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Can you Wash Waders?
Gentlemen,
When I went to pack my stuff for the migration to Oil Creek I got a NASTY suprise. It seems that somehow a tomcat got into my garage, up to the 2d floor and up 3 feet on a shelf, and used my gear bag as a litter box. The smell is something else. So the bag, my vest, my waders, my wader socks (100% Austrailian merino wool $ $ $) and my gloves and my suspenders are in the washing machine. With about a pint of Oust!
Once again, just when I'm ready to go * * * Shift Happens!
Luckily I do have another pair of waders but they are a little snug. (I've grown!< LOL!)
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RE: Can you Wash Waders?
2010/05/09 11:11:15
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Gotta love those Tom cats...... Had one pee on my camo face mask for turkey hunting...  Spent all morning smelling different body parts and pieces of clothing to find the nasty smelll.. 
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RE: Can you Wash Waders?
2010/05/09 11:27:50
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Jack, Throw those suckers in the wash. See if there's an instruction label somewhere as to what type of detergent to use.
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RE: Can you Wash Waders?
2010/05/09 11:49:43
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Well, If the smell doesn't come out I'll be the one who is always easy to find. By the smell! I can just see somebody who doesn't know me coming down stream and stopping by one of the guys and the statement will be: "Man, I just passed a big fat guy who just fell in and he smells like cat pizz! And he's got a kid with him who can't stop laughing long enough to tell me what happened!" Ah well if ya aint laughing with me you're laughing at me. But at least you're laughing.
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RE: Can you Wash Waders?
2010/05/09 13:16:54
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Don't worry Jack, it will be just like being in church. No one heard it, but everyone smelled it, and no one knows who did it.
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RE: Can you Wash Waders?
2010/05/09 14:10:59
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Loop, The only problem with that is if you do it in waders, , , there's no place for the smell to go except up^! That's why I got fat, to keep the smells down! LOL
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RE: Can you Wash Waders?
2010/05/09 15:24:20
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ORIGINAL: Loopy
Jack, Throw those suckers in the wash. See if there's an instruction label somewhere as to what type of detergent to use.
This my help you hold it until you get him into the wash 
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RE: Can you Wash Waders?
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RE: Can you Wash Waders?
2010/05/09 15:53:11
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That's just incredably funny and wrong at the same time.One question who holds the cat in place while,well you know 
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RE: Can you Wash Waders?
2010/05/09 18:24:36
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I just laughed so hard it hurt
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RE: Can you Wash Waders?
2010/05/09 18:36:42
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Yes you can wash them. It's also a good time to hit them with a little Revivex, too.
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RE: Can you Wash Waders?
2010/05/09 21:52:00
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Jack,
You may want to wash your waders with a product called Nikwax Tech Wash. It is recommended for Gore tex and
most other water repellant fabrics. I wash my Patagonia SST jacket with this product. I bought it online.
Hope this helps you.
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RE: Can you Wash Waders?
2010/05/09 23:38:02
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Have used some stuff from petsmart, called odor away or something. Its an organic enzyme (sp) of some sort. Actually eats the organism that causes the smell. Works great. Can be put in wash or carpet cleaner . 
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RE: Can you Wash Waders?
2010/05/10 11:12:33
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What type of material are they made of? Cat pizz is strong stuff. You my need to treat them several times. When they get wet again, it can "re-activate" the odor. What Gizmo said works great. Ifthey don't have it in your local store, try "Skunk-off". Most, if not all pet stores carry it along with most vets.  
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RE: Can you Wash Waders?
2010/05/10 11:52:41
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As for the tomcat. He has not been seen or identified. But if he does come around again and is seen the compressed air cannon stuffed with rags (think potato cannon, or punkin chunker) will thump him well. The rags are soft and expand upon leaving the tube. But they will toss a tomcat about twenty feet. It's more humane. Of course the .45 I use for a ranging device , , ,?
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RE: Can you Wash Waders?
2010/05/10 12:32:32
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I don't know about you, but I have put waders away wet, and thy come out stinking like cat ****. And no cat is in the back of the jeep. Just a chemical reaction?
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RE: Can you Wash Waders?
2010/05/10 13:24:12
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OTH... these are MUCH more effective.. 
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RE: Can you Wash Waders?
2010/05/10 13:38:30
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or these... xcept everything you hit with them usually get's vaporized... lol cleaner than skunk-off 
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