How to Wash backpacks?

[Sauce]

Hi,

I have a nylon backpack (burton) and it's pretty light in color (lime green) and i've used it for a while now, meanwhile, it has picked up a lot of dirt. What is the best way to wash the entire backpack?

Should I drop it off and dry clean it? Or should I spot clean?

[Cue]

spot clean if not mad dirty, but i have also thrown my in the machine with no adverse effects

[mike lowrey]

a brush might be better than a cloth if its really dirty.

[emuRay]

I just washed my old black eastpack yesterday because it was full of dust and always had a strange smell that I could not stand anymore.

I thrown it in the bathtub, handwashed with tepid water and a bit of woolite black, rinsed, came out perfect without any color bleeding...

[familyman]

The best results I've gotten were when I just brought it in the shower with me and scrubbed it as necessary. Backpacks are just so floppy and hard to wash without getting yourself soaked in a sink that it's easiest to just give in and agree to get wet doing the job. I like liquid dish soap (dawn is my fave) and a brush to really get it clean.

[mike lowrey]

I wouldn't like to be naked around dish soap??

[familyman]

I wouldn't like to be naked around dish soap??

It's not a problem. I've had to wash my whole body including my hair in it after spilling transmission fluid on myself from the top of my head down. None the worse for the wear, it just breaks up oily stuff exceptionally well.