Smelly gloves

[jrandom]

Fuckin' softcocks.

Motorcycling is smelly. Deal with it.

[BANZAI]

Fuckin' softcocks.

Motorcycling is smelly. Deal with it.

But girls hate smelly guys

[jrandom]

But girls hate smelly guys

Not while they're on the back of the bike being smelly too.

Anyway, showers and soap are wonderful inventions that have got even more men laid than tequila has.

[The Stranger:Me]

Is there any way to get rid of smells completly or do I have to live with it?

Only thing I found that works is the powder you get to stop shoes smelling.

[Radar]

Is there any way to get rid of smells completly or do I have to live with it?

If you can pull the liner out, wash it several times in hot water with laundry powder. If the liner does not pull out you will need to wash your gloves again but this time use a bottle brush or even a toothbrush (for fingers and thumbs) when the glove is submerged in a bucket of very warm water with laundry powder. Then let the gloves soak for a couple of hours, rinse with very warm water from the tap going straight into the glove, then do it all over again. Get laundry powder with enzymes but do not use really hot water because the enzymes will not work. Forget the hand cream. Do a final rinse for 5 minutes. Use towels to get rid of most water - wrap gloves in a bath towel then step on them until dry as possible. To dry, put near fire or heater for a day - a fan helps considerably.

The trick is to wash more than once and let the gloves soak in enzyme soap powder, then rinse and rinse and rinse again.

Some people have hands that sweat more than others - feet also - and the bad smell is not good at all. There is a way to stop the bad smell from forming after you have clean gloves - put on latex gloves first, that way the sweat cannot get to the inside of the glove. Most riders would not want to bother with latex gloves, however.

[nodrog:Me]

put them in the freezer for 24 hours then let them dry completly

[BANZAI]

If you can pull the liner out, wash it several times in hot water with laundry powder. If the liner does not pull out you will need to wash your gloves again but this time use a bottle brush or even a toothbrush (for fingers and thumbs) when the glove is submerged in a bucket of very warm water with laundry powder. Then let the gloves soak for a couple of hours, rinse with very warm water from the tap going straight into the glove, then do it all over again. Get laundry powder with enzymes but do not use really hot water because the enzymes will not work. Forget the hand cream. Do a final rinse for 5 minutes. Use towels to get rid of most water - wrap gloves in a bath towel then step on them until dry as possible. To dry, put near fire or heater for a day - a fan helps considerably.

The trick is to wash more than once and let the gloves soak in enzyme soap powder, then rinse and rinse and rinse again.

Some people have hands that sweat more than others - feet also - and the bad smell is not good at all. There is a way to stop the bad smell from forming after you have clean gloves - put on latex gloves first, that way the sweat cannot get to the inside of the glove. Most riders would not want to bother with latex gloves, however.

I should try your method. I'll do that after this Sunday

put them in the freezer for 24 hours then let them dry completly

Does it work? Wouldnt freezer get smelly??

[Radar]

Does it work? Wouldnt freezer get smelly??

Freezing should kill the bacteria that cause the smell but it will not get rid of the smell. Freezing gloves on a regular basis might prevent smells from forming or slow the smell-process down. Bacteria feed off sweat and then excrete chemicals that cause the smell.

[Resto lad]

Hey everyone,

Us bikers that ride in all weather, will discover the smelly glove thing, im currently washing my Spidi H2OUT gloves and thought, hhhmmmmm i wonder what others do....????

So what do you do? Do you wash them? Buy new gloves (rich bastards) or use something like neat feet???

Cheers

Heres a tip from Barry Sheen, when riding in the rain.
Try using a pair of the light weight, rubber gloves.
You know the the same yellow ones ya lady uses when washing the dishes.
get the light blue ones, in XL from the super market. (avoid pink ones guys)
they fit over my road race gloves sweetly.
mummmmm dry warm hands, and dry gloves!

[Radar]

Heres a tip from Barry Sheen, when riding in the rain.
Try using a pair of the light weight, rubber gloves.
You know the the same yellow ones ya lady uses when washing the dishes.
get the light blue ones, in XL from the super market. (avoid pink ones guys)
they fit over my road race gloves sweetly.
mummmmm dry warm hands, and dry gloves!

