The Canvas Slings and stirrups can be laundered in hot water, and tumble dried. Throw it in the wash with your gooey play towels, and the canvas sling should last many many years. You’ll notice it shrinks a bit coming out of the wash, just like blue jeans. The nylon webbing in the perimeter is not contracting, just the cotton in the weave, and it comes back to true shape as soon as you climb in.

The Latigo Sling should be cleaned after use with a hot wet cloth, avoid using cleansers that might strip the protective waxes & glues out of the latigo. Be sure to let the latigo dry completely before you roll it up for storage: it can mildew, and once that stuff gets into the leather it will never come out.

I’m also excited to tell you all about my next Big Project, www.LeatherSlings.XXX, which is finally a place for sling aficionados to upload their best pics, so long as there is a sling somewhere in the pic! I will be installing some Hook-Up software to let members find each other, hopefully with all the bells and whistles like Video Chat, upload video, keep their own blog, and most important of all – Get Laid! For now I just installed WordPress, the same app that runs this website.

Here’s to another banner year, and remember: if you are not seeing stars, you are not doing it right!

Patrick Brumm

Also, I am still working on the new template, so the general appearance should improve a bit.

Try to make sure excess chain is not dangling from the sling corners!