How To Wash Your Martial Arts Uniform
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This document provides tips for washing martial arts uniforms. It recommends pre-soaking uniforms overnight in a bucket of warm water with laundry detergent and baking soda to remove dirt and odors. It advises that most uniforms are made of cotton or a cotton-polyester blend and come in lightweight, middleweight, or heavyweight materials. The document stresses air drying uniforms and ironing them to prevent shrinkage and set-in stains.
How To Wash Your Martial Arts Uniform
- 1. HOW TO WASH YOUR MARTIAL ARTS UNIFORM CLEMENT NIKACHI
- 2. PROPER REPRESENTATION OF ONE'S SELF IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING.
- 3. IT MAY BE HARD TO KEEP YOUR KARATE CLOTHES CLEAN, BUT HERE ARE A FEW TIPS TO HELP CLEANING YOUR UNIFORMS A LITTLE BIT EASIER:
- 4. WHAT KIND OF MATERIAL IS YOUR UNIFORM?
- 5. MOST UNIFORMS ARE EITHER 100% PERCENT COTTON OR A MIXTURE OF A COTTON/POLYESTER BLEND.
- 6. UNIFORMS COME IN THREE WEIGHTS: LIGHTWEIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
- 7. LIGHTWEIGHT UNIFORMS ARE CONSIDERED "STUDENT WEIGHT"
- 8. MIDDLEWEIGHT UNIFORMS ARE CONSIDERED "ADVANCED STUDENT WEIGHT"
- 9. HEAVYWEIGHT UNIFORMS ARE CONSIDERED "INSTRUCTOR WEIGHT" AND ARE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT MADE OF 100% COTTON.
- 10. PRESOAK
- 11. PRESOAKING YOUR UNIFORM WILL HELP TO ENSURE YOU GET ALL OF DIRT OUT AND BE AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE.
- 13. STEP 1: FILL A LARGE BUCKET OR SINK WITH WARM WATER (MAKE SURE THE WATER IS WARM NOT HOT).
- 14. STEP 2: ADD ONE CUP OF LAUNDRY DETERGENT AND ONE CUP OF BAKING SODA.
- 15. ADDING THE BAKING SODA WILL HELP TO COUNTERACT ANY ODOR.
- 16. STEP 3: SOAK THE UNIFORM OVERNIGHT.
- 17. STEP 4: HANG UNIFORM TO AIR DRY. DO NOT PUT UNIFORMS IN THE DRYER! THE HEAT FROM THE DRYER CAN CAUSE SHRINKAGE AND ALLOW STAINS TO SET IN .
- 18. STEP 5: IRON YOUR UNIFORM. MAKE SURE TO USE THE PROPER SETTING (COTTON). BE SURE TO IRON THE LEGS FLAT AND THE TOP IN THE SHAPE OF A "T"