I hope it's a given that you are keeping your clothes clean and scent free, as well as your person.

Carbon suits absorb odor. Any odor. For them to work properly, I would first wash them in a carbon friendly wash, like Atsko Sportswash (the best, in my opinion) in hot water. While your washing them, remove any residue and fluff you see in your dryer and run it empty on high while you are washing the suit. This will heat it up, as well as help to eliminate any built up laundry odors (detergents, dryer sheets, etc).

Dry the suit on High for about an hour. Immediately store it by itself (no pine boughs or scent wafers as the suit will absorb those odors and be unable to absorb your scent when needed) in an airtight container (HS makes big scent proof plastic "ziplock" style bags that work well). I then put this bag in a plastic tub with my other clean and scent free hunting clothes.

Only put the scent lok on when you get to the field, and away from your car. When done, put it immediately in it's airtight container, again away from the car.

If it's kept clean (not a lot of sweating, no visible dirt, etc) you will only have to regenerate it by drying on high for another hour (after the dryer has run on high empty) every 10 hunts or so, varies by how much and how long you hunt.

It works well, but is not a miracle. Don't treat it like this, and it quickly becomes just another layer of very expensive clothing.

Thought I should add, any clothing I plan to wear outside of my carbon suit (I use a liner system) get's the same treatment as my carbon liner. I haven't been busted by a deer since 1997.




Edited by - Rangeball on 09/17/2002 11:10:14