"Deodorising" gloves?

[CookMySock]

Coming back from Greymouth the other night my hands got so cold i stopped and pissed on the pair of em

If you get too cold, get off and push your bike for a bit. Or park your bike and run up a hill and back - ZIP your keys safely in a pocket beforehand!

Steve

[macros87]

+ 1

A magazine I read, suggested that freezing them kills the stinky bacteria and gets rid of the smell. Worth a shot anyway.

levis jeans recommend that you wash em as little as possible, so to get rid of smells they say you should place it in a plastic bag (zip lock type bags) and put them in the freezer over night take them out the next day and air them... if it works for jeans and it kills the bacteria like megageoff says then i don't see why it wouldn't work with gloves?

[98tls]

If you get too cold, get off and push your bike for a bit. Or park your bike and run up a hill and back - ZIP your keys safely in a pocket beforehand!

Steve

Bugger that mate,if theres a shop handy i will stop buy a pie,use it to warm up the digits then eat the thing,if not,stop and have a piss,if you can pour it down your throat then theres no problem having it on your hands.....if its that cold,no i dont mean i drink pissyou know what i mean.

[Kirill357]

I poured some hand sanitizer once, worked fine, as it says 'kills 99.9% of bacterias' plus it has some aloe vera for nice and smooth skin

[Winston001]

Grans Remedy. Do it.

[Dave-]

+ 1

A magazine I read, suggested that freezing them kills the stinky bacteria and gets rid of the smell. Worth a shot anyway.

cold doesn't kill bacteria, only forces it to hibernate.

personally I never take my gloves off, you never know when you might need to ride a motorcycle.

[The Stranger:Me]

After a long break in period, I am starting to like my new Quasi winter gloves...apart from one problem...they stink. No no no, this is not Quasi's fault - my hands sweat in 'em and they are hard to dry out, so they end up a little ... errr pongy to say the least.

So what do you do to stop that then? Anyone?

Neat Feet powder from the chemist.

[pritch]

The most basic solution is not to wear the same gloves everyday. Expensive perhaps, but it works

While it isn't good to dry gloves near a heat source, neither should drying take too long or they will smell anyway.

I have a sunporch that works well, weather permitting.

My gloves just smell of leather but I'm trying to get out of the habit of storing them in a helmet. My nice new helmet started to smell of not-so-new
gloves.

[Highlander]

I have a small (the smallest I could find) container of Baby Talc sitting by my gear in the garage and periodically powder my hands before putting my gloves on. Keeps the gloves smelling fresh and makes them easy to slip on and off.
I take it with me on a trip if I think about it.

[jim.cox]

Often the pong is given off by bacteria eating your sweat - ewwww yuk :(

The solution is to kill the bacteria

A soak in detol / savlon or similar does the trick

[slofox]

I'm really particular to only put clean hands in gloves. I carry a visor cleaning-kit (mild detergent solution) that I can use to clean my hands if I am forced to. I hate dirty hands anyway.

Interested to hear all the suggestions though.

Steve

'taint dirty hands that causes the problem...'tis SWEAT wot dunnit...

[Scouse]

Ahhh a thread about hand cheese

[rocketman1]

Yes I have that problem. Or should I say did.
Grannys foot deodoriser, worked a treat, dont put too much in though, you will have white hands, like Michael Jackson.
You even start to sing like him

[toymachine]

febreeze anti bacterial inside the gloves?

[TomJ]

To help gloves dry I stand them on the tank/bars allowing hot air from engine to dry them once parked in the garage at the end of the day. Does not get rid of smells but seems to keep them healthy for longer.