Softening fabric of hammock questins?

**Armor Like Fire** · 08-22-2013, 09:34

Hey guys I have been planning out this hammock for a while now and got my fabric in for it yesterday evening and worked on my hammock for about six hours and finished about 1:30am and hung it in my room and went to sleep.
I slept really great in it but the Materal is crinkle taffeta Polly. It obviously has been sewn already, but is their any way I can like wash the hammock(with out the suspension) to make it softer or anything? And if so will it mess up the strength/color of my hammock? Now it's a narcoleptic grey body and black sides!

thanks a bunch guys may get around to putting up pics of it later today if their is any interest.

**zooshooter** · 08-22-2013, 11:58

Originally Posted by Viper

Hey guys I have been planning out this hammock for a while now and got my fabric in for it yesterday evening and worked on my hammock for about six hours and finished about 1:30am and hung it in my room and went to sleep.
I slept really great in it but the Materal is crinkle taffeta Polly. It obviously has been sewn already, but is their any way I can like wash the hammock(with out the suspension) to make it softer or anything? And if so will it mess up the strength/color of my hammock? Now it's a narcoleptic grey body and black sides!

thanks a bunch guys may get around to putting up pics of it later today if their is any interest.

I made 2 tablecloth hammocks myself and recently washed them in with my regular laundry. I didn't do anything special, even left my amsteel continuous loops on the ends. Just tossed it in with my dark clothing and let the washing machine do its thing. I didn't notice a really big change, but they are definitely softer after the wash and a tumble dry.

**STinGa** · 08-22-2013, 12:56

I have washed mine (both the DIY and purchased ones) in the washer … cold water and gentle cycle. I was worried about the drier, so I just hung dried them. No issues with the material afterwards.

STinGa

**Armor Like Fire** · 08-22-2013, 15:24

Originally Posted by STinGa

I have washed mine (both the DIY and purchased ones) in the washer … cold water and gentle cycle. I was worried about the drier, so I just hung dried them. No issues with the material afterwards.

STinGa

Did it makes yours any more soft?

**old4hats** · 08-22-2013, 17:43

I put mine in with the rest of the wash, and take it to the porch and hang it to dry, and it dries quickly.

**Armor Like Fire** · 08-22-2013, 19:35

Will it make the color fade out of my hammock at all?

**fly fisher** · 08-22-2013, 22:54

I've washed both my crinkle taffeta tablecloth & Eagles Nest Outfitters hammocks in hopes they would get softer. (Normal wash cycle/detergent & in the electric drier.) It made each of them only very slightly softer - not significant. No noticeable fading of color. I pulled the suspension off of them, but I would've wash them with the amsteel loops, if they had them.

Maybe fabric softener would make a difference.

**zooshooter** · 08-23-2013, 09:17

Originally Posted by Viper

Will it make the color fade out of my hammock at all?

I didn't notice any fading other than on the amsteel. My hammocks are a black/navy double layer and a navy single layer with red amsteel loops. They both came out looking the same as they went in, as far as I could tell.