How to wash Wise clothes?

Washing trail clothing and especially technical textiles such as membranes or fabrics with water-repellent treatment gives rise to numerous debates in the outdoor sports community. Between washing aficionados who put their clothes in the washing machine after each outing and runners who prefer merino wool clothes because they don't retain odors from one day to the next, we must admit that there is something get lost there.

Faced with this observation, we decided to provide good practices for washing your Wise clothes. In any case, this is the one we practice.

All Wise products (Dawa Sherpa Series, Compact Series and Core Series Products) should be washed using this method. All our products with water-repellent treatment are also affected: Blackshell, Nanoshell 160g, Sherpa Leggings, Nanopant, Nanoshell 360g.

Why wash your clothes ?

This question may seem trivial at first glance but, for technical clothing, washing is a real sustainability issue. Dust, dirt, salt from perspiration are all elements that attack your clothes.

Maintaining them then considerably increases their lifespan. And it's the same thing for shoes: with dirt, the mesh of the upper will tend to be damaged more quickly through abrasion. We therefore recommend washing shoes as often as possible.

It is just as important to wash products with a waterproof-breathable membrane like Blackshell or a water-repellent treatment like Nanoshell. A common misconception is that washing it in the machine will reduce the waterproofing and degrade the water-repellent treatment.

But on the contrary, it is important to wash them to keep all the technical properties. So yes, we wash a jacket with a membrane or water-repellent treatment like the others ;)

When to put your clothes in the washing machine ?

Today, we are going to see together how to put Wise clothes in the washing machine.

To maintain the products as best as possible, we recommend alternating between rinsing/hand washing and machine washing. In fact, it is not necessary to put your clothes in the washing machine after each outing. After jogging, a basic endurance outing without sweating too much, a simple rinse/wash in cold or lukewarm water (30°) will be sufficient to remove all odors. And since smelling good is essential, it is possible to add a small dab of liquid detergent.

Unlike a more aggressive machine wash, rinsing by hand will also limit the number of polymer micro-particles which will flow into the water and then into our oceans!

We still recommend washing your clothes in the machine every 3/4 uses or after a big outing under the blazing sun!

And in practice, how to wash your clothes in the machine?

Here are the different steps to follow to machine wash Wise products.

The first 4 steps are common to all products.

The 5th only concerns products containing a water-repellent treatment (Nanoshell 160g, Blackshell, Sherpa Leggings, Nanopant, Nanoshell 360g).

First of all, it is important to prepare your clothes for washing. Here are the steps to follow:

• Empty all pockets without forgetting the packaging used during the last ultra ;)

• Close all zippers. Very important so that a free ZIP does not damage other clothes.

• Undo all the knots (the knot on the belt cord of the Sherpa Race Shorts for example)

• Loosen all the elastic cords (on the bottom of the Blackshell for example)

• Place the clothes in a Guppy Friend. A pillowcase also works very well.

To wash technical products, it is imperative to use liquid detergent. Be careful not to use washing powder. In fact, a washing powder blocks the ports of the blackshell membrane for example. The jacket will then lose all its breathable properties.

Also be careful not to use perfume, bleach, fabric softener or dyes. Liquid detergent only.

Once in the guppy friend, WISE clothing must be washed at 30°C with a one hour cycle or synthetic cycle. Set the spin to 800 rpm maximum.

Dry the clothes in the open air, on a drying rack. Do not put clothes in the dryer or iron.

After ten uses in the rain, the water-repellent treatment will tend to disappear, so the drops of water will no longer bead on the surface of the fabric but will directly impregnate it. In reality, the water-repellent treatment doesn't really disappear, it just gets dirty.

With a simple dryer it is very easy to revive the water-repellent treatment of your clothes. Once washed and dry, putting the clothes in the dryer for 10-15 minutes on a synthetic or wool program will be enough to restore the treatment.

This is the method we use to wash our clothes: simple and effective.

Of course this method was recommended to us by our various partners (PAYEN / PETRATEX) and we also tested it on our prototypes.

If you are hesitant to take action or if you have other questions, do not hesitate to write to our customer service, we will be happy to answer you.

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