Washing new hunting clothes?

[LongCut]

Long time lurker first time poster-

Box-o-Kuiu got delivered yesterday. I have been looking for info on how to wash this stuff, and not coming up with much. I usually use baking soda and/or store-bought scent free wash from the local hunting section....

Kuiu seems to recommend Granger products. Anything else I should be considering??

 

[Mule3006Elk]

I run Sitka and FL. I use DDW and call it good.

 

[Drenalin]

I use Dreft because it reminds me of my kids...

 

[BBob]

SPORT-WASH LAUNDRY DETERGENT

www.atsko.com

 

[xOttox]

Wash my new stuff by itself with Tide free and clear. Never had a problem.

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[bruno59]

second the atsko sports wash been using it for years cleans really well and leaves no scent

 

[Ddog]

Sport Wash when I remember to grab it, All Free and Clear the rest of the time. Sometimes run an empty cycle before tossing in the hunting duds to rinse out the machine well.

 

[MajorAR]

I don't wash my stuff unless I absolutely have to.

 

[LongCut]

I want to get the factory stink out of it. Smells like styrofoam and adhesives....

I just want to make sure I don't use the wrong stuff, thats all. I mainly hunt small properties for whitetails in OH, so scent can be critical. This years western hunting will be a first for me.

 

[switchback7]

wash in separate loads from other clothing and wash in any unscented detergent and youll be just fine. I also hang dry my stuff.

 

[ID_Matt]

I usually rip the tags off at the trailhead... figure I smell like a rutting bull elk anyway after sweating the first mile or so up the mountain...

 

[FLAK]

I use Baking Soda and hang outside for days.

 

[BCsteve]

I don't wash my stuff unless I absolutely have to.

I use to think the same to preserve my expensive hunting close but I heard from both Sitka and Kuiu the opposite. Wash them often so they can breath and performed as designed. Once they have body oil on the inside and dirt on the outside, they won’t be as effective.

 

[CentralFLMike]

I've been using Atsko Sport Wash and hang-drying for years.

 

[Nomadx2]

Hang outside for a couple of days, then soak in water for a day. hang back outside for a several days then let drip dry. Make sure they are dry. Store in rubbermaid tubes that you have some dirt & cedar branches in. Dirt & cedar branches, or whatever you choose, should represent scents local to where you are hunting.

Oh, by the way, play the wind also ... nothing is fool proof.

 

[OXN939]

Hand outside for a couple of days, then soak in water for a day. hang back outside for a several days then let drip dry. Make sure they are dry. Store in rubbermaid tubes that you have some dirt & cedar branches in. Dirt & cedar branches, or whatever you choose, should represent scents local to where you are hunting.

Oh, by the way, play the wind also ... nothing is fool proof.

This is almost exactly what I do- hand wash and then air dry- and always throw in some pine needles or cedar branches in wherever I'm using to store my stuff. You'll never completely fool the nose of a big deer or elk, but you can reduce your signature so that you might not get burned if the wind just swirls for a minute or you're a few hundred yards away.