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<\/p>\nI have a confession to make. I\u2019m one of those blokes who washes his riding gear when it rains. I do this by riding in the rain and bitching about how wet it is. But a part of me also knows\u2026well, hopes, the rain will wash the bugs and road grime from my textile stuff.<\/p>\n
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And it kinda does. But not really.<\/p>\n
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I think a big part of the reason I don\u2019t wash my textile gear is that I am lazy. Another factor is I\u2019m not sure what to wash the gear with. GORETEX and Kevlar and all sorts of exotic stuff are part of that gear. If I dump it in a bucket of degreaser, add OMO, and hit it with a pressure washer, things may, once again, go badly.<\/p>\n
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And then this little bottle of German-made goodness arrived from Made In Germany. Made by Hey Sport and called Tex Wash, it\u2019s a cleaning liquid specifically designed to clean motorcycle textile gear and will gently lick the filth from GORETEX, much like that high-end hooker you once bought in your dreams.<\/p>\n
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You can use it in your washing machine, but when I suggested this to my wife, she told me to take my dirty bike gear and have sex with it, preferably down the road some.<\/p>\n
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So I resorted to handwashing. Like my ancestors once washed their battle-stained garments. But instead of a sparkling creek, I got a washbasin, chucked in 30ml of Tex Wash and gave it a stir and waited 17 minutes. Then I hung it up on the clothesline and rinsed it with a hose.<\/p>\n
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The results were amazing. When a product exceeds one\u2019s expectations, that is always amazing.<\/p>\n
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\u201cGood job,\u201d my wife said when she came out to see what I was spraying with the hose.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s not me,\u201d I said. \u201cIt\u2019s this German stuff. How good does it work!\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cSince when do you get all excited about cleaning?\u201d she said. \u201cI turn on the vacuum cleaner and you piss off to the pub saying the noise hurts your brain.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cThis is different. It\u2019s easy. I don\u2019t actually have to do anything difficult or tiring.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt\u2019s made for men, then?\u201d<\/p>\n
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I guess it is.<\/p>\n
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So a 250mm bottle is $22. You should get between eight and ten washes out of it. You use a little less liquid if you\u2019re allowed to use the washing machine.<\/p>\n
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