Swim parents: how do you deal with wet swimsuits?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I wash all of the suits in one load about once every 10 days. I’m in the same camp as the PP who feels like these suits can’t get that dirty when they’re worn in a pool of chlorine for 90 minutes!

Our gear bags are in the bathroom just opposite the garage. So wish we had a mud room!

The pool water is not clean. Every 10 days is gross. Just wash them in a mesh bag. Done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I wash all of the suits in one load about once every 10 days. I’m in the same camp as the PP who feels like these suits can’t get that dirty when they’re worn in a pool of chlorine for 90 minutes!

Our gear bags are in the bathroom just opposite the garage. So wish we had a mud room!

The pool water is not clean. Every 10 days is gross. Just wash them in a mesh bag. Done.

We wash ours BUT pool water is clorinated. By nature it kills germs. To prolong the life of the suit you just need to rinse them out and hang. That is it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I resorted to putting up command hooks in the bathtub. They hop in for a shower with their suits on. While the water warms up, undress and hang up their suits. No dripping wet suits all over the floor.

how would the suit still be dripping by the time they get home?

They are generally dry, but as I posted they get in the shower with their suits on. I have them take them off and rinse them in the shower for me and then hang up on the hooks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I wash all of the suits in one load about once every 10 days. I’m in the same camp as the PP who feels like these suits can’t get that dirty when they’re worn in a pool of chlorine for 90 minutes!

Our gear bags are in the bathroom just opposite the garage. So wish we had a mud room!

The pool water is not clean. Every 10 days is gross. Just wash them in a mesh bag. Done.

We wash ours BUT pool water is clorinated. By nature it kills germs. To prolong the life of the suit you just need to rinse them out and hang. That is it.

Rinsing them is not enough - for so many reasons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I wash all of the suits in one load about once every 10 days. I’m in the same camp as the PP who feels like these suits can’t get that dirty when they’re worn in a pool of chlorine for 90 minutes!

Our gear bags are in the bathroom just opposite the garage. So wish we had a mud room!

The pool water is not clean. Every 10 days is gross. Just wash them in a mesh bag. Done.

What are you even talking about? Do you understand how sick people would get if the pool water was not clean?

I swam for 13 years and hardly ever washed the suits. In college none of us ever took our suits home to wash them. Like ever. They stayed hanging outside of our lockers. Nothing bad happened. We showered after every practice while wearing our suits so the soapy water washed over them. If a kid is showering after practice with the suit on it is getting a rinse. Throwing them in the washing machine with detergent is stupid because it wears the fabric out faster.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In the summer with daily practice we rinsed and just hung up over the railing at the top of the stairs or the shower. I washed them once or twice a week then hung on sane place. Now DD only practices twice a week I just wash it with a load and hang it over the stairway railing to dry.

Wow, times have changed. Growing up as a very competitive swimmer, no one washed their suits ever; we swam in chlorine! Washing would have made them wear out faster anyway. We showered in our suits after practice and that probably worked to clean them.

I just posted something similar PP. nothing has changed. This board is just full of neurotic people because it’s DC. They will find a way to fret over the most insignificant things.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I wash all of the suits in one load about once every 10 days. I’m in the same camp as the PP who feels like these suits can’t get that dirty when they’re worn in a pool of chlorine for 90 minutes!

Our gear bags are in the bathroom just opposite the garage. So wish we had a mud room!

The pool water is not clean. Every 10 days is gross. Just wash them in a mesh bag. Done.

We wash ours BUT pool water is clorinated. By nature it kills germs. To prolong the life of the suit you just need to rinse them out and hang. That is it.

Rinsing them is not enough - for so many reasons.

Please name one. I’ll be amazed if you can get to two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I wash all of the suits in one load about once every 10 days. I’m in the same camp as the PP who feels like these suits can’t get that dirty when they’re worn in a pool of chlorine for 90 minutes!

Our gear bags are in the bathroom just opposite the garage. So wish we had a mud room!

The pool water is not clean. Every 10 days is gross. Just wash them in a mesh bag. Done.

We wash ours BUT pool water is clorinated. By nature it kills germs. To prolong the life of the suit you just need to rinse them out and hang. That is it.

Rinsing them is not enough - for so many reasons.

Please name one. I’ll be amazed if you can get to two.

For once there are some people on this thread that are my people.

[Anonymous]

I'm pretty germ conscious and a regular swimmer myself. I have ever washed swimsuits apart from rinsing in cold water occasionally.

[Anonymous]

My kid throws the suit into the laundry room with the towel after every daily practice. He has a lot of practice suits, and I do a lot of laundry anyway. Its the easiest way for us. I don't want 7 practice suits hanging in his bathroom.

[Anonymous]

Salad spinner. Seriously. Buy a cheap one and dedicate it to spin-drying the suits. It gets out nearly all the water and then you can drape the barely-damp suit over one of the hook systems suggested above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Salad spinner. Seriously. Buy a cheap one and dedicate it to spin-drying the suits. It gets out nearly all the water and then you can drape the barely-damp suit over one of the hook systems suggested above.

OOMG - I love this idea. I may have to give it a try!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
They are generally dry, but as I posted they get in the shower with their suits on. I have them take them off and rinse them in the shower for me and then hang up on the hooks.

+1. DD has a ton of suits and this is how we rotate them. Every now and then I wash them all on a gentle cycle but even then honestly the smell of chlorine never actually goes away. Rinse and hang in the shower the rest of the time.

[Anonymous]

We put a towel bar in the shower. Kids hand wash (with a few drops of Woolite) and rinse suits while they are taking a shower. Have been trained to do this since early elementary and summers at the pool.