beesuit hood removal for washing.

malabarchillin · January 23, 2009, 03:23:32 PM

I have a Mann Lake full suit and have inspected it thoroughly to see if I could remove the hood so that I could wash the rest of the suit. Are there any secrets on how to remove the hood ?
Thanks
Mike

Kathyp · January 23, 2009, 03:27:17 PM

you can wash the whole thing if it's like this.
http://www.mannlakeltd.com/infopage.asp?idPage=89

i have the jacket and i toss it in on the gentle cycle. does fine. i hang it to dry and it dries quickly.

malabarchillin · January 23, 2009, 03:30:44 PM

Yes mine looks very similar.
I have always read not to wash the hood because of the screen mesh. You have done this more than a couple of times ? It did not harm the screen ? This would be great. I only wish to wash it maybe twice a year.
Mike

Kathyp · January 23, 2009, 03:41:42 PM

i have washed it a bunch. i wash it by itself on the gentle cycle with the hood zipped around.

bassman1977 · January 23, 2009, 03:50:32 PM

Is the mesh screen metal? Just curious. I need a new veil. The one I have has a wire mesh and it rusted. Only lasted two years. I'm not very happy about that.

malabarchillin · January 23, 2009, 04:05:42 PM

My hood mesh is not metal.

malabarchillin · January 23, 2009, 04:28:41 PM

I just got it out of the washer. I did not look closely, but it looks like the screen is in great shape.
Thanks again.
Mike

Patrick · February 01, 2009, 02:59:30 PM

I had had the zipper changed out on mine so I can zip it off for washing. The problem I had when washing the hood was not wit the mesh but with the wire breaking through and getting all bent out of shape.
Cheers,
Patrick