Louie3 - make sure you get new panty hose, not mom's. New has less soap from washing and should not have body lotion on them. Then all you have to do is rinse them off good in warm water and they are ready to use. Cheaper also means disposable when they get dirty and the mesh bags from the LFS are something you will want to wash and that's more trouble than its worth sometimes. Still, if your application calls for a heavy weight bag, the mesh ones are better.