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Topic: Cleaning the inner of a tent

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Hero69

28/8/2006 at 8:23pm
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Hi all,

Sorry not been on here for a while been very busy with work and weekends away now i have the bug!

how do i clean the inner of my tent, it is a pitch outer tent so the inner has no poles so i cant prop it up to get the dirt off it.

Was camping in snowdon when it chucked it down and mud has splashed on the inside

Any suggestions

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JK98

29/8/2006 at 12:33am
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You can wash it in the bath if it's badly marked. No worries about the waterproofing if it's an inner tent.

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magnolia

29/8/2006 at 6:58am
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Some have even put theirs in the washing machine

Dawn B

29/8/2006 at 8:06am
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Do you think I can do that with the bedroom inners from my outwell colorado 8 - one child managed to sleepwalk and wee everywhere in one of the bedroom and the same child also had a nosebleed and got blood on the mesh - I think I will have to hang it on the line and hose it down but would rather bung it in the machine? Or will that totally knacker it?

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fiona66

29/8/2006 at 8:10am
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Cool wash, very little powder and no softner - works a treat - i've done it.

beefysmum

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I have washed the inner tents in the bath, because they wouldn't fit in my machine easily. I think you probably need to put it in the big machines at the laundrette, but on a gentle cool wash with a short spin.

A paddling pool in the garden is another option for washing it.

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Dawn B

29/8/2006 at 8:16am
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ok will give that a try. thanks

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Valk_scot

29/8/2006 at 8:33am
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Use non-bio powder, btw. There`s something in the enzyme stuff (the enzymes, perchance???) that doesn`t agree with the waterproofing on the flysheet, if the inners and outer comes in contact.

Hero69

29/8/2006 at 6:22pm
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is it ok to do that with the inner if it has the ground sheet attached?

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