Quinte Fishing

Dear Floater Suit owners,

My floater suit is 5 years old now and I have
wondered whether or not a full length suit can be
dry cleaned. I have spot cleaned the suit when
required but it is starting to show its use and age.

BATMAN

You might want to consider accessing the manufacturer, to see what they would recommend. I will not venture on guessing.
Don Stokes

I've had my suit dry cleaned once without problem. A friend is a dry cleaner and he suggested that I take it directly to the cleaners and not to a dropoff (like the grocery store) that way I was able to ask the cleaner if it was possible rather than take the chance of them trying and making a mess. If your suits five years old have you tested it lately to make sure it still floats? You probably should test it next spring just for your own peace of mind, they do fail over time.

Bassn51
take your grandkids fishing

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Bassn51- Bring on the Bucket Mouths

My suit still floats after 10 yrs of use - every summer I jump in the pool and I can't get my rump below the surface of the water.

Also, I've put mine directly in the washing machine to clean it and it didn't do it much harm. Mind you, this is a beat up suit and not a new suit so I really don't care what it looks like - as long as I stay warm and dry, I'm happy.

I have washed mine a few times. Doesn't come out perfect but it OK.

Don't put it in the drier. What is the life expectancy any how?????

Good idea to test it.

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Live to fish

We have many of those suits in the Fire Service for our water reacue teams. Every year we place the suits in a large garbage container and pour in a little liquid Tide. Let them soak, give them a little scrub. hang dry and you should be good to go.................

Iceman
I have wondered about the lifecycle of the foam myself. I know that exposure to sunlight should in theory reduce it, but have nothing to really gauge it with relative to averages.

ODG

Pingi,

Whats the difference between a pingi and a pingu. We all
know pingu is a penquin.

I like your idea using the liquid tide. I assume you use enough
water to get the suit wet then just swish the suit around though
the plastic bag. Do you leave it for an hour ? How much water
do you use.

This method is also the cheapest and is under your control, somewhat.

Thanks,
BATMAN

Pingi is just the short version of my last name.

We do not soak them very long. Just enough to get the outside wet and soapy so that you can scrub the dirt. We place them directly into a plastic garbage can, not a garbage bag. Of course, if you want to give them a deap cleaning, then let them soak longer and add water. (warm water works best).

I took my 4 year old Buoy `O` Buoy to the cleaners and they told me not to have it dry cleaned because it would affect the buoyancy of the suit. They recommended to put the suit on and have someone use a soft bristle scrub brush with a mild detergent like dishwahing soap or mild powdered laundry detergent and scrub away, rinse well and hang to dry for at least a day or two. I have done this for 3years and it gets the suit clean except for where I got some gear grease on it last year.
Dennis

got a new mustang suit directions say DO NOT DRY CLEAN,DO NOT USE HARSH CLEANERS & DO NOT DRY ON DIRECT HEAT EG. ON THE RADIATOR hope this helps Fatman