Stinky gloves?

[kmac]

My cold weather gloves are great. Very warm, wind protected and comfy. They are leather with carbon knuckles and articulated joints so they move easily. They have multiple layers of Thinsulate inside to keep them toasty. Just perfect for my riding.

When riding in California inland areas it is not uncommon for mornings and nights to be in the 30's but still get to the upper 70's during the day....that makes for sweaty gloves inside...sweaty gloves makes for stinky gloves, which makes for stinky hands. I mean really stinky. The second I take off my gloves I better find a sink fast...they smell like feet after a football game,

I know how to clean leather gloves and the outside of these gloves but how do I clean the inside Thinsulate layers so they don't stink?

I ride everyday so it is not like I can wash them and let the air dry for 2-3 days....well I could but I don't want to.

 

[~TABASCO~]

Hand wash with woolite... If you feel you need a little leather conditioner then add it after... mink oil, etc..... Or contact the maker and just ask them what they would recommend.. ::008::

 

[ejy712]

I have a Givi top case mounted all the time. In there I keep three sets of gloves: mesh, medium weight, and warm. I switch the gloves as weather dictates during rides.

I have some really heavy gloves that I wore before I got heated hand grips. They got stinky (just like you described) once so I understand your plight. I washed them and turned them inside out to dry. The armour on your gloves may not allow that. After that I wore thin wool inner gloves. They stopped the problem.

 

[kmac]

I have side boxes and I carry 2 pair at all times, but my cold weather gloves are stinky already inside so I gotta do something. I like the glove liner idea, but these are already pretty thick and adding any more bulk does not sound good to me. I am in the market for medium weight gloves for most rides, but after having just surprised my wife with the new scooter purchase I doubt she would be too happy with another couple hundys for gloves...I am still asking for forgiveness....my life motto, "easier to ask for forgiveness than permission" but that does leave me in trouble a lot.

I was thinking about Woolite too, but rinsing it all out and then getting them to totally dry after leaves me worried a bit. I know that is part of the of the problem, I use them until I notice that my hands are hot and sweaty, then I take them off and stuff them in the boxes....just compounds the problem.

The lining on these gloves is not sewn in, which is nice because keeps them flexible even though they are thick and multi-layered but it also sucks because once they get sweaty the lining in the fingers invert when you remove the glove, but I have never had the entire liner pull out. I gotta check that tomorrow.

 

[racer1735]

I wear Held (Steve) gloves and reading the instructions that came with them, Held recommends washing the gloves in warm water with a little hand soap (not dish detergent) mixed in. Then rinse thoroughly and allow to dry. Once dry, use a leather conditioner to replenish the oils and soften them up again.

Do NOT dry them with a hair dryer or using forced air. That will really dry the leather and lead to premature cracking.

 

[Maxified]

::026:: on the Held (Steve's) gloves, mine going on eight years & I clean them as you stated. Well, once anyway...

 

[rem]

I have never tried this myself, but am told it works. If you don't want to go the full wash route, put a teabag (dry) into each glove overnight or longer. Worth a shot. Good luck. Hopefully, this will suit you to a tea. R ::008::

 

[Curt]

You can get virtually anything (boots, gloves, dromedary bladder) bone dry over night just by leaving them in front of a fan set on low. Or, cohabitants permitting, you can leave them at the base of the refrigerator where they're in the intermittent stream of warm, dehumidified air.

To clean leather gloves I've had great luck with this method: wash them all-out with laundry soap, rinse well, blot as dry as possible. Apply a little leather conditioner and work it in. Finish drying over night in an airstream, as above. The next day, work in a lot more leather conditioner. Once this is absorbed (after a few uses) the gloves are clean, soft and pliable like new.

The most important thing is never to get dirt inside gloves or boots. The dirt feeds stinky bacteria the trace elements they need to flourish, and the dirt is virtually impossible ever to remove, no matter how thoroughly the gear is washed.