Issue with Washing my winter gloves

[chefisaac]

Looking for some advise.

Last year when I started commuting, I bought these wonderful gloves that I love. They are full fingered and have a built in liner. But I HATE when I have to wash them. When I wash them, the liner gets messed up in the glove and it takes me FOREVER to align the fingers since it is a built in liner. My wife, who has more patience then me and smaller hands tried and cannot get it.

I would love to keep these gloves because I know they work for me but hate washing them. Any advice or tricks of the trade? I know someone will say "buy gloves with separate liners". Food for thought but would like to stick with this for the time being.

Thank you!

[Gojohnnygo.]

Washing machine? I just wash mine by hand in the kitchen sink.

[chefisaac]

But how do you get them dry by morning?

[hyhuu]

Put the gloves over the vent or on the floor near the refrigerator front door. They should dry out by morning.

[ThermionicScott]

But how do you get them dry by morning?

Wear the other pair while they dry.

[erig007]

i've had the same problem. To solve it I've just sewed the liner for each fingertip

[chefisaac]

i've had the same problem. To solve it I've just sewed the liner for each fingertip

Great idea! Thank you

[MadCityCyclist]

You're going to think this is a joke, but consider it:

1) Buy 10 bottles of wine.
2) Drink the wine, not all at once, obviously, and SAVE THE CORKS.
3) Before washing the gloves, put a cork in each of the fingers. Push the cork all the way to the end of the fingers.
4) Remove the corks before drying.

The corks will cause the gloves to float at first but if they are in with a full load of laundry the other clothes will keep them circulating.

There's probably other things to stuff in each of the glove's fingers, but wine corks worked for me. I should also say that I no longer use this method because I no longer machine wash the gloves. It's just too hard on them, the reflective trim lost a bunch of its reflective properties after the first wash, and the gloves started splitting at the seams after the 3rd-4th wash. Now I have two pair and use one pair while the others are being washed by hand and dried by the air.

[Machka]

Looking for some advise.

Last year when I started commuting, I bought these wonderful gloves that I love. They are full fingered and have a built in liner. But I HATE when I have to wash them. When I wash them, the liner gets messed up in the glove and it takes me FOREVER to align the fingers since it is a built in liner. My wife, who has more patience then me and smaller hands tried and cannot get it.

I would love to keep these gloves because I know they work for me but hate washing them. Any advice or tricks of the trade? I know someone will say "buy gloves with separate liners". Food for thought but would like to stick with this for the time being.

Thank you!

Turn them inside out before you wash them.

[Hezz]

Looking for some advise.

Last year when I started commuting, I bought these wonderful gloves that I love. They are full fingered and have a built in liner. But I HATE when I have to wash them. When I wash them, the liner gets messed up in the glove and it takes me FOREVER to align the fingers since it is a built in liner. My wife, who has more patience then me and smaller hands tried and cannot get it.

I would love to keep these gloves because I know they work for me but hate washing them. Any advice or tricks of the trade? I know someone will say "buy gloves with separate liners". Food for thought but would like to stick with this for the time being.

Thank you!

Cut the linings out of the shell and sew up the raw edge with a zig-zag stitch. Make the linings removable and pull them apart when washing. They will dry much faster and come cleaner too.

[dscheidt]

i've had the same problem. To solve it I've just sewed the liner for each fingertip

Do note that poking holes in the shell of the glove will ruin the water proofing of the shell (or the liner, if it's supposed to be waterproof.0. That might not matter, it might. It will also somewhat reduce the insulating ability of the glove.