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    Glove cleaning?

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    Just a quick question - I got a great pair of Shebeest gloves that I love. They are made of suede over the palms (or something like suede) and the fingers are white cut offs. The padding is some kind of gel foam. I've been riding in them for about a month now and I've noticed that they've begun to accumulate some grime from the sweat and the dirt and a few misfired snot rockets. It's hot here (upper 80s in the late evening when I ride) and my hands sweat a lot.

    How exactly do you wash your gloves? I know suede can't go in the washer and I don't remember the packing coming with washing instructions - although it was entirely possible, but I'm bad about reading them.

    Suggestions?

    Thanks in advance.

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    I wash all my gloves in the washing machine, inside a mesh lingerie bag to keep the velcro from sticking to anything else. I dry them in the dryer on low heat.

    Haven't had any problems yet.

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    Washing machine here too. Close the velcro and zip 'em in a bag.
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    Quote Originally Posted by malkin View Post
    Washing machine here too. Close the velcro and zip 'em in a bag.
    +1. Every few rides.

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    Hand wash in the sink, Woolite.
    Lookit, grasshopper....

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    Washing machine in the lingerie bag, air dry like everything else.
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    I velcro them to each other and throw them into the washing machine, and into to the dryer. I have never give it a minute's thought.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
    Washing machine in the lingerie bag, air dry like everything else.
    Ditto.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chicken Little View Post
    Hand wash in the sink, Woolite.
    Ha! My gloves are 25 years old. Ha!
    Lookit, grasshopper....

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    I just put them on and wash my hands in the sink. If they are really funky, I let them soak in soapy water. Rinse and drip dry. (There is nothing worse than stinky gloves!).
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    Wash machine, cold delicate and hang to dry

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    Throw them in with all my other cycling stuff and wash on delicate, warm water, and hang to dry.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Chicken Little View Post
    Ha! My gloves are 25 years old. Ha!
    No. Way.
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    I turn mine inside out and wash them on cold and delicate... I think I have run them through the dryer....
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    Apparently, I am the only person in the whole world who could not figure out to simply just wash the gloves. So I suppose that is exactly what I shall do then!! Thanks a million!

 

 

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