How to wash BJJ Gi?

[trn450]

@Rod1 give it a rest! You want to be right so bad that you "used science" to prove that 30 degrees Celsius was warm not hot. All your knowledge bombs that you have dropped on us do nothing to help the TS.

What's dinner like at the Rod1 household?
Wife: how's your chicken Rod1? Mine is a little tough.
Rod1: Tough... (Rod1 rolls eyes) I would say more chewy than tough.

Please don't refer to this guy's posts as "knowledge bombs", even if it is in jest. I'm more well educated than either he or his wife, and in a relevant field, and I can assure you he's simply an idiot.

I'll give him a single point: a dirty gi isn't a guaranteed infection. However, it's a stupid, unnecessary increase in risk when a little soap and water goes such a long way. If we're talking 3rd world countries where they may not be able to afford to be as hygienic as we can in the US, so be it... you live with what you've got. However, to be encouraging first world citizens to toss hygiene out the window is frankly moronic when it is hygiene and sanitation that has allowed our first world populations to live such long, healthy lives.

 

[Rod1]

That whole section was so stupid it wasn't worth responding to.

Lovely response.

Lets think about this a moment... you might want to pay attention to the gi because IT COVERS >90% OF YOUR BODY SURFACE WHILE YOU ROLL!!!

Its like running in circles.

That's why we don't live in bubbles, yet we own washers and dryers to clean our clothes. We drew a line between sanitary and unsanitary. You prefer unsanitary, for some ridiculous reason.

So economic and pragmatic concerns are ridiculous reasons? But wait you will make a strawman about used needles, unprotected sex and parachutes. lovely

Pot meet kettle? The only difference is I'm far more qualified than you to discuss this. Not to mention the obvious IQ disparity.

Unlike you, im have published peer reviewed articles and have defended a thesis in front of a sinodus panel.

Again, I cite the obvious IQ disparity. Did you even read this? It does not even come close to answering any questions relevant to our discussion. You probably don't even have access to the full text. You probably just say "judo" and "tinea" and jumped to conclusions like an idiot.

No, i saw how an epidemiological study failed to link the frequency of gi wash to disease.

You've posted 2 articles which you cite as your "scientific evidence". It seems you either read neither or understood neither.

- Article 1 w/ Wrestlers in Tehran did nothing to prove your point, and in fact briefly addressed and validated my point, which is counter to yours. That is, fomites are of concern as long term reservoirs.

Which i addressed before, i even said that if you read my source you would have a tool to respond.

And that part about frequency of wash was in the discussion, there was no actual study unlike the japanese one.

- Article 2 was basically about finding prevalence of tinea infections among combat sport competitors. There was no emphasis on mode of transmission, hygiene, etc.

*sigh*

This is ridiculous.

The japanese one specifically is about a survey trying to find out probable causes of disease transmission.

You can always bring a point whether a dojo with people who washes gi everyday is less likely to spread than a dojo that washes every other day.

 

[fiftysvn]

Not washing your gi (but properly drying it) is not the worse sin in the world, but I certainly hope all my training partners train in freshly laundered gis.

Maybe it doesn't smell to you, but have you asked your partners?

I've never heard of an advocate for not washing gis . . .

Anyway, I have had two gis for about 2 and a half years and I cold wash and machine dry all the time. So far it's lasted me nicely.

I'm going for my third gi this week though, so I'll probably start hang drying because 3 with 3 gis in the rotation it's not as much of an inconvenience anymore.

 

[Rod1]

Please don't refer to this guy's posts as "knowledge bombs", even if it is in jest. I'm more well educated than either he or his wife, and in a relevant field, and I can assure you he's simply an idiot.

Seriously? keep with the ad hominen?

And medicine is not the most relevant field in microbiology not even close.

Also we still have not heard what your field is, epidemology? dermatologist?

IM 100% positive you are not an epidemiologist as i have met many as they are field physicians they must live in the real world

I'll give him a single point: a dirty gi isn't a guaranteed infection. However, it's a stupid, unnecessary increase in risk when a little soap and water goes such a long way.

A whole load and a drying cycle are small amount of soap and water, assuming you have a washing machine and drier at home.

If we're talking 3rd world countries where they may not be able to afford to be as hygienic as we can in the US, so be it...

ITT Japan and France are third world countries

you live with what you've got. However, to be encouraging first world citizens to toss hygiene out the window is frankly moronic when it is hygiene and sanitation that has allowed our first world populations to live such long, healthy lives.

Oh rly? want me to post the mean life of "third world countries that ant afford sanitaton"?

Again you are not an epidemiologist, you have never worked in public sanitation. Those 3rd world countries cant afford superfluous sanitation so they do what works, thats why Cuba, where people dont even have deodorants, have higher life expectancy than the US.

The world is divided in 2,

those that know statistics and those that dont, you are the second group.

 

[Rod1]

Not washing your gi (but properly drying it) is not the worse sin in the world, but I certainly hope all my training partners train in freshly laundered gis.

Maybe it doesn't smell to you, but have you asked your partners?

Yes, and we dont mind telling straigth to face.

I've never heard of an advocate for not washing gis . . .

I was being asked about how to have a gi last.

Anyway, I have had two gis for about 2 and a half years and I cold wash and machine dry all the time. So far it's lasted me nicely.

Try a thick doubleweave.

I'm going for my third gi this week though, so I'll probably start hang drying because 3 with 3 gis in the rotation it's not as much of an inconvenience anymore.

I rather spend a weekend thoroughly hand washing and soaking my gi so its pristin clean and then sun drying or aereating it during week, than doing a quick machine wash every session.

I also use the cheapest soap because it has the less additives.

Actually there was a time that i washed everyday and airdried and my gi started smelling, washing machines dont wash that well that's why we have to use so many damn things in the laundry.

 

[Hellboy31]

I buy my gis big (a3, I'm 6ft 170) and I just wash and dry the shit out them. They seem to end up the right size

 

[Jinzumkei]

Actually there was a time that i washed everyday and airdried and my gi started smelling, washing machines dont wash that well that's why we have to use so many damn things in the laundry.

I dunno, I have a rand new washer/dryer and it works like gangbusters.

 

[Rod1]

I dunno, I have a rand new washer/dryer and it works like gangbusters.

I dont have a dryer as i live in a very dry and hot zone (hotter than arizona), but i have a very big machine (about 35 pounds) and i washed everyday and it kept smelling, i had to add ammonia and other things so it wouldnt smell.

Now this was a single weave, my double weave beats the crap of the machine and its not properly rinsed and washed, even though i use max water setting.

So now i soak it in oxyclean or another peroxide product for about 3 hours then hand wash it and finish it with a normal machine cycle with regular soap (no perfumes, softener or anything) it ends up superb clean and white, and since its a mizuno supreme, its also soft despite no softener.

 

[Turin**]

Also dont wash after every workout, just remember to dry it after you are done.

also, there is no need to change your underwear more than once a week

if you happen to shit yourself just throw your underwear in a bucket of water and put some baking soda in it, let it sit for an hour, put it on the hood of some guy's car until it is mostly dry. if you don't mind the wetness you can just throw them on and let your body heat dry them.

 

[Belatucadros]

wash your gi's you dirty bastards

then hang to dry

 

[Rod1]

also, there is no need to change your underwear more than once a week

if you happen to shit yourself just throw your underwear in a bucket of water and put some baking soda in it, let it sit for an hour, put it on the hood of some guy's car until it is mostly dry. if you don't mind the wetness you can just throw them on and let your body heat dry them.