dancingalone
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Have you ever washed your belt? I've only seen a few that have been washed, and they came out about two thirds of the length they were before, and all weird and wrinkly-looking. Of course, that may have been the result of drying in a clothes dryer, rather than washing. In my school, we don't wash belts, but I always figured the "tradition" of it was just packaging for not wanting to have to replace shrunken belts all the time.
Yes, I have. I just air dry it on my deck as I do with my gi. The sun does a good job of bleaching out any smells or bacteria that may build up.
Tide + cold water + air dry = clean, odor free training uniforms.