obsydian Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Where's a good place in the Seatle area to get sleeping bags cleaned? Both types of bags, fiberfill and down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothrop Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 There's a big long thread on this topic somewhere around here. Just search for it and you should get some good suggestions. Your local laundromat might be the best place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dwayner Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 "pope" ought to have some answers to this question. From what I've been told, he crapped on his ex-girlfriend's sleeping bag!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skisports Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 You can do it yourself... its cheeper pick up the down wash from feathered freinds. But you need a big industral washingmachine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pope Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Quite the contrary. This story that I crapped on my ex-girlfriend's bag is ludicrous (she wasn't my ex-girlfriend). Once a season (or more frequently if my tent has been visited by a crowd of "progressive" girls), when it's time for a cleaning, I just return it to REI with a story about how the zipper jammed and nearly cost my life high on the N. Face of Tiger Mountain. Then I walk away with a new one. Now a buddy of mine gave me this idea, and he said that after they finally catch on (7 or 8 years), you can change your story. You can say it was a gift but that you've developed an allergy to the particular color of dye in the fabric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted January 15, 2003 Share Posted January 15, 2003 Pope, I bought one of your old bags for $29 from the REI garage sale. I washed it before use, of course. The story on the tag was that there were feathers leaking out, or something. I saw one or two poking out and fixed it with some seam sealer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allison Posted January 18, 2003 Share Posted January 18, 2003 Here's that thread if for some reason that URL didn't work, serach for a thread called 'right down funky' just over a month old in The Gear Critic. Don't waste your time with the cleaners, the laundromat works just fine, and Woolite is preferred to down washing products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsydian Posted January 20, 2003 Author Share Posted January 20, 2003 Woolite works on synthetic bags also? My main concern is bringing the loft back to the bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 ONCE THE FIBERS OF SYNTHETIC BAGS BREAK DOWN THERE IS NO WAY THAT I KNOW OF TOO INCREASE THE LOFT...THAT IS ONE OF THE DETRACTORS OF SYNTHETIC BAGS.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 But at winter alpine bivies, when your down bag is a frozen clump, youll be wishing youd bought syntho. Cheaper, less durable, but works a little bit when soaked and frozen..huh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 Throw the bitch out and buy a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 My main concern is bringing the loft back to the bag. Cleaning down of the oils, dead skin, and grime your body secretes will increase the down's loft and increase your bags warmth (I assume the same would apply to synthetic.) The toughest part will be drying a down bag. Given the number of quarters you'll pump into the laundromat dryers, you might do well to take your bag to Rainy Pass or Feathered Friends to have it cleaned professionally (twenty bucks'ish and a week of down time.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsydian Posted January 20, 2003 Author Share Posted January 20, 2003 I have front loading washer and dryer (Neptune). Guess I should give it a shot on a bag to see what happens, then post the answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted January 20, 2003 Share Posted January 20, 2003 Toast, I agree with you, and have advocated the same. For $20 paltry dolla, one can have FF professionally clean da fart-sack. They can also make repairs or add goodies like collars and such. Money well spent in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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