Smelly hiking pants???

mackconsult

mackconsult

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I just thought I would drop a note on what I do with my smelly hiking pants. Each time after I use them, I spray simple green on them and then rinse them with fresh water.

I mentioned this to some one else in my club, and he thought it was great. So just thought I would share little bit of wisdom. :D
 
I always just rinse everything in fresh water straight after sailing (or rather, when I get home).

Did leave it overnight once and next day it did not smell good. It was my boots that had "gone" and rinsing with water/soap/etc. did no good - as soon as they got wet again the smell came back immediately. I was told two solutions, tried one of them and it worked 100% first time. Rinse using "Miltons Fluid" (available in the UK in pharmacies). You dilute it, leave boots soaking in it for 15 mins, rinse off in fresh water and everything back to new (smell wise). Other trick I was told but did not try was to fill the boots with cat litter (presumable fresh straight out of the bag and not 2nd hand used cat litter !!). I did not try that so have no idea about how effective it is.

Ian
 
Cat liter? What a mess. Just use simple green and fresh water rinse. Cat liter is used for oil spills around my house.

Deimos said:
I always just rinse everything in fresh water straight after sailing (or rather, when I get home).

Did leave it overnight once and next day it did not smell good. It was my boots that had "gone" and rinsing with water/soap/etc. did no good - as soon as they got wet again the smell came back immediately. I was told two solutions, tried one of them and it worked 100% first time. Rinse using "Miltons Fluid" (available in the UK in pharmacies). You dilute it, leave boots soaking in it for 15 mins, rinse off in fresh water and everything back to new (smell wise). Other trick I was told but did not try was to fill the boots with cat litter (presumable fresh straight out of the bag and not 2nd hand used cat litter !!). I did not try that so have no idea about how effective it is.

Ian
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I usually rinse off my gear in fresh water and/or wash it with mild detergent after races, Salt will do a number on most stuff so its best to rinse if off. if you let it dry well enough it shouldn't smell bad. Anything that stays wet will eventually smell bad, even worse if its stored in a wet and warm environment.

Simple green sounds good.
 
I've been resisting (for days) the desire to say "stop crapping your pants"... My apologies for my failure in willpower. :)
 
scuba stores sell some additive you can put in the tub when you rinse off your gear that is supposed to take care of the smell.

I've never had a problem, though. I always rinse everything thoroughly in the shower after a dive
 
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