How to Care For and Clean Your Ghillie Suit

 One look at a mans Ghillie Suit will tell whether hesclothes, you will discover another reason for keeping it
got his heart in whatever he's doing. Whether it'sclean and dry.
hunting or paintballing or something else, he's going toBy the very nature of a Ghillie Suit its going to get
put a lot of wear and tear on his suit doing it. Anythingsnagged on branches and such and will most likely
made by man starts to fall apart even before itssuffer some damage. Threads will become shredded
finished. A Ghillie Suit is no different. It gets an awful lotor torn loose completely. Webbing Will break in places.
of help though from the end user. Crawling alongNot to be concerned. You don't have to fly in your
uncertain ground, running through brush with branchesHong Kong tailor. The threads are usually tied on with
grabbing for it all the way, and usually being stored weta simple overhand or a loop knot. Simply untie the
and dirty. One look at a mans Ghillie Suit will telldamaged one and tie a new one in its place. If its the
whether hes got his heart in whatever he's doing.sort of suit that has thread sewn onto some material,
Whether it's hunting or paintballing or something else,shove your needle through the cloth, take it around the
he's going to put a lot of wear and tear on his suitclump of thread, shove it back through the cloth and tie
doing it.a knot.
A lot of misled macho types believe that the suitIf you have broken webbing, tie a piece of cord across
should never be cleaned. These are the same onesthe gap. You can only make it better. Very rarely will
that believe it has to be dragged through cow pattiesyou find a suit damaged so badly that it has a big hole
and such before it's ready for use. They also neverin it. In these cases, you just have more strings to tie.
wash their coffee pot. I should be promoting thisOf course if that doesn't appeal to you, is always here
behaviour since they'll be needing a new suit muchfor you. Just buy another.
sooner that way. I am not an advocate of this thinkingOver time you may decide the colors have faded or
and I would like for you to get a lot of years serviceyou have moved and your new terrain is not
from your Ghillie Suit.coordinated with your suit. The thread can be bought in
The first rule is to keep it clean and dry. Cleaning a suitalmost any color you like and tie it on as mentioned
with the new synthetics is a breeze. I find that layingbefore. You are not confined to the thread we sell.
one out on the driveway and hosing it down is reallyLook around your house and find cloth in the colors
effective. Use plain water, no soaps or chemicals. Thisyou need and cut narrow strips of it and tie or sew it
works on the older suits too. The older ones just takeon. You can only make it better. Every time you go out
a lot longer to dry. Dry is an absolute must. No matterin your Ghillie Suit look it over and see if there is a
how clean you think you have it, if you put it awayplace that needs another color or maybe a little more
wet, you won't recognize it when you pull it out again.density. If you are constantly improving it, there is no
Things grow in moist places. If you hang it up wet in away it can deteriorate.
closet next to your wife's Sunday-go-to-meetin