Do You "Wash" Your Swimsuit?

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ForceDJ — Thu, 31 Dec 2015 07:39:36 GMT

I was thinking about this. I suppose that 'laundering' a suit with the rest of the household laundry that it could potentially be bad for the pool's PH balance. Any laundry agents that remain in the fabric, particularly softener, would come out in the pool. Dan

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james007 — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:45:22 GMT

Yes, I wash it in clean cold water. Hang it up to dry. I still have a racing suit from 1962 that I could wear...if I had the nerve...back then we called them tank suits made from thin nylon. However, from 1966 until 2014 I wasn't in a pool. Remember the days of no goggles...eye drops, and swim, swim, swim until you dropped. The next day you started all over again. My eyes would burn for hours. If I had to choose the best training aid in swimming it would be the goggles.

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ande — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 04:10:52 GMT

NO Just rinse it after you swim when you shower. then spin it if you have a spinner then hang it and let it air dry Sometimes to dry my suit faster I roll it in a dry towel, then step on it, to squeeze out more water. after swim practice when I park in my garage at work, I always put my towel to dry on my car window and hang my suit to dry on my driver side rear view mirror

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Mark Usher — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 04:01:01 GMT

+1. Always read the tag and follow those instructions if you want your suit to last. I've kept track of my suit mileage in my FLOG, and my Speedo Endurance suits as well as my Tyr Durafast suits last about 300 miles. I'm sure that wouldn't have been the case had I not followed the recommendations for care. Sure, my suit smells like chlorine after it dries, but so what? It's going to end up right back in the chlorine the following day! :agree: x2 Mark

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Britt03 — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 09:29:50 GMT

I bath my suit in chlorine, shower afterwards and then wrap it in a towel, throw in my swim bag and leave it there for most of the day. By the time I get home to hang it up it's mostly dry :)

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smiley92407 — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 01:05:00 GMT

I rinse my suit, then spin dry it after every workout.

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Former Member — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 14:18:17 GMT

I do, after like a week. I rinse it with clean water almost everyday though.

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Former Member — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 15:27:19 GMT

I hand wash in the locker room shower after every swim (soak, wring, repeat).

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Former Member — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 14:55:06 GMT

I always rinse my training suits, tech suits, goggles, and cap in cold sink water after I swim and hang the suits dry. My training suits last longer than anyone elses, tech suits still stretch after a couple meets. After washing in cold water sqeeze suits to help dry in a towel then hang to dry.

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sunruh — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 02:32:27 GMT

How about the swim bag? I just soaked mine cuz it smells like old , wet clothes! lol my wife made me buy a new truck because the inside smelled like my swim bag, which was just like you described

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orca1946 — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 12:55:51 GMT

How about the swim bag? I just soaked mine cuz it smells like old , wet clothes!

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Muppet — Tue, 03 Nov 2015 10:56:05 GMT

after a swim, i typically lather up with suit on; this way, the shampoo/soap is helping clean up the sweat. we have suit spinners, so a post-shower rinse and spin wraps up the process. the only suits i throw in the washing machine are my jammers; i wear them under my hockey jock while playing hockey, so they get good and sweaty. i try to clean the crap out of all my hockey gear. those suits never see a swim workout.

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Former Member — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 16:00:08 GMT

I love the smell of chlorine in my suit. It doesn't matter what I use, even those special cleaners that are supposed to remove chlorine, they still smell like the pool. Me too! I even love the smell of chlorine on my skin. :)

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sunruh — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 03:28:48 GMT

i wash my suit 6 days a week at 5:30am today i did it for 70mins

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flystorms — Sun, 01 Nov 2015 03:42:29 GMT

LOL! Tub. Sorry. I keep a small plastic tub to hold the toys so that the floorboards don't get nasty as well.

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knelson — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 07:25:14 GMT

(over the floorboard where it drips into the dub where I keep my toys) What's a dub?

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flystorms — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 01:39:12 GMT

10008 My car was starting to smell so I created a drying rack out of PVC pipe that's perfect for hanging my suit (over the floorboard where it drips into the dub where I keep my toys), and my towel. Now the car just has the wonderful smell of chlorine, rather than chlorine and mildew. :)

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habu987 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 12:58:09 GMT

I never know what people mean when they say, "season," on here. I swim year-round, but don't swim in meets, so there really aren't any seasons (other than the normal winter, spring, summer, and fall). I swim year round and consider the year to be broken into two seasons--the fall/spring season and the summer season. I generally don't compete during the summer (although I did long course nationals the past two years since 2014 was local and 2015 was by my parents), so I do all my training with the focus being short course nationals. Can't speak for anyone else, but that's what I mean when I speak of seasons.

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Bobinator — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 08:43:46 GMT

All I know is that, if I had used a new towel every time I swam as a teenager my mom would have done laundry every day of the week. Now I use my towel for at least 2 practices unless I forget to hang it to dry... Your comment reminds me of some high school guys on my team in the 80's that didn't wash their hair for months. They said their two swims a day counted as showers. They had metallic-looking (kinda' cool but very damaged) hair... Uck ggobears! I am a lover of luxury showers, or at least as good as I can have in a HS or Community shower. I always take a fluffy, soft, fresh towel to practice to dry w/afterwards. I also use super good smelling bath products (Lush, or Whole Foods soap) and take lingering, relaxing warm showers. I'm even willing to fight for the stall with the strongest water flow. Seriously, I usually go straight to work after swimming and try to use the shower as a wind-down and pamper time. I know people make fun of me and my long showers, but they keep me happy and sane to deal with the 275 students I see per day.

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orca1946 — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 12:35:48 GMT

I pay for a membership that I only use for 7 months, so a new clean ,dry towel is used each time -- unless they run out !!

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Allen Stark — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 12:12:20 GMT

lol - how about letting your towel air dry between practices and not getting a new towel every time you swim? :) That is why I use one of the large "shammy" towels like this www.swimoutlet.com/.../ . It works fine wet and you can just rinse it out.

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__steve__ — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 12:04:17 GMT

I don't see a point in washing a suit that's soaked in a chlorine pool for most of its use. If the chlorine keeps the pool clean, doesn't it do the same for the suit?pools are mostly sterilized, but not exactly clean.:)

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gobears — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 11:53:46 GMT

I'm assuming the amateur move is getting a new towel every time? I've known swimmers who more or less use the same towel for months. I don't endorse this, but I've seen it! :) All I know is that, if I had used a new towel every time I swam as a teenager my mom would have done laundry every day of the week. Now I use my towel for at least 2 practices unless I forget to hang it to dry... Your comment reminds me of some high school guys on my team in the 80's that didn't wash their hair for months. They said their two swims a day counted as showers. They had metallic-looking (kinda' cool but very damaged) hair...

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knelson — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 11:38:04 GMT

lol - how about letting your towel air dry between practices and not getting a new towel every time you swim? :) I'm assuming the amateur move is getting a new towel every time? I've known swimmers who more or less use the same towel for months. I don't endorse this, but I've seen it! :)

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gobears — Thu, 29 Oct 2015 11:31:54 GMT

lol - how about letting your towel air dry between practices and not getting a new towel every time you swim? :)