The hippogriff can hear the pony’s voice from inside “Coming!” and a few seconds later the door opens “Oh. Hey there Vindicar.”
"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”
"Well, that’s the price for the armor not falling off in the middle of combat," Vindicar jokes, approaching the tank Pewny seem to have chosen for the test. "First try with just hot water, right? No sense in wasting soap until most dirt is taken care of."
“Fair enough.” He chuckles again, then nods at the question “Yeah, just throw it in there and do what I said”