Laundering Vests
To wash your Hellweg armour carrier or load bearing vest:
- Remove armour panels and plates
- Remove all items from pouches and pockets
- Close all zips and hook and loop fasteners
- Wash in cold or warm water at no more than 40degC
- Use mild detergent
- Hang to dry in the shade
- Do NOT dry clean
- Do NOT use fabric softeners, bleach or solvent
- Do NOT tumble dry
- Do NOT iron
Cleaning Armour Panels and Plates
Do NOT submerge or machine wash amour plates or panels. Doing so may impair their performance and will void their warranty.
To clean, remove amour plates or panels from the vest and wipe with a damp cloth, if necessary, using mild detergent.
Storing Vests and Armour
Incorrect storage of armour can damage it and degrade its performance over time. Therefore armour must be stored as follows:
Store soft armour panels, including ballistic and stab resistant panels either:
- In the vest, with the vest on a hanger.
Do NOT lay the vest on a flat surface with the armour panels in situ, as this may cause damage due to creasing and folding. - Removed from the vest, laying flat on a shelf or similar, with no folds.
Hard armour plates must be stored either:
- In the vest, or
- On a shelf or in a cupboard, protected from accidental knocks and drops.
Dropping hard armour plates on hard surfaces may cause damage detrimental to their performance and generally cannot be seen by visual inspection. Impact damage will void their warranty.
If impact damage is suspected, contact us and we can arrange X ray inspection.