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sleepyredmoo
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Joined: 26 Mar 2008
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Location: Fergus, Ontario, Canada
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 Posted: Aug 15, 2008 1:20 pm Post subject: cleaning chakin |
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| how do you guys clean your chakins, i don't want to ruin mine, but it's getting kinda brownish |
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hpulley
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Location: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Nov 21, 2008 1:48 am Post subject: |
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| Okimasasensei said you can bleach them, though I don't think that was the traditional way. Traditionally there was of course a prescribed method of boiling the chakin. |
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okimasa
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Location: Elora, Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Nov 21, 2008 2:19 am Post subject: |
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| hpulley wrote: | | Okimasasensei said you can bleach them, though I don't think that was the traditional way. Traditionally there was of course a prescribed method of boiling the chakin. |
I've tried bleaching... didn't work so well. After 4 or 5 bleachings, my chakin sort of desitegraded |
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hpulley
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| Posted: Nov 21, 2008 3:34 am Post subject: |
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| Sorry, he said just a drop or two of bleach, not soaking it in bleach or anything like that. Myself, I find just boiling them for a while makes them sterile at least; we never buy real bleach anymore, just colour safe anyways. They are brown or cha-iro 茶色 as they say but that's OK. |
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Chip
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| Posted: Nov 21, 2008 3:58 am Post subject: |
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| okimasa wrote: | | hpulley wrote: | | Okimasasensei said you can bleach them, though I don't think that was the traditional way. Traditionally there was of course a prescribed method of boiling the chakin. |
I've tried bleaching... didn't work so well. After 4 or 5 bleachings, my chakin sort of desitegraded |
Maybe it is just woven from the same cloth as the "emperor's cloths?" (H. C. Anderson).  |
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okimasa
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Location: Elora, Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Nov 21, 2008 6:13 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, I'll be honest, I think I could have done a better job at looking after that chakin then I did. I probably used too much bleach or something because it was a really good quality!
Anyway, I got a new one (about 4 months ago) and haven't bleached it and its still in perfect condition. |
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sleepyredmoo
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Location: Fergus, Ontario, Canada
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| Posted: Nov 21, 2008 7:00 am Post subject: |
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| i don't think i'll try bleaching mine either way, it's not that bad. and i don't want to have to get a new one. |
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