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Safari laundry
02 January 2007, 05:33
Kyler HamannSafari laundry
I've noticed that my hunting cloths used on safari come home with a lot of small holes in them and the elastic in wastebands and socks is ruined. My wife guessed it was from a lot of bleach being used in the hand laundry.
I guess the holes could be from thorns but I don't remember catching them in the places where the holes appeared.
Anybody else notice this or know what causes it? Not a big deal, I've just always wondered.
Kyler
02 January 2007, 05:51
BuliwyfLye soap? High alkaline water? Bleach would dis-color?
Our clothes felt soft and nice next to the skin. No problems. In fact, I can't get my clothes to feel quite as good in my washing machine.
02 January 2007, 06:36
J.R.JacksonPounding them with rocks?
02 January 2007, 09:33
J P Bakerquote:
Originally posted by Thomasjohn:
Pounding them with rocks?
LOL, I have heard the same thing.
02 January 2007, 16:17
Die Ou JagterMy wife complains about the gray discoloring (whites), I assume well water etc. I have nevver noticed any holes etc.
02 January 2007, 18:16
BuliwyfNo whites, even drawers should be
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02 January 2007, 18:39
Die Ou JagterMaybe gray to begin with, eh.
02 January 2007, 22:42
NitroXNever had a problem with hand washed clothes on safari anywhere from Kenya to South Africa.
02 January 2007, 23:06
Terry BlauwkampThe holes are from being thrown over a barb wire fence to dry.
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02 January 2007, 23:13
L. David KeithNever had any problems with any of my clothes. I wore camo in the beginning but discovered it was too hard to see seed ticks, so I went to khaki only. I didn't get any tick bites but I attributed that to taking vitimin B-1 which I start taking two weeks before I leave home. I also recommend spraying your clothing with Duranon Permanone by Coulston (no substitute I have tried works as well as Coulston). We avoid tick bites while our PH's get biten daily.
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02 January 2007, 23:15
dogcatOn our last trip, we left nearly all of the clothes behind as they were well used by the end of the trip.
I suggest taking clothes that you will not need back home. It is a pain to pack them for the trip back and you will likely not wear them at home. Clothes are cheap and not a big part of the safari cost.
03 January 2007, 00:17
Die Ou JagterI don't wear a lot of my safari clothes back home but I have used the same clothes on Safari since 2000. Man that is a trophy fee or two.
03 January 2007, 00:28
gerrys375I'm with what Dogcat said. On my one and only trip (sadly) my PH's wife made me leave my safari clothes because she distributed them to locals. (The only item I held out was a "safari jacket" from Cabela's -which I only wore a few hours a day, if that,in a month and usually before 7:30 AM or so. I still have it and it's a pleasant reminder) As I remember my shirts and pants were totally comfortable from the washings. (I never wore underwear nor socks except while travelling. I never carried a wallet nor any keys either. Who says Africa isn't Eden!
03 January 2007, 00:45
David CulpepperNever had a problem with the laundry making holes. Stuff all ways came back very clean and any holes in clothes from the field (i.e. caught on thorns) were mended by the staff. Only complaint I ever had was that they used too much starch.
03 January 2007, 00:55
hikerbumMy laundry (on my one trip so far) came back very clean and nicely pressed. They even washed an old pair of sneakers i wore around camp because i left them near the hamper. The only issue was that they sometimes mixed a few things with my hunting partners clothes so we had to trade them back a few times. It was actually sort of a running joke.
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03 January 2007, 03:24
500grainsI like to leave as much stuff behind as possible after a safari, except for a set of clothes for driving to town and a fresh set to wear on the plan, plus my gun case. The reason is that I find I do not wear clothes again after I bring them back from a 3rd world country, so might as well leave them there.
03 January 2007, 03:31
stuntpilot2I've noticed the waist bands on mine seem to shrink between seasons.
03 January 2007, 04:37
zimbabwestuntpilot2,
I've noticed the same thing and I would LIKE to be able to wear the same clothes back the next trip but the sizes keep getting smaller and I have to buy new everytime. The shrinking agent they put in the wash water must rub off on the clothes in the closet. In fact they are so effective with this shrinking powder that on my last 2 months trip I had to BUY clothes locally to wear back on the plane my clothes had shrunk so much. Such a pity.
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03 January 2007, 06:37
BuliwyfSame powder they use to use on heads.
03 January 2007, 16:14
Die Ou JagterThey want to wash anything the can. When I hunted with Vaughan Fulton on the last day we went north to the Angolan boarder and I didn't wear my hunting ball cap which had hard earned dirt sweat etc (from 3 safaris) and damn if they didn't wash it.
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