My gloves are ripe!
05-17-05 | 10:13 PM
#29
Thread Starter
2-Cyl, 1/2 HP @ 90 RPM
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 15,762
Likes: 5
From: NYC
Bikes: 04' Specialized Hardrock Sport, 03' Giant OCR2 (SOLD!), 04' Litespeed Firenze, 04' Giant OCR Touring, 07' Specialized Langster Comp
Heh I tossed the gloves, washed my hands, and now I have 2 pairs of these plus another pair of pearl izumi's to switch between.
05-18-05 | 12:12 AM
#30
Metaphorically speaking
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 807
Likes: 0
From: Auckland, NZ
Bikes: Cannondale R600 ultegra spec
Any willing to transfer their stink-busting expertise to shoes? mine honk even after a hot washing machine wash. Last time I stuck them in the dishwasher, even that didn't work. My colleauge is gasping.
05-18-05 | 10:08 AM
#31
Senior Member
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 1,328
Likes: 0
From: The Alta Loma area of Rancho Cucamonga. About 45 miles east of Los Angeles, California. Uphill, downhill and across hill riding; not too level!
Originally Posted by pj7
Well hell, if they smell that bad then find a roadkill carcus and shove them up any exposed orifice for a week, after that they should smell BETTER than previous 
OK, now to make a serious response, kinda related to my previous jest.
If I recall correctly, on the molecular level of sweat, what makes it really stink is called "thiols", which is the same stuff in decomposing meat/flesh, skunk spreay, and human crap. Ironically, when water is introduced to this "chemical" it sort of activates it, causing it to multiply and hence making the stench worse.
Back in the country, we'd wash our dogs in a mixture of arm-and-hammer baking soda, drug store hydrogen peroxide, and a little dish soap when they got the bad end of a skunk and it worked like a charm. The chemical reaction of the baking soda and peroxide nutralized the thiols and the dish soap helped to wash the stuff out of the dogs hair.
Give that a shot.
OK, now to make a serious response, kinda related to my previous jest.
If I recall correctly, on the molecular level of sweat, what makes it really stink is called "thiols", which is the same stuff in decomposing meat/flesh, skunk spreay, and human crap. Ironically, when water is introduced to this "chemical" it sort of activates it, causing it to multiply and hence making the stench worse.
Back in the country, we'd wash our dogs in a mixture of arm-and-hammer baking soda, drug store hydrogen peroxide, and a little dish soap when they got the bad end of a skunk and it worked like a charm. The chemical reaction of the baking soda and peroxide nutralized the thiols and the dish soap helped to wash the stuff out of the dogs hair.
Give that a shot.
This stuff WORKS. It works on tomcat piss AND skunk spray. I'm a betting it will work on your stinky gloves too. I dumped this onto our tomcat pissed-upon front door and the smell was gone literally instantly. I have soaked tomcat blankets in this and then washed them and the come out smelling nice and clean, no odor at all. Neighbor's dog was skunk sprayed and this took care of it without hurting the dog, except it made the dogs's coat a tad drier.
The detergent in the following is necessary to break down any oils in the smelly stuff (like in skunk spray), so you might want to try just the peroxide and soda to soak your gloves in if you don't have any liquid Dawn detergent. Just the peroxide and soda has worked for me on smelly, non-oily stuff.
The "recipe" is 1 pint (2 cups) over-the-counter medicinal use hydrodgen peroxide + 1/4 baking soda (bicarbonate of soda aka "Arm and Hammer") and a tablespoon or two of good liquid (by hand) dishwashing DETERGENT--like than "Dawn" diswashing liquid. Dissolve the baking soda into the hydrogen peroxide and stir in the hand diswashing detergent. Soak your gloves in this for a while and then rinse and launder. Air dry your gloves and don't let them go so long next time if you sweat alot in them!
05-18-05 | 01:45 PM
#32
Enjoy
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 6,165
Likes: 0
From: Seattle metro
Bikes: Trek 5200
Originally Posted by slvoid
Oh man, I have a pair of gloves I've been using for commuting for the past year and a half, I've washed them maybe once every 2 months or so. These things are reeking.
Any tips for washing the smell out? I've tried everything, baking soda, soaking them in hot water, that febreeze type stuff. The moment they get the least bit damp, they go off like a bomb.
So new gloves or what?
Any tips for washing the smell out? I've tried everything, baking soda, soaking them in hot water, that febreeze type stuff. The moment they get the least bit damp, they go off like a bomb.
So new gloves or what?
05-18-05 | 01:56 PM
#33
semifreddo amartuerer
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 4,599
Likes: 2
From: Northern CA
Bikes: several
I just toss them in the washing machine with other cycling gear about every week or so (no bleach, no fabric softener). And I buy cheap ones so that I don't feel too bad about discarding them when they fall apart or when the Antistink Resistant Bacteria buildup becomes too great.
05-18-05 | 02:50 PM
#35
Thread Starter
2-Cyl, 1/2 HP @ 90 RPM
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 15,762
Likes: 5
From: NYC
Bikes: 04' Specialized Hardrock Sport, 03' Giant OCR2 (SOLD!), 04' Litespeed Firenze, 04' Giant OCR Touring, 07' Specialized Langster Comp
Originally Posted by vrkelley
Hey ripe-fingers...which suggestion worked?
