Anything made by man starts to fall apart even before its finished. A Ghillie Suit is no different. It gets an awful lot of help though from the end user. Crawling along uncertain ground, running through brush with branches grabbing for it all the way, and usually being stored wet and dirty. One look at a mans Ghillie Suit will tell whether hes got his heart in whatever he's doing. Whether it's hunting or paintballing or something else, he's going to put a lot of wear and tear on his suit to do so.
A lot of macho types misled to believe that the dress will never be clean. These are the same, should be dragged through cow pies and so, before it is too ready to believe. You never even wash their coffee. I would encourage this behavior because they need a new dress long before this. I am not a supporter of this idea, and I want to get many years of service from your Ghillie Suit.
The first rule iskeep it clean and dry. Clean your clothing with the new plastic is a cinch. I find that with the driveway pipes and really effective. Use tap water, without soap or chemicals. This works for old clothes. Older people take much longer to dry. Dry is a must. No matter how clean you think you have it, when wet street, you will not see when you pull back and share. Things grow in damp places. If you hang up wet in a closet next to yourwife's Sunday-go-to-meetin clothes, you will discover another reason for keeping it clean and dry.
By the very nature of a Ghillie Suit its going to get snagged on branches and such and will most likely suffer some damage. Threads will become shredded or torn loose completely. Webbing Will break in places. Not to be concerned. You don't have to fly in your Hong Kong tailor. The threads are usually tied on with a simple overhand or a loop knot. Simply untie the damaged one and tie a new one in its place. If its the sort of suit that has thread sewn onto some material, shove your needle through the cloth, take it around the clump of thread, shove it back through the cloth and tie a knot.
If you have broken webbing, tie a piece of cord across the gap. You can only make it better. Very rarely will you find a suit damaged so badly that it has a big hole in it. In these cases, you just have more strings to tie. Of course if that doesn't appeal to you, I'm always here for you. Just buy another.
Over time you may decide the colors have faded or you have moved and your new terrain is not coordinated with your suit. The thread can be bought in almost any color you like and tie it on as mentioned before. You are not confined to the thread we sell. Look around your house and find cloth in the colors you need and cut narrow strips of it and tie or sew it on. You can only make it better. Every time you go out in your Ghillie Suit look it over and see if there is a place that needs another color or maybe a little more density. If you are constantly improving it, there is no way it can deteriorate.
Happy Woodsying!
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