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Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :

A co-worker just bought some of those "performance khakis," and we've been amusing ourselves all afternoon by flicking liquids and oils at his pants in an attempt to stain them -- with no success. Water, when it doesn't sit interminably on the fabric without soaking in, actually seems to leap away from the cloth as if insulted.

Which led to the question: how do you wash these things?

Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :

Febreeze em!

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

What does the tag say?

Posted by scottneb (Member # 676) on :

They'll never need washing.

Posted by Tresopax (Member # 1063) on :

Fires of Mt. Doom.

Posted by odouls268 (Member # 2145) on :

Im with Tres on this one.

If you decide to make the journey, you have my axe.

Posted by Tresopax (Member # 1063) on :

And my bow. [Wink]

Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :

Um, Tom... You have heard of DRY cleaning?

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Dry cleaning isn't.

They just use a liquid other than water. Used to be carbon tetrachloride, but I think it got banned.

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

Silly! You just turn them inside out before you put them in the washer.

Posted by Black Mage (Member # 5800) on :

Hydrochloric acid. Always works, you know.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

[Angst]

He wants to clean them, not digest them!

Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :

I think that if submerged, they'd eventually succumb to the water...

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

She likes the pants too.

And, here's laundering recommendations:

quote:
Guess what? The Go Khakis" with Stain Defender" pants and Lee" Performance Khakis, which are made with Nano-Care" technology pants performed best when home laundered which is the recommended cleaning method. Liquid stains applied after cleaning rolled off the best on the pants that had been home laundered. Likewise, when the stains were allowed to penetrate and age on the fabric, again home laundering did the best job.

[ December 15, 2003, 03:41 PM: Message edited by: rivka ]

Posted by Mr. Sir (Member # 6017) on :

quote:
How do you wash water-repellent clothing?

Use the same process as normal, but instead of water, use anti-water. Works great!

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

Actually, the trick is to get the stain to repel the pants.

Posted by BYuCnslr (Member # 1857) on :

Isually you do it with a light cold wash cycle, and either tumble dry or hang them, it depends upon what fabric is used and what it's coated with
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