Cleaning gloves?

[shirt]

Any tips? Just washed my helmet liner and textile jacket after a week’s commuting in 40degC and 80% humidity (never again!) but now stuck on how to freshen up my leather gloves. I’ve not washed these since I bought them a year ago, they’re a bit pungent!

[Pica-Pica]

I don’t ride (now) but I have used Autoglym leather cleaner and restorer for ordinary (non-bike) leather gloves. Just put the gloves on and wash your hands using the creams.

[Max5476]

Stick them in the freezer for a few days, it will kill the bugs making them smell.

[Krikkit]

Cold soapy water, then let them dry in a cool dry place to avoid shrinkage.

Preferably keep putting them on and clenching your hand every half hour

[Rubin215]

Hand soap and warm water with them on your hands; you will be revolted by how much dirt comes out of them.

Tumble dry on cool and they will stay soft whereas air-drying will make them crispy and hard.

Pop them back on before "washing" your hands with a good leather conditioning cream.

[KTMsm]

Thanks - I was thinking I really ought to do mine (after a year)

[hiccy18]

Mine have just been through the washing machine on a 30C gentle wash, both sets have come up fab. That said, pretty sure they've never been washed before and the summer gloves were properly honking after a week away.

[RizzoTheRat]

Rubin215 said:

Tumble dry on cool and they will stay soft whereas air-drying will make them crispy and hard.

Well I've learned something today! I usually end up with crispy gloves and then rub Renapur in to them to soften them back up. I'll try the tumble drier next time.

[wa16]

anonymous said:

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oooh jesus

i use hand saniitizer - using before the bat flu debacle, cover my hands in the stuff and insert into glove. quite effective, but resigned to the fact that gloves are a regular replacement item like tyres and chains/sprockets due to the pong

[the cueball]

I've never cleaned any of my gloves either...

I ride a lot in the rain though if that counts... same thing for sure...

[R1 Dave]

anonymous said:

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This. Been riding since 2004 and used 3 or 4 pairs in that time. Never cleaned any of them and not noticed any smell from them either.

[Salted_Peanut]

You could always get them cleaned professionally (worth it if they're expensive gloves) by Scrubbers: https://scrubbersleathers.co.uk/

[AceOfHearts]

R1 Dave said:

anonymous said:

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This. Been riding since 2004 and used 3 or 4 pairs in that time. Never cleaned any of them and not noticed any smell from them either.

Same here

[DirtyHarley]

the cueball said:

I've never cleaned any of my gloves either...

I ride a lot in the rain though if that counts... same thing for sure...

Same - Although the Mrs did bully me into wasing off my main pair in the sink after taking a pigeon to the knuckles a couple of months back.

[shirt]

Rubin215 said:

Hand soap and warm water with them on your hands; you will be revolted by how much dirt comes out of them.

Tumble dry on cool and they will stay soft whereas air-drying will make them crispy and hard.

Pop them back on before "washing" your hands with a good leather conditioning cream.

seems i don't know how the tumble dryer works! did this, threw them in the dryer and walked off but it wasn't on cool. the upshot being i have some new rukka virium goretex gloves which are very comfortable but not at all breathable so useless in the current weather. more purchases incoming i guess.

[Bob_Defly]

shirt said:

Rubin215 said:

Hand soap and warm water with them on your hands; you will be revolted by how much dirt comes out of them.

Tumble dry on cool and they will stay soft whereas air-drying will make them crispy and hard.

Pop them back on before "washing" your hands with a good leather conditioning cream.

seems i don't know how the tumble dryer works! did this, threw them in the dryer and walked off but it wasn't on cool. the upshot being i have some new rukka virium goretex gloves which are very comfortable but not at all breathable so useless in the current weather. more purchases incoming i guess.

What, the liner melted?

[shirt]

yes, plus they shrunk!

slightly annoying as they were good gloves, ducati branded spidi [i think] carbon/leather but much cooler than these goretex jobbies.

[graham22]

AceOfHearts said:

R1 Dave said:

anonymous said:

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This. Been riding since 2004 and used 3 or 4 pairs in that time. Never cleaned any of them and not noticed any smell from them either.

Same here

Think how many fly guts you clean off your visor, helmet and headlight. I guess your gloves get hit by the same, then you put these gloves in your lid?

That's enough reason for me to ckean my gloves once in a while - plus they have tan coloured kangaroo skin palms which soon look grotty.