Thread: Vanity: How do you get stains out of gore tex?

Ridden my gear hard this year. I made the mistake of trying oxyclean on an old pair of gore tex pants, and it only made the stains more noticable and permanent. I don't want to eff up my primo jacket.

How does a mag go about getting the stains out of his gore to keep the look fresh?

I've had good luck washing in TX Direct. I pause the wash cycle halfway through and let it soak for a couple hours.

If you have stupid white clothing, you're pretty much hosed no matter what.

Originally Posted by SupreChicken

keep the look fresh?

..add some duct tape

Huh?

How to get man-goo out of gore tex?

What next? astro-glide out of smart-wool?



I'm outa here!

Try this stuff, or something similar. I have heard good things about Lestoil as well.


http://www.permatex.com/products/aut...nd_Cleaner.htm

Rub a bit into the stain. Let it sit for a few minutes, then throw into washer, with a long soak cycle. If you have some TechWash, use that as well.

What happens if you follow the directions?:
http://www.gore-tex.com/remote/Satel...g-instructions

I use Shout and scrub the shit out of it with a toothbrush and my fingernails.

Get cheaper clothes that you don't have to worry about. Grease leaks from the chairlift. Deal with it or send it to my cleaners. We proide quick stain removal. Don't lesten to any of these heathans. They all want to buy you something, Can't you see how cute you are?

Edit: If I new any good way my jacket, that I cherish a lot, would be cleaner. Just like a skateboard, if you don't want shit to get fuct up, keep them in your bedroom.

Originally Posted by Crass3000

Don't lesten to any of these heathans. They all want to buy you something, Can't you see how cute you are?

+1

"Can't you see how cute you are?"

Yeah. I'm fucking gorgeous.

"What happens if you follow the directions?:
http://www.gore-tex.com/remote/Satel...g-instructions"

So I did this with an oxy clean stick on my pants, and the stains remained and are now more noticeable and seem permanently affixed.

Never tried shout or soaking in tx direct. Will try both. Thanks for the advice.

I only use nikwash for wool and event/gore. Works well for me

Shout worked for me. Applied, scrubbed, let sit for 5 mins, washed and dried.

Lestoil took the chairlift-grease stains out of my wife's event jacket.

The last time I did buy grey because it was arcterxy at 82% off but usually I buy black because the only thing that stains black ... is white

My goretex says liquid or powder detergent, but Nikwax says use tech wash if you don't want to remove the dwr. I've used Woolite instead of techwash--a lot cheaper. I'd worry about some of the stronger stain removers taking off the dwr too although I don't know this. Any thoughts?

Isn't woolite a fabric softener? That's a no no if so, but I never used woolite so I am not positive

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the outer layer of the clothing is not the goretex membrane. The Goretex itself has nothing to do with whether the stain remains. The outter layer of clothing has a coating of DWR which will get removed with the stain remover, to restore a water repellent coating you have to use TX direct or a simliar product.

If you have ever done any plumbing the gortex is a thin membrane pretty much exactly like the roll of tape you buy to seal pipe threads, with 2 layer gortex you can see that white gortex membrane thru the jacket liner, with 3 layer the gortex membrane is sandwiched between 2 layers of fabric

Basicly you wash dirt out of a piece by wetting out the surface/removing the dirt which is completely the opposite of water repelancy

I wash with powdered detergent, rewash with just water to wash out all the detergent and restore water proofing with a spray on nikwax /revivex/ grangers while the piece is still wet, IME the spray-ons all work pretty much the same

when the piece is saturated with DWR you thro it in a hot dryer, (with the exception of paddling drytops & dry suits where you might fuck the latex seals) gortex can take hot washing and hot drying in plain old powdered detergent

I got lift grease on a $500 pair of pants, I've used twice. So stoked.

Did any of these ideas actually work?

I've used Dawn, Shout and Tech Wash. Doesn't steem to be making a difference.

The 3L gore cleans up really nicely with shout/toothbrush/fingernail, then long warm soak cycle with tech wash.

The 2L gore remains stained. Seemingly irrevocably.

+1 on the Permatex. Available at Autozone for a few bucks.

AS others have said the stain and its removal have nothing to do with Goretex, and everything to do with the DWR. Hard to know what will or won't remove the dwr, which varies from brand to brand, but my suspicion is that anything that will remove a serious stain, as opposed to everyday dirt, will remove dwr, so try to limit the stain removal fluid, whatever you use, to the stain itself, and be prepared to apply new DWR. Use the spray on stuff--the wash in stuff plugs the pores in the Goretex.

Originally Posted by old goat

AS others have said the stain and its removal have nothing to do with Goretex, and everything to do with the DWR.

Probably the condition of the DWR at the time of the stain, as well as which face fabric (there are hundreds of different ones, which GORE does not make themselves, though they regulate the quality).

"you like saying gore-tex don't you"