Cleaning Snow Covers?

[neil b]

Hey Guys,
Just wondering if you have any tips on cleaning extremely muddy snow covers. The mud and blood seems to be pretty stuck in the material of the cover. Anybody bleach them clean?
Thanks for the ideas,
Neil

[Mark Brendemuehl]

However you clean it make certain to not use anything with UV brighteners. If it is that caked in maybe a pressure washer would be in order?
Mark

[Curt Wilson]

I have not bleached them. Have you washed them yet? If you have, what did you use.

[neil b]

Right now, my college house doesn't have a working hose, so I put my first snow cover in the tub with some room temperature water. I tried to srub the cover but the mud doesn't seem to want to cooperate. Without a pressure washer or a hose its hard getting the stuff off.
I haven't tried any soap or bleach yet, and i didn't want to make a total mess of my washer machine. As it is i got a tub full of mud and goose feathers. I was thinking about putting them in a big plastic bin with some water and bleach?
Thanks for the ideas guys - appreciate it,
neil

[lizard55033]

Find a self serve car wash. That should help.

[duhker]

I used Atsko? brand unscented laundry detergent- the same stuff I wash my deer hunting clothes in. It says it has no UV brighteners in it and it worked on the mud pretty good. Give it a whirl:cool:

[Zach White]

Find a self serve car wash. That should help.

Exactly,

My snow covers got really muddy this year I tried washing them in the wash machine but I didn't use any soap. It worked ok but I took them to the car wash and power washed them that worked very well!

[Rick Frisch]

You could try a laundry mat with commercial size washers. Use warm water. I would not use any bleach. Do not dry.

Thanks,

[BDO]

Just a FYI...

I washed all of our covers at the end of the season, and the they came out pretty clean in cold water, no detergent, cold air dryer setting (both front loader machines).

The noticeable difference were the newer denier covers we bought this year, they had dried blood, mud, spilled coffee(!), you name it, and they look like new when simply washed in cold water. The older cotton covers are goin on the shelf!