Good idea.

Are there rubber/plastic gloves that fit over winter bike gloves? I have not found anything yet, but hearing that some bikers use bread bags, I asked for a couple of plastic bags at Subway recently - and keep them in my jacket pocket in case I forget to take my Rain Off over-mits (really good, kept my hands warm on the Desert Road at 2 degrees).. Although with either bread or Subway bags you probably have to cut a hole for the thumb.

[Radar]

I should try your method. I'll do that after this Sunday
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Forgot one thing. After washing and the final rinse, if your gloves still smell, pour in Napi San - read the directions about how much to use for disenfecting and dissolve in warm water. After pouring in gloves, wait a minute or so then tip out and leave for a few hours in a warm place. Then rinse, dry and you will definitely have the cleanest and sweetest gloves on the road. Napi San is great disinfectant - unlike toilet cleaner and bleach which can be destructive of leather and other material, plus you would not want bleach or toilet cleaner smell on your hands!

[Big Dog]

If I got some gloves that were that smelly free with a bike I would biff them pronto and get some new ones.
Make sure you wash your hands thoroughly before you wear your new ones.
Other wise your new ones soon stink too.

[BANZAI]

Forgot one thing. After washing and the final rinse, if your gloves still smell, pour in Napi San - read the directions about how much to use for disenfecting and dissolve in warm water. After pouring in gloves, wait a minute or so then tip out and leave for a few hours in a warm place. Then rinse, dry and you will definitely have the cleanest and sweetest gloves on the road. Napi San is great disinfectant - unlike toilet cleaner and bleach which can be destructive of leather and other material, plus you would not want bleach or toilet cleaner smell on your hands!

Was crappy weather yesterday so I did wash it yesterday. It still smells a bit(altho way better than what it used to smell) so trying Napi San at the moment.

If I got some gloves that were that smelly free with a bike I would biff them pronto and get some new ones.
Make sure you wash your hands thoroughly before you wear your new ones.
Other wise your new ones soon stink too.

Student have no money

[Radar]

Was crappy weather yesterday so I did wash it yesterday. It still smells a bit(altho way better than what it used to smell) so trying Napi San at the moment.

Napi San will do the trick because its purpose is to make smelly shiite-soiled baby nappies smell like a bunch of flowers to mums. I've used Napi San to get rid of running shoe stink when washing did not work. You may need to soak your gloves in a bucket of warm Napi San - read the directions about leather or whatever your gloves are made of, to see if its safe to soak them (rather than the method I suggested).

BTW, I just thought of another method I used that some will find amusing... I was in China with only one pair of shoes (sport runners), and it was really hot and humid with lots of sweating. Taking off my shoes at the end of a long day of backpacking, I gagged at the stink which filled the whole room. Previously I was in India's filth, then exploring the Angkor temples in Cambodia so you can understand how my shoes were dirty. I washed my shoes with laundry powder, twice, but the stink was still there. Napi San could not be found and besides the labels were not in English. What to do? My shoes were $250 podiatrist prescribed gel cushioned so I was not going to toss them. Anyhow, I noticed there was cheap rot gut booze something like super charged high alcohol vodka so I paid $3 for a bottle and poured it into my shoes and let them soak overnight. That did it. Alcohol is too expensive here in NZ to clean shoes with but you could try methylated spirits. Oh yeah I must say that I tried a swig of that cheap Chinese booze and it was really terrible!

[BANZAI]

I soaked gloves into Napisan for couple hours and drying it at the moment (I'm not at home, so hope it's drying)

One thing I noticed that is theres so much dye come out from gloves each time I soak it. My hands got stained in blue lol

Yet to see the result but it won't be smelly as before so I don't think I will wash it again, I'm not sure soaking leather in water continuously is good thing lol

I bought Grandsremedy for my boots, would it work for gloves as well? Just wondering if it's ok to put my hands on them after putting that power into gloves.(if gloves still smells after drying I am planning to try this, but should I or should not?)

Anyway thanks for the tips!!!