Swim Suit Care

[Veronica]

I have a handful of suits and I sort of rotate through them. I throw them in my regular wash after wearing them and hang to dry. It's not what the manufacturer suggests, but life is too short to hand wash things.

Veronica

[Eden]

Years ago when I worked at the VA Hospital, we were allowed to use the therapy pool after hours (It was like having the worlds largest hot tub mmmmmmmm ), but it was heavily chlorinated... After burning right through my original suit I purchased a Speedo poly suit. I used to wash it with a dechlorinating detergent no problems. The non-poly liner inside dissolved (but its dark blue, so no see through problems) and some of the stitching on the inside bleached out, but from the outside the suit still looks the same as the day I bought it.

[badger]

I swim 2-3x/week and I never wash my suit. I just rinse it out in water and wrap it up in my towel to soak up and hang to dry. I had heard that soaps of any kind will degrade the material quicker.

I also wear a polyester suit (speedo endurance) and it usually lasts me a year. The lycra blend, I'm lucky to get 3 months.

[Jolt]

I just wear mine into the shower after swimming to rinse it out, then hang it up to dry; I never put it into the washing machine.

[Miranda]

Thx ladies for those replies!

My lycra Speedo just got the hand rinse in plain water in the bathroom sink, and a drip dry atm. Hmm, I have always washed DD's Speedos in a lingerie bag in the wash, and hung dry. Maybe this is why they have fallen apart so quick? Plus they have always been lycra.

That's good to know also on how long to expect a suit to last. I really didn't know for performance use what was typical.

Oh, the smell of the chemicals is SO strong when you walk in the pool. About takes my breath away. But, I know that's a good thing for killing bad stuff.

On the liner disolving in the poly suit, that's good info. Sure glad mine is black in color.