You know the solutions that the swimwear sales people try to sell you when you are purchasing a new bathing suit? What if I told you that this should be used on the swimsuit to maintain the quality and the material and they weren’t just trying to up-sell you some seven dollar swimwear cleaning solution? In fact, washing your swimwear, by hand and using this solution could save you hundreds of dollars when it comes to replacing swimwear.
Here are some other basic swimwear tips that you should take into account when taking care of your swimwear:
After you are finished swimming, remove the swimsuit and wash the swimsuit in water only. This can help to remove the impurities that can often be seen from swimming such as salt water and chlorine. Both of these components can break down the material of the swimsuit, meaning that they swimsuit is not going to last as long.
Do not dry your swimsuits in the dryer and do not dry the swimsuits in the sun. Swimsuits should be cleaned in a solution that is made for cleaning swimwear and lingerie and dried flat in an area that does not directly get sun. The sun can help to fade the colors which are found in the swimwear.
To maintain and preserve the color of the swimsuit mix a combination of 4L of water and 1 cup of vinegar to get a swimsuit solution that can assist in maintaining the colors of the swimwear.