No special instructions for any of my clothes, including my wool socks (wool socks rule!!) I'm a guy. But also, as a guy, I have my fair share of lazy built in-- so I bought one of those washer bags ladies use to wash bras and the like. After a ride, the socks, gloves, skullcap, etc, all go in the bag, get zipped up, and washed with the rest of the load. Then I don't have to dig through the washer to find the glove that's stuck to the inside of a shirt somewhere. Hlade's Law in effect.