Washing your footbag.

t1337dude · Post by **t1337dude** » 09 Mar 2006 18:59

I have a Facile Mr. Sandbag, a regular Mr. Sandbag, and a Dryden. Each bag has different material it's made out of. Does it matter how I wash them? I was thinking once a week, with cold water and DishWashing/HandWashing anti-bacterial sink soak. Does this sound all right, or will the materials stiffen? Also, how should I dry it out?

Pengu · Post by **Pengu** » 09 Mar 2006 19:08

Sandbags are best washed with your jeans. The second technique in the tutorial - Laundering.

http://kingstonfootbag.com/washing.php

nhancakes · Post by **nhancakes** » 09 Mar 2006 19:10

I washed one of my sandbags and tried to squeeze soap out of it and noticed that I was losing sand with the water.

And if you don't get the soap washed off the bag it will cause the fabric to stiffen, I believe. I agree with the jeans method. Easiest in my opinion.

t1337dude · Post by **t1337dude** » 09 Mar 2006 19:45

Yea, but my laundry gets heated in the process, and it says my bad should be air-dryed on a towel.

nhancakes · Post by **nhancakes** » 09 Mar 2006 20:06

not getting the whole picture. Wash it by having it in your jeans pocket during the washing cycle and then just take it out before you start drying the jeans. When you take it out, air-dry.

Nogbad · Post by **Nogbad** » 09 Mar 2006 20:28

what they're getting at is you really should not wash sand bags. Sand bags tend to lose sand over time without getting washed. But washing them makes them lose sand real fast.. So unless yuo get them in like some soda or something nasty, do not wash bags filled with sand.

jake · Post by **jake** » 09 Mar 2006 22:28

i havent washed my mr sandbag yet aint dirty but when i do i guess its going in with my jeans.

funklovesfootbag · Post by **funklovesfootbag** » 09 Mar 2006 23:08

jergens hand soap and gentle drying for facile, sand bags i wouldn't wash at all... unless they get brutally crusty, in which case i'd use the same method but less soap and more care.

DanielWhittle · Post by **DanielWhittle** » 09 Mar 2006 23:42

Dont wash sandbags.

I washed one of mine and now it is so empty i gave it away so somebody would start footbagging with me.

jake · Post by **jake** » 09 Mar 2006 23:56

well that was nice of you.

Wasabi · Post by **Wasabi** » 10 Mar 2006 07:47

I don't think it's the matter of whether you should wash Sandbags or not. It's the method and the frequency that you do it that will effect your bag.

Dishwashing detergent is too hard of a liquid soap to wash Mr. Sandbags. A good bar of soap will do the trick just fine. Just dampen the bag, rub a few times to cause some suds, and squeeze/rinse. Then dry with a towel and let sit on it until dry. It's a pretty quick process because you're dealing with crushed panne, which dries relatively fast (the sand filler is still wet however, but because of the bag it'll aerate to dry). Just don't be rough when washing it, or you'll force some damage to the fabric as well as making the filler much more fine.

I believe Drydens work in the same fashion. For a facile Mr. Sandbag, Peng's tutorial should do the trick just fine, but don't squeeze. Just wash and rinse the outer layer of the bag and slowly dry with towel.

DanielWhittle · Post by **DanielWhittle** » 10 Mar 2006 08:43

That was the only ever time i washed it and it just seemed a hell lot emptier.

Nogbad · Post by **Nogbad** » 10 Mar 2006 12:50

I really disagree with you Waylon. Yes Youy can wash them but it really is not a good ideal no matter what. Sand and water do not mix well. there only point at which any sand bag should ever be washed is when it is totally nasty. But washing like you would a facile bag in my mind is utterly out of the question. That will kill a sandbag very fast. Honestly, I really would not wash them ever.

Skippy! · Post by **Skippy!** » 10 Mar 2006 17:24

I washed my sandbags once in the laundry. I like it and I don't, so now I have 2 sandbags, one from the laundry, one not. It's sick.

jake · Post by **jake** » 10 Mar 2006 17:25

nice i washed my sandmaster and it was fine but then again its not crushed panne.

JoFa · Post by **JoFa** » 10 Mar 2006 18:00

No offense, but you guys must be terrible at washing bags. I washed my last Mr. Sandbag several times, and it is still over halfway full. Sand that wouldn't leak out normally isn't going to somehow shrink when it gets wet and seep out. Any sand that is too fine is going to leak no matter what.

When I wash my sandbags, dirt comes out, not sand.

jake · Post by **jake** » 10 Mar 2006 18:08

go jesse i havent needed to wash my mr yet so yeah.

hackeysnacker · Post by **hackeysnacker** » 10 Mar 2006 18:37

i like to wash Mr.s by hand then toss them in the dryer, it makes them all fluffy and round again

Wasabi · Post by **Wasabi** » 10 Mar 2006 20:35

Nogbad wrote:But washing like you would a facile bag in my mind is utterly out of the question. That will kill a sandbag very fast. Honestly, I really would not wash them ever.

Wasabi wrote:For a facile Mr. Sandbag, Peng's tutorial should do the trick just fine, but don't squeeze. Just wash and rinse the outer layer of the bag and slowly dry with towel.

Wow. In all seriousness, I know how to take care of my bags and haven't found any problems in washing them, especially Mr. Sandbags. Like Jesse mentioned, it's the finer particles that are being washed away. The coarser variety will stay in your bags, and will not have any much of an affect on the bag's performance whatsoever. Plus, i also mentioned that you should quickly wash them - meaning that you don't need to be so fervent like you would for a 32. It's not the end of the world if you're careful.

And no offense, again, but I'm betting the reason some sandbags die much faster in other people's hands is NOT THROUGH WASHING. Clearly, rough-housing, toe pick-ups or the dreaded toe-scuffs may be in effect before washing is ever a danger to Mr. Sandbags.

jake · Post by **jake** » 10 Mar 2006 20:38

toe dragging ahhhhhhh my friends do it all the time thats why i only play with them and use their bags.