Washing HydroFoil Endure

Hydrofoil™ Endure

Like the drivetrain or expensive components on your bike, proper care and maintenance is essential to extend the life of your HydroFoil™ Endure rain jacket or pants and optimise their performance over time.

Wash Regularly

• Accumulated dirt, body oil, sunscreen, insect repellant and sweat degrades the waterproof-breathable membrane and the factory-applied water repellant treatment on the outside of the HydroFoil™ fabric.
• Wash often - even with no visible dirt - to maintain performance and extend garment life. In real terms that translates to washing after about half a dozen outings, or after a particularly grubby ride. If it looks dirty, then your garment is definitely overdue some love.
• No need for kid gloves - just a warm machine wash at 40º with a mild plant-based soap like Ecostore, Earthwise or Aware.
• You can also opt for a specific sport wash like Nikwax Tech Wash or Grangers Performance Wash - around NZ$30 online or from most outdoor shops.
  
• Avoid cold-water detergents and those with bleach, 'oxygen whitener' or fabric softener.
• The cold-water varieties have little enzymes that are super-charged to brave the cold but damage technical fabrics like HydroFoil™.
• Bleach and sodium percarbonate (the main ingredient in oxygen whitener) can also cause damage and make colours run.
• Fabric softener and wool wash attack HydroFoil's water repellent finish.

Drying

• After washing, preferably line dry or if that’s not practical give it a spin in the dryer on a warm (not hot) cycle.
• Unlike standard DWR treatments HydroFoil™ Endure’s integrated silicone treatment does not require ‘recharging’ in a dryer.
• And because the integrated silicone treatment is so durable, it is only after extended use that there will be any benefit from reproofing with a water repellent solution like TX Direct.

Store Dry

• A damp jacket left to fester for an extended period of time in your bag will suffer. Hang it on a hook or coat hanger in a dry place between rides.