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Daisho
Yellow Belt
Joined: 30 Sep 2007
Posts: 75
Location: NJ
Styles: Miyama Ryu (Jujutsu, Kenjutsu, Aikido, Judo, and Jojutsu)
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lets hear how you do it. i mean as soon as i get home from my training, i throw my gi in a cold/cold wash with woolite and fabric softener, then hang it in my bathroom for 2 days to dry.
however, it STILL manages to shrink after each washing. geeeeeeeezzzzzz
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JWLuiza
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Joined: 04 Dec 2005
Posts: 195
Styles: Tang Soo Do and Jujitsu
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| Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:44 pm Post subject: Re: washing your Gi |
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| Daisho wrote: |
lets hear how you do it. i mean as soon as i get home from my training, i throw my gi in a cold/cold wash with woolite and fabric softener, then hang it in my bathroom for 2 days to dry.
however, it STILL manages to shrink after each washing. geeeeeeeezzzzzz |
Hang Dry after a cold/cold wash. No woolite. No fabric softner. Hot iron before hanging or folding. Never had a problem with shrinking. What brand/weight uniform?
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dineshm
Yellow Belt
Joined: 30 Sep 2007
Posts: 63
Styles: Matsumura Shorin Ryu-, Shito-Ryu
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| Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:54 pm Post subject: Re: washing your Gi |
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| Daisho wrote: |
lets hear how you do it. i mean as soon as i get home from my training, i throw my gi in a cold/cold wash with woolite and fabric softener, then hang it in my bathroom for 2 days to dry.
however, it STILL manages to shrink after each washing. geeeeeeeezzzzzz |
Hang Dry after a cold/cold wash. No woolite. No fabric softner. Hot iron before hanging or folding. Never had a problem with shrinking. What brand/weight uniform? |
Good advice.
Why do you hang it in your bathroom?No sun? |
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Daisho
Yellow Belt
Joined: 30 Sep 2007
Posts: 75
Location: NJ
Styles: Miyama Ryu (Jujutsu, Kenjutsu, Aikido, Judo, and Jojutsu)
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| Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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i used the woolite and fabric softener to relax the fabric, and stop it from contracting after washing. I hang it in my bathroom because i have no access to sunlight  and because it's the brightest light in my apt, so i can see wear and tear, or fraying seams early.
as far as gi brand geeez, i've worn tons. I mostly like the Japanese judogi brands, as they're a more firm fit. always double layered.
I've had Mizuno, a Ku Sakura, hsu, pro-force, dragon, and Toraki off the top of my head through the past 7 years.
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
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Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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Wash on cold, dry in the dryer. No problems.
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KarateEd
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Joined: 07 Feb 2007
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Location: Alabama
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| Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| bushido_man96 wrote: |
| Wash on cold, dry in the dryer. No problems. |
My method, also.
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learning kempo-karate
Orange Belt
Joined: 18 Feb 2007
Posts: 158
Location: Big Island of Hawaii
Styles: Universal Kempo-Karate, Shotokan Karate, Judo
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| Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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Hello, Most of us wash our Gi's. It is when you train with someone in the next class that "didn't wash it", cause one of our sense's to react.
Not washing a gi's can be a good technique to use when grappling.
Do not under estimate the power of SMELL! it can be good or it can be BAD! It is how you use it! POWER TO YOU!
Aloha (wash till clean...dry till not wet any more). |
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dineshm
Yellow Belt
Joined: 30 Sep 2007
Posts: 63
Styles: Matsumura Shorin Ryu-, Shito-Ryu
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| I wouldnt' advise throwing a GI in a dryer, unless it's cheap. |
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
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Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo,Hapkido, SCA Combat, and I research Medieval Combat
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| dineshm wrote: |
| I wouldnt' advise throwing a GI in a dryer, unless it's cheap. |
I have done this for years, and have not had much of a problem. Tumble dry on a medium heat. No worries.
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KarateEd
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Location: Alabama
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I haven't had a problem with drying any of my uniforms, both the ligthweight and heavyweight ones.
Of course, I always read the tag before that first wash! 
Ed
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on the post.
