The hippogriff can hear the pony’s voice from inside “Coming!” and a few seconds later the door opens “Oh. Hey there Vindicar.”
Vindicar nods. “Cuirass is easy to clean, and the chainmail underneath it is pretty plain too. But yeah, let’s try it out then. Got anything roomy enough to submerge my armor completely?”
"Well, it depends. Does the armor stay as huge as you when you take it off, or does it ‘deflate’? Because I may have trouble finding something your size"
"It sure can be folded, but I’m not sure how that will affect the cleaning. Anyway, let me take it off."
With that birdpony proceeds to grunt, blush and curse quietly, as he removes the armor piece by piece, wing covers, cuirass and neckpiece actually being detachable. Finally, he folds the thick metal weave and places it down. “Phew. Done.”
“It shouldn’t really, the point is to get all of it soaked mostly, plus, don’t simply ‘dip’ it in water, keep it there and shake while there, that will also help”
The repairpony slightly chuckles at the troubles his friend has taking off that armor “Not that easy I see, huh”