Cleaning Tips to keep your sleeping bag in top form

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Its camping season is over? With kids back to school and temperatures fall just around the corner - the camping season for most of us, came to an end

Now is the time to sort and organize your camping gear. It is also a good time to take your sleeping bag to your local professional cleaning.

Annual cleaning can extend the life and the warmth of the sleeping bag.

Why do you clean your sleeping bag?

So he used the same sleeping bag for years and never washed her? Continued use without cleaning can reduce the life of the bag.

Body oils, dirt and debris "fill the small gap in the bag, the air flow to regulate bag when it is full cold in cold weather and be warm when it's hot," said Eureka!, Retail outside.

Prolonged use without cleaning can also condense the responsibility for maintaining the temperature rating of the bag lift. Annual cleaning restores and maintains lift her bag at its best.

Annual participation in the sleeping bag.

Backpacker Magazine, most sleeping bags should not be dry cleaned to protect synthetic materials that keep you warm cold mountain nights. (See instructions for cleaning your sleeping bag to determine the proper cleaning procedure.)

But after a season of camping bag is dirty with dust, smoke and other odors, insects and compacted fill with an appreciation of the reduced temperature.

Most sleeping bags require regular cleaning in the washing machine at least once a year. Washers houses are too big and too rough sleeping, which makes it difficult to structure your bag. You can dry in your dryer bag house up to five hours.

This is where your local professional cleaner comes. Cleaners have big machines and dryers. Use mild detergents and cleaning agents with care his sleeping bag to be treated to ensure that stays hot for many seasons to come at the campsite.

Please note, you need to treat your bag with a sealing solution after cleaning.

Clothesline Cleaners offers certified, experienced and dry cleaning and laundry services (including sleeping bag!) in the Boise area environment.

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