My bag stinks
08-24-05, 06:23 PM
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My bag stinks
I've used my bag for a week of courier work and it's starting to have an all encompasing odour. would it be safe to throw it in the washing machine? There's no way I can have this smell with me all day tomorrow. I was pretty much bearable most of today but soon as I got home I felt like there was somone behind with a serious b.o. problem. I kept turning around but found no one but me. It's a chrome. Anyone have any problems washing them in the machine? How about drying?
08-24-05, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by vindicator
I've used my bag for a week of courier work and it's starting to have an all encompasing odour. would it be safe to throw it in the washing machine? There's no way I can have this smell with me all day tomorrow. I was pretty much bearable most of today but soon as I got home I felt like there was somone behind with a serious b.o. problem. I kept turning around but found no one but me. It's a chrome. Anyone have any problems washing them in the machine? How about drying?
there have been a bunch of threads about this, but if you don't want to search for them i think the best suggestion was to soak it in vinegar and hot water.
washing machine and regular soap don't do much iirc.
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Originally Posted by dolface
there have been a bunch of threads about this, but if you don't want to search for them i think the best suggestion was to soak it in vinegar and hot water.
washing machine and regular soap don't do much iirc.
washing machine and regular soap don't do much iirc.
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peripatetic was a strong advocate of vinegar as well, in the thread i started. haven't seen him around since his "screw nyc bikeshops" ranting. oh well. i wonder if he would have had more lessons for us..
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Hey, it's good to see the forum moving back to normal after the Don Walker dust up. A thread about bag stench is what was really needed. If we could get a followup thread on shoes or, be still my beating heart, chain lube, I'd say we'd be well on the road to recovery.
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Originally Posted by EnLaCalle
peripatetic was a strong advocate of vinegar as well, in the thread i started. haven't seen him around since his "screw nyc bikeshops" ranting.
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Wait you got the skank out of a pair of gloves? What is this magic oxyclean substance you speak of?
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08-25-05, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by ImOnCrank
Wait you got the skank out of a pair of gloves? What is this magic oxyclean substance you speak of?
Can I interst you in a Gopher? A Ding King? How bout a Phone Free?
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Don't forget the Garden Claw Gold...
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Originally Posted by Plinkerton
Don't forget the Garden Claw Gold...
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to clean bags in the backyard
I've used a bucket with dish soap (not too much) and warm water,
get a mop handle and thrash it around in the water with the bag
rinse with the hose ...
now for that hygene problem...you can't exactly do the same thing
I've used a bucket with dish soap (not too much) and warm water,
get a mop handle and thrash it around in the water with the bag
rinse with the hose ...
now for that hygene problem...you can't exactly do the same thing
08-25-05, 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Jerl
now for that hygiene problem...you can't exactly do the same thing
08-25-05, 10:34 PM
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I should really try this vinegar thing. At the end of the day, my bag smells worse than I do, and that's an achievement.
