washing wetbag question.

WannaBeCrunchyMama · December 2010

I think this is the wetbag I have... here

I washed it today.

Ummmmm big disaster.

It's two layers, the waterproof inside, and the colorful outside.

The inside part that is waterproof came inside out and filled up with water. Then the handles got all tangled up.

I ended up with about a gallon of water just sitting in the wetbag and it not clean at all...

Am I missing something about washing these?

I was under the impression they just got washed regularly.

uluvfranke · December 2010

I always wash mine and hang it to dry.

WannaBeCrunchyMama · December 2010

and it doesnt fill with water?

CABunny · December 2010

Hmm I have that same wetbag & wash it regularly. Sometimes it gets a bit of water in it (like maybe a cup) but I usually just run an extra spin on the washer and it's fine. Fwiw, I always have to run an extra spin cycle b/c my washer is slowly dying.

WannaBeCrunchyMama · December 2010

Do you wash it zipped up or anything?

CABunny · December 2010

WannaBeCrunchyMama:
Do you wash it zipped up or anything?

No, I'm too lazy.

WannaBeCrunchyMama · December 2010

hmmm maybe I'll just try it again. Maybe it was a fluke.

luvlieK · December 2010

try inside out, like flat. The inner out and the fabric out the opposite way.

WannaBeCrunchyMama · December 2010

luvlieK:
try inside out, like flat. The inner out and the fabric out the opposite way.

that's what it came out looking like. With a TON of water in the waterproof part.

We JUST got a new washer though. So I'm going to give it a few tries in this new one before I decide to part with it or something...

Pamela05 · December 2010

I just washed my medium sized planetwise bag today for the first time. I pulled the inside out (so it looked like it was double length) and didn't have any issues.

jennterrell · December 2010

i don't have any 2-layered ones like that, but just a thought... could you turn it inside out, and then zip it up, so that the inside gets all the cleaning, but can't pick up too much water?

when i've done laundry in top-loaders i do sometimes have an issue with my pail liners (just single layer of PUL) picking up a lot of water, I just dump in the utility sink, and rinse if there are still suds in it.

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