How to wash boxing gloves: cleaning, drying, odor prevention

To think about how to wash boxing gloves, most athletes make a strong smell appear that can hardly be washed off even with soap. But such an unpleasant situation could be avoided, following the simple advice on the care of sports equipment! Well, okay, since the bacteria have already bred in your boxing gloves, we'll also talk about how to get rid of the smell and dirt, and how to prevent it.

Is the water harmful?

In general, do not recommend gloves. Moreover, many in general consider any wet cleaning of such products unacceptable. But why people are afraid to throw this inventory in the washing machine or soak in the basin? First of all, washing can damage external material: if it is leatherette, it is likely that the surface will crack when dried or damaged with aggressive washing, but if it is genuine leather, then it is likely to deform and lose the "commodity" look. Sometimes after washing the gloves can "sit down", which can also be the reason to send them to the trash.

As for the filler, whatever it is, washing or soaking can provoke stalling of the material, and no tennis ball launched into the washing machine, as in the case with down jackets, will not help here. If the filler does not straighten out after drying, the gloves will have to be thrown out, because they will not be able to perform the softening function any more.

Well, the most important thing: they will dry after washing for a very long time( 3 to 7 days before drying out), and if you do not dry properly, during this time they will divorce a new army of bacteria. Microorganisms like a dark moist environment, so try to speed up the drying a little. How to do it, we will tell you later.

Does this mean that boxing gloves can not be washed? Not really. Many athletes managed to scroll them in a washing machine without much damage to the product.

Here are the ways that most apply.

• Soak in a basin with warm, but not hot water and powder overnight. Caution: from prolonged soaking leatherette can crack! Soak in warm salt water overnight. Recall that leather products do not like moisture and can deform after such treatment.
• Washing in the machine at 30 ° C without spinning. The machine can be washed and leatherette, and the skin, but washing at this temperature can not kill bacteria, so it helps to get rid of only a mild smell.

However, washing even with proven methods remains at your peril and risk: it is possible that it is your gloves that do not like cleaning the water and the product will be spoiled.

Advice

Instead of a powder, use a liquid concentrate for washing: it will be easier to dilute and wash from gloves.

Other ways to get rid of the smell of

If prevention is still not your horse, and you can not erase your boxing gloves, you can try the following tools to combat the odor that has already appeared.

• A couple of days in the freezer in a plastic bag will help kill bacteria from sweat. After the procedure, it is necessary to dry the product for 2-3 days.
• Put inside a fleece soaked in vinegar: this will help get rid of both bacteria and odor, though, the gloves will have to be ventilated after 2-3 days for the smell of vinegar.
• Buy an antibacterial spray and treat the gloves according to the instructions. To remove odors, several procedures may be required, but in general the method is very effective.
• Some even kill the smell in the microwave, although we do not advise it: the probability of damage to the product is high.

Board

If you have a device for sterilization( often they are purchased, if the family has small children), you can process gloves with it.

So that you do not have to erase. ..

You do not have to think about how to wash your gloves and get rid of the smell if you develop the habit of properly taking care of your sports equipment. It is enough to follow several rules.

• Disassemble the bag immediately after coming home: lying in a bag, soaked in sweat, gloves will become a tasty morsel for bacteria.
• Transport the gloves in a separate cellophane bag so that they do not absorb even more sweat from the wet after workout shirts, shorts and socks.
• Hang gloves to dry after each workout, or even better - help them dry out with a crumpled newspaper, hair dryer or shoe dryer. All these methods can also be used to accelerate the drying of gloves after washing.
• Do not wear wet gloves for training: moisture combined with sweat will provide bacteria with an ideal environment for accelerated reproduction.
• Periodically treat gloves with antibacterial spray for prevention. You can apply the spray on your hand and then put on the glove. You can use gel antiseptics, which are sold in the pharmacy, and even alcohol.
• Use boxing bandages: they will absorb most of the sweat, and washing them will be much easier.

Tip

If you want to update the appearance of gloves, wipe them with a damp cloth and apply a transparent cream or a shoe sponge.

Perhaps the unpleasant smell in boxing gloves is easier to prevent, than then try to get rid of it by washing. Remember our advice on prevention and apply them to every workout, but if it turned out that the smell all the same appeared, you now have enough ways to eliminate it!