Cleaning your Textile motorcycle kit

It is inevitable that your textile clothing will get dirty, even if you are just motorway crunching the dirt and grime from the road will block the pores of your kit destroying the breathability of the fabrics. All waterproof liners need to breathe to stop you overheating and feeling damp on the inside. The Cordura outer fabric which is used in most jackets loses its waterproof coating or DWR just through wear and tear. This needs to be restored to help the water bead off and not get absorbed into the outer making you feel cold and damp.

I would recommend washing your kit at least once a year for occasional users to twice or three times for regular users.

What should I do?

There are a few products on the market which you can use in a normal washing machine. Remember to remove all the armour in the suit before washing. We use Storm products which come as a pack, you firstly wash the garments in the Tech wash with no other detergent or softener, and then you run the garments through the wash again with the re-water proofer. The cycle should be no more than 40degrees. You can either hang them out to dry or put them on a cool setting in the tumble dryer.

Where shall I do it?

It is of course not the job of your wife so due to popular demand we can wash your garments for you. This service costs £40 per garment and the turnaround is about two weeks.

Call the girls at Hideout Leather for further information 01799 584828