Washing gear sucks. And washing gear with white in it(my gear doesn't have a bunch in it but a bit..) really sucks. especially when it's got mud in it that's been there for like 3 weeks.
I started by pre-rinsing it in the utili-tub(think filling it up with lukewarm water then putting all my gear in and just moving it all around to get some of the crud out)
Then I emptied the tub, put in some soap refilled with lukewarm water and cleaned them. Think like scrubbing like mad with a toothbrush(the tongue cleaner part works well on stains too...) and that pulled out the stains pretty well, but believe me it takes a LOT of time to do that with a shirt. Because of this I didn't spend so much time on my pants(they get dirty real quick anyways so..)
after that I threw them in the wash with the same soap I used in the prewash, didn't really look at them as I pulled them out of the washer and threw them into the dryer. threw them and a dryer sheet in and sat and watched joe dirt for 30 minutes.. then heard it beep and checked.
WOW they got clean. Besides a few really small faded dots(some tough mud i guess) my pants, shirt and even the roost spot on the back of my shirt looks like new!
This is the soap I used that worked really well, I would link to the site that you can buy it from but you have to be a member to see it which wouldn't be useful to most of you...
I started by pre-rinsing it in the utili-tub(think filling it up with lukewarm water then putting all my gear in and just moving it all around to get some of the crud out)
Then I emptied the tub, put in some soap refilled with lukewarm water and cleaned them. Think like scrubbing like mad with a toothbrush(the tongue cleaner part works well on stains too...) and that pulled out the stains pretty well, but believe me it takes a LOT of time to do that with a shirt. Because of this I didn't spend so much time on my pants(they get dirty real quick anyways so..)
after that I threw them in the wash with the same soap I used in the prewash, didn't really look at them as I pulled them out of the washer and threw them into the dryer. threw them and a dryer sheet in and sat and watched joe dirt for 30 minutes.. then heard it beep and checked.
WOW they got clean. Besides a few really small faded dots(some tough mud i guess) my pants, shirt and even the roost spot on the back of my shirt looks like new!
This is the soap I used that worked really well, I would link to the site that you can buy it from but you have to be a member to see it which wouldn't be useful to most of you...
Yup it takes a lot of scrubbing. 
What kind of soap is that?
For $10 they'll wash 10lbs, which usually ends up being 2-3 sets of gear (and whatever else I forgot to wash 
). 
