Tumble Drying the Trousers

[Taupotreeman]

Apparently heaps of petrol, oil and grease lessens the effectiveness of the fibres etc and weakens the material. Looks like washing them more regualrly isn't so bad after all. It helps if you don't stink like a petrol station when you're accepting the cuppa or cheque from the customer too.

[DrewB]

in summer i wash my sip progress virtually every other day if its real hot and sweaty. just a small spin in plain water to wash them out, i cant see how they can be worn for 6 months with no washing. It cant be good for you surely...........

[Taupotreeman]

Get a bit of sawdust trapped on the inside of a pair of sweaty chainsaw trousers and it acts like sand paper through the day. There's no way I'd leave mine for 6 months without washing. They're usually done weekly and I have a spare pair if one pair ends up really crusty. They can smell real bad too if it's a particularly hot day.

[odd_bird]

Stinkers

[Mesterh]

Usually every fortnight or so, more often if they get soaked from a wet day.

 

Never tumble dry just spin on high then on the radiator.

[Tom2020]

I ant yet must be going on nearly 8months

[liamjordan]

mine have been washed only a few times in the past year and a bit, but they dont get used all day every day

[Brushcutter]

Apparently heaps of petrol, oil and grease lessens the effectiveness of the fibres etc and weakens the material. Looks like washing them more regualrly isn't so bad after all. It helps if you don't stink like a petrol station when you're accepting the cuppa or cheque from the customer too.

 

I hurd that too. Ages ago it was in FBT. I was mine every week because they get fility on the forest floor.

[Lyndon]

when i did my cs30/31 the instructor said never to tumble dry as the protection thins in places. he was an inspector for hse so knew his stuff . as a result mone are washed once a month

[Craig Johnson]

excesive oil /dirt (sap)penetration on trousers stops the blocking matterial working at all, all makes of trousers.

 

trousers have to be machine wash and air dried ten times and still pass the cut test to be CE marked

 

no trouser is designed to be tumbled dried