njcardave

What is the best way to wash a California car duster? Can I just toss it in the wash and should I use softner?

TexasMadMan

Don't think you are suppose to wash it. I always heard to just shake it out.

sundiego

in a mustang.

KapsSA

I washed mine simply because I thought I may have splashed brake fluid on it . In the washing machine with some other rags, no softener or anything, just detergent. Pulled it off the handle. All the other rags came out pink . Seems the same as it was before I washed it.

CheezMoe

xCCTer

I washed mine after 9 years, and it came out kind of knotted up like some red-headed rastafarian dread-locks. Not horrible, but not like it went in either.

I washed it on gentle with some lightly soiled shop towels, and it just wasn't quite the same after.

Ultimately I "cleaned it" by buying a new one a couple weeks later.

rihwoods

http://www.calcarduster.com/faq.asp

TexasMadMan

Well, there you go.

79L82owner

Not to step on your thread, but since you have one; do those things really work good?

TheSkunkWorks

Yes, and very well. ...but only if you regularly shake it out in a Mustang.

xCCTer

They work GREAT! You have to get one.

Daytona69

The first one I had lasted almost 9 years before I decided to replace it

79L82owner

Thanks guys! I'm going to get me one tomorrow. I think I've been missing out.

PS-Can you shake 'em out over an open sunroof on a ricer with a coffee can muffler too?

easyasone2three

Careful with that California stuff, next you'll be eating sushi.

7T1vette

Get a tub or basin of warm water. Put some Woolite in it and slosh it around to dissolve the soap (but not make a bunch of suds). Dip the cloth part of the duster into the soap solution and use your hand to squeeze the duster to get the soap working. Just keep doing this until you get most of the dirt, etc. out of the duster and into the water. Pull it out and squeeze most of the water out. Drain the basin; refill with fresh warm water. Do the process again [without soap, this time] to rinse it out. Once the water is squeezed out again, take the duster outside and turn it upside down on some newspaper and lay it in the sun to dry. It will take quite a while to dry and you may need to fluff the loops and move them around to help it dry faster. All done? Use for another 5 years. {Don't use detergent, as it will remove the parrafin in the loops. Then it won't be the "Original California Duster" anymore.}

rihwoods

Bangkok Dean

Good one

Jughead

Buy a new one, they're under $20.

SIXFOOTER

Guess I should paint my car first

randommj

haha or a camero

Miles