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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04-14-2011, 05:15 PM #1
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04-14-2011, 05:22 PM #2
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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.
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04-14-2011, 05:37 PM #3
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Washing machine here too. Close the velcro and zip 'em in a bag.
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04-14-2011, 05:45 PM #4
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+1. Every few rides.
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04-14-2011, 05:55 PM #5
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Hand wash in the sink, Woolite.
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04-14-2011, 06:02 PM #6
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Washing machine in the lingerie bag, air dry like everything else.
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04-14-2011, 07:30 PM #7
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Ha! My gloves are 25 years old. Ha! Originally Posted by Chicken Little
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04-14-2011, 06:06 PM #8
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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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