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**xT0U3UGh** · 03-09-2006, 08:00 AM

Hi everyone,

I got my new keikogi and hakama last week . The guy who owns the store gave very explicit wash and care instructions that seem to be working so far:
For the keikogi: 1) Dissolve a handful of salt in cold water. Leave keikogi in the salt water for several hours (this will fix the dye). 2) Rinse the keikogi in several changes of cold water to remove the salt, and in you can leave the keikogi in the final change of water for several hours to make sure all the salt is gone. 3) Wash in gentle cold cycle on the machine. 4) Dry in the shade.
For the hakama: Dry-clean only. (Yeah, I know.)
No smell, no dye running and very little shrinkage. We measured the seams before and after washing and overall the keikogi shrank by 0.5cm all over.

Hope this helps,
Angie

03-09-2006, 08:00 AM	#12
xT0U3UGh Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 427 Senior Member	Hi everyone, I got my new keikogi and hakama last week . The guy who owns the store gave very explicit wash and care instructions that seem to be working so far: For the keikogi: 1) Dissolve a handful of salt in cold water. Leave keikogi in the salt water for several hours (this will fix the dye). 2) Rinse the keikogi in several changes of cold water to remove the salt, and in you can leave the keikogi in the final change of water for several hours to make sure all the salt is gone. 3) Wash in gentle cold cycle on the machine. 4) Dry in the shade. For the hakama: Dry-clean only. (Yeah, I know.) No smell, no dye running and very little shrinkage. We measured the seams before and after washing and overall the keikogi shrank by 0.5cm all over. Hope this helps, Angie
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