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How to clean LL Bean Beach Bags?

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    Erindesmar   October 17, 2009  Boston, MA

    Hey hive!  Does anyone have an LL Bean beach bag/tote? 

    The tags say to "spot clean only."  After a week in Bermuda, the beach bag needs a little more than that.  I am tempted to wash alone, cold, in a hand wash cycle in the dryer, and then stuff with towels and dry it (to keep the shape.)

    Any suggestions?

     
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    Dancy905   9.5.10  NY, NY

    I'm not sure what color yours is - I have a few. The ones with the darker handles & white canvas tend to bleed color into the white a little but it wasn't too bad. Mine are so old & beat up that I just throw them into the machine in cold with some woolite. They'll never be good as new again though. I definitely wouldn't put them in the dryer - I think the canvas might shrink. 

    I'd try bringing them to the dry cleaner too. 

     
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    arizonabride   05/01/2010  Scottsdale, AZ / Sedona, AZ

    My FI used to work at L.L. Bean and we have a few of those bags. He's been washing them on gentle cycle with only a little soap and air drying and they've been fine. Ours are the plain canvas colored ones and one has a monogram on it. I would think you caould also use a brush with oxy clean and water and then hose them down to rinse.

     
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    Erindesmar   October 17, 2009  Boston, MA

    Thanks ladies - mine is a melon orange (light color) with canvas color bottom and monogramming.  Maybe I should get an oxybrush...

     

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