|
Simply
put your rope in some sort of washable bag to keep
it from excessive knotting — we use a mesh laundry
bag or just a plain old pillow case tied shut.
Place
you 'bag-o-rope' into the washing machine, add you
favorite laundry detergent and go ahead and wash on
the normal cycle using warm water.
If
you'd like you can add fabric softener during the
rinse cycle, as you would with any other load of laundry
— I personally prefer to use a fabric softener
drier sheet as opposed to liquid fabric softener.
If
you need to sanitize your rope, you can add a half
a cup of bleach to the water — be sure to add
it in such a way as to not splatter your colored rope
(my machine has a separate reservoir
for the bleach which mixes it with the wash water,
you can also dilute the bleach in a bowl before you
add it to the wash water, or pour it in carefully
after the wash water has begun to agitate).
After
washing, go ahead and put the rope into the drier
(leave it in the bag you washed it in). I always use
a fabric softener drier sheet, or two. If you did
not put fabric softener in while washing make sure
you definitely use a drier sheet now.
Set
the drier to the 'air fluff - no heat' setting and
let you rope tumble away until dry.
*** NO NOT use heat when
drying your rope*** |
