I have made virtually no attempt to clean it besidea to just brush it off. I strongly suspect it could be easily cleaned and removed, just no desire to run to my local reputable dry cleaners to get that done. This appear to be a tie on model, or note there is no clasp on the rear of the straps that hold this on. Having used a lot of similar face masks hunting and especially traditional bow hunting (AKA a stick and string with a 15 yard ethical max shot) this is a usable system and actually should work as well or better than others.