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Community Conversation => Female to male transsexual talk (FTM) => Transsexual talk => FTM Gear => Topic started by: Michael Joseph on April 10, 2011, 02:54:39 PM

Title: wash your binder?
Post by: Michael Joseph on April 10, 2011, 02:54:39 PM
how often? ever? ive heard some guys say they do sometimes, some regularly, some never. i was just wondering if it helps or makes it worse, and what you guys do. thanks in advanced  :)

michael
Title: Re: wash your binder?
Post by: xAndrewx on April 10, 2011, 03:59:16 PM
I wear mine daily so I was it at least once a week if not more to avoid nasty back breakouts. I get those if I don't wash it. I just toss it through the washer and dryer.
Title: Re: wash your binder?
Post by: Michael Joseph on April 10, 2011, 04:02:30 PM
ok cool. do u just wash and dry it on regular and it doesnt wear it out faster or anything like that?

Title: Re: wash your binder?
Post by: xAndrewx on April 10, 2011, 04:17:18 PM
It lasted me a year and a half of doing that before it started to wear down. Now it's about 2 years old and has some holes but it's still wearable. I toss it in with my clothes like a normal wash. It's a tri-top btw.
Title: Re: wash your binder?
Post by: Michael Joseph on April 10, 2011, 04:19:45 PM
thanks for the replies man, happy to know itll last even if i was it regularly lol
Title: Re: wash your binder?
Post by: owl on April 10, 2011, 06:46:53 PM
I probably wash mine twice a week. i have two binders so i switch back and forth. I have a tri top and a full length binder, both from underworks.
Title: Re: wash your binder?
Post by: Liam K on April 13, 2011, 01:43:21 AM
I wash mine about once a week.  I put it in the washer with the rest of my clothes, but I don't put it in the dryer.  I've done that before, and while it's not awful, it does seem to warp them a little bit.
Title: Re: wash your binder?
Post by: CFPrice on April 13, 2011, 11:36:51 PM
I wash mine once a week, it's a day-to-day binder, the Ultimate Conceal Tank from Underworks (or something like that, full body). Until I'd had it a year, I washed it in a delicate bag and air dried it. Now it's started to lose its shape and I wash and dry it once a week, to get the spandex tightened back up.