How to clean a hunt coat?

[Doug]

Well after my first days hunting, I now need to work out how to clean a tweed hunt jacket!

Impromptu deviation in flightpath between the mount and myself has lead to some mud and grass becoming a fixture on my jacket. I have left it to dry out.
Am I best off with a good stiff brush? Any trade secrets?

 

[Doormouse]

Cold water and a stiff brush, ideally the night you get home!

Best done outside and then left to dry away from direct heat over a few days so no shrinking.

 

[Goldenstar]

I let them dry and use my favourite dandy brush which I keep for this job .
Very bad mud can be gently scrapped off with a butter knife .

 

[turnbuckle]

A gutsy hoover works quite well once dry. Just hope your tweed is a grassy/muddy shade

 

[Northern Hare]

Where I learnt to ride, years and years ago, when the owner (who was an MFH) returned from a muddy day hunting, he used to put his thick heavy Melton wool hunt jacket on a wooden coat hanger and then dunk the coat in the big rain water trough on the yard swill it around a bit then hang to drip dry! He always looked immaculate so I guess it did work!

 

[jess_asterix]

These are the best http://www.toolsuniverse.co.uk/liberon-drill-brush.html?language=en&currency=GBP

Get the coat looking like new, don't press too hard though!

 

[JenHunt]

i use a moderately stiff clothes brush, and where there's a mark left from mucky water or the mud then I'll sponge it out gently with cold water and leave to dry away from direct heat.