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As my 100% cotton kendo-gi is dyed with natural indigo [and keeps bleeding blue], I wash my kendo-gi by hand - soaking it in a biological washing powder for a day, rinsing it thoroughly in clear water and hanging it on horizontal bamboo poles [through the sleeves].
I also use the 'pole' method to 'air' them out between training. As I have two kendo-gi, I can alternate - using one while washing/airing the other.
What I wonder about is this - I air out a sweaty gi after training and leave it to dry. If it smells of sweat after airing out, I wash it. Would it be better to wash a sweaty gi without airing it out and letting the microbes dry out? Do microbes dry out? Might the microbes become really pissed off about being dried out?
I know this is a weird question, but I surmised that if you put a damp sweaty [do-]gi in a soak, the water wouldn't permeat the already sweat soaked fibres. On the other hand, if you air out kendo-gi, the microbes have time to damage the fabric, right?
However farcical this topic may sound, I'd like to receive opinions from others.
I also use the 'pole' method to 'air' them out between training. As I have two kendo-gi, I can alternate - using one while washing/airing the other.
What I wonder about is this - I air out a sweaty gi after training and leave it to dry. If it smells of sweat after airing out, I wash it. Would it be better to wash a sweaty gi without airing it out and letting the microbes dry out? Do microbes dry out? Might the microbes become really pissed off about being dried out?
I know this is a weird question, but I surmised that if you put a damp sweaty [do-]gi in a soak, the water wouldn't permeat the already sweat soaked fibres. On the other hand, if you air out kendo-gi, the microbes have time to damage the fabric, right?
However farcical this topic may sound, I'd like to receive opinions from others.