Can you wash wetsuits in washing machine?

 

It's better if you don't but then again, if you follow these few tips there will probably be no harm in washing your wetsuit in a washing machine once in a white:

  1. no detergent, one made for washing clothes is much to strong for neoprene,
  2. only lukewarm water, set your washing machine to the lowest temperature possible,
  3. choose a wash cycle for delicate clothes,
  4. no spin cycle, take the wet wetsuit out of the washing machine and dry it outside,
  5. and of course - if you also have a drier - don't use it!
You mostly do this when you own a lot of wetsuits - like when you run a surf school or a surf shop that rents wetsuits and wetsuits are worn by many different people so it is more important to keep them clean than to keep them in top shape. Thing that are for rent will fall appart soon anyway, machine washing or not.
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