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washing your mat :)

topic posted Mon, October 12, 2009 - 5:29 PM by  Lynn 		Share/Save/Bookmark
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What would you say is the best way to wash your mat? Particularly if your essential oils spilled on it :) Other than wiping with warm water, I haven't ever washed a mat! Seems like quite an essential little tid bit on mat care. .. what else does anyone do for mat care?

Thanks!
Lynn
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  • Briggi
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    Re: washing your mat :)

    Mon, October 12, 2009 - 9:28 PM
    If your mat is made of synthetic materials, like a sort of plastic foam, like most mats are, then you can wad it up and push it into a front-loader wash machine at the laundromat for a cycle or two of hot soapy water sloshing around it to get all the funk out. Let the wet mat air out and dry in the daylight sunshine.
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    • niki
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      Re: washing your mat :)

      Mon, October 26, 2009 - 9:19 PM
      i usually use a tea tree oil/warm water spritz and then wipe it really well on both sides.

      but recently, since my hot yoga practice means lots of funkiness after a short while, i soaked it in a a small pool of water in the bath with some tea tree and soap [dr bonners peppermint] and then rung it out, wipesd it down, and let it air dry.

      namaste!
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