>"...So, everyone, how would you go about washing a tent?" I would set it up and give it a sponge bath with a mild soap and lots of water, and then rinse with the gentlest possible hose spraying. Frankly, I've never washed a tent. This qualifies, at best, as a semi-educated guess. I did use a machine to wash a coated nylon tarp once and most of the coating came off. Weary