I have just recieved a yonex shirt that I must wear to tournaments representing my badminton club. It's white with some red and some black patches under the sleeves. The instructions say to wash in warm water and to not use the drygin machine or it will shrink and i would have the little yonex logo all wrinkly. I am afraid to use bleach or the color will fade but I don't want the color to fade onto the white either! How do you guys wash your yonex shirts withough having them stain or having the color fade?
I wash my white yonex-shirts by hand, and just let them dry out. Other colours, just in the washing machine, but never in the dryer!
Yes, hand washing will be the best way. As for me, I don't wash my Yonex shirts at all! That's because I don't have any.
OK, hand washing it is, what kind of soap should i use? Normal detergent? Also, what about colored yonex shirts? can i put them in the washer normally but leave them to hang dry?
hey i just wash mine on a non-colorfast cycle in the washing machine and line dry or put them on the radiators, a very cool tumble would suffice if you were in a rush but defiinitely not on a hot tumble or for more than 5 minutes
i give mine to my mom... haha but she uses a machine and puts it in the dryer and its fine and this is the high quality yonex shirts (asian one) so i think it should be okay
polyester+dryer? brave....I don't dare to try it...i belive mine are washed in the washer at lower tempatures. drying at a line..
this is most probably your 1st yonex shirt. the first time is always like that. once u have more and play very often, u will be too lazy to wash by hand. for me, i just dump everything into the washing machine with lower temperatur, of course with white and color shirts separated.
Sounds like you have the same Yonex shirt or one very similar to me. http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34154&page=3 I always wash mine in the washing machine on a 40 degree setting, and then iron it (with a cool iron) and hang it out to dry and I haven't had any problems at all. Good luck.
OK, for those of you who would like to surprise your mommies and do your own washing do the following : 1. Set the machine on a low temperature (the higher the temperature the more likely the colour is to fade or run) 2. Don't use detergent that contains 'whiteners' or 'optical brighteners' or anything similar. These whitening agents will be great for whites but will make your colours fade. 3. Wash your clothes inside out (again, the colour is less likely to fade). Unless your garment says 'Handwash only' it should be OK in the washing machine at low temperatures. Here endeth my washing machine lesson!
