I'll prove to you that it won't change me!"
mattys Posted December 29, 2004 Author Posted December 29, 2004 Hah nice. Uh, about the washing with colours and the gray stains... it's a black gi. I just read on the shureido usa website that the heavyweight gi's get grey streaks out of the wash, so I was wondering if it was normal with the middle weight gi as well. Is it alright to wash the black gi with colours?
mattys Posted December 29, 2004 Author Posted December 29, 2004 Whoa I just noticed this is in the weapons section... could a mod move it to the equipment section? Sorry 'bout that!
Shorinryu Sensei Posted December 29, 2004 Posted December 29, 2004 SCREEEEEEEEETCHHHHHH!!!! Well...scratch what I said about bleach first of all! A heavyweight black gi will streak...I've had a bunch of them, and they will fade to a dark gray color eventually with every wash. I think, but don't know for sure, that the streaking is caused by the material folding over as it washes and the wter/soap doesn't get into all of the nooks and crannies evenly. If a medium weight is also that heavy canvas material, it wil lno doubt do the same thing. Washing it with other colors will probably be OK after you've washed it with real dark colors (black, navy blue) several times...I do with mine and never had any problems. My nightly prayer..."Please, just let me win that PowerBall Jackpot just once. I'll prove to you that it won't change me!"
aefibird Posted January 4, 2005 Posted January 4, 2005 I'm going to move this over to the Equipment forum. "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers!
Pacificshore Posted January 4, 2005 Posted January 4, 2005 Hah nice. Uh, about the washing with colours and the gray stains... it's a black gi. I just read on the shureido usa website that the heavyweight gi's get grey streaks out of the wash, so I was wondering if it was normal with the middle weight gi as well. Is it alright to wash the black gi with colours?Many of my black heavyweight gi's come outta the wash with some "gray" streaks.....it's all good in my opinion, never concerned me much. Speaking of Shureido, I just bought a black one yesterday, and I plan on washing it in hot H20 and drying to shrink it before I have to alter it.....that's why I like to buy my gi's at least 1 size larger than I normally wear.....it's all about comfort Di'DaDeeeee!!!Mind of Mencia
aefibird Posted January 4, 2005 Posted January 4, 2005 .....it's all about comfort THE most important aspect when it comes to gi, IMO!! "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers!
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