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By hoif | December 27, 2009
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By hoif | December 27, 2009
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Topics: Hockey Equipment | 16 Comments »
December 27th, 2009 at 12:51 am
steam cleaning?
December 27th, 2009 at 12:51 am
The way I clean all my kids(4 kids….3 girls and a boy) and my equipment is by placing it in the bathtub or a wading pool with Dishwasher detergent and hot water. Then it soaks and is scrubbed by hand. Then it is rinsed thoroughly to get all the soap out. It gets the equipment cleaned. After it is rinsed, we then place the equipment either outside to dry or if weather isn’t good we place it somewhere in our house or garage to dry.
We put the helmets in diluted dishwasher detergent with a dab of bleach to help sanitize it.
Sometimes we have placed the equipment in our washing machine and dishwasher to get clean. They do the job too.
If your skates stink really bad. And you want to make sure you don’t get foot infections. You can spray the inside of your skates some with bleach, then dry thoroughly.
Good Luck
A Hockey Mom (who also plays ice hockey too)
BTW………….Febreeze DOES NOT WORK….you are wasting your money if you buy it. It doesn’t even mask all smells.
December 27th, 2009 at 1:03 am
The best thing you can do is air it out after you play to keep that stank away. I have heard about a product called NO B.O. Not sure how it is but you might want to try it. I know my goalie pads reak but that is part of hockey.
December 27th, 2009 at 1:13 am
everyone that answered prior to me is an absolute amateur!
Fabreeze will only mask the sent – not disinfect.
If you want to DISINFECT your equipment – you need to use Lysol or any other DISINFECTANT spray.
This, accompanied with airing out, will ELIMINATE bacteria.
if you have sensitive skin – you should wear long leggings and a long sleeve shirt under your equipment. Lysol will not irritate your skin – but nasty bacteria will. you can develop eczema or ring worm from dirty equipment.
December 27th, 2009 at 1:30 am
Soak it overnight in soapy water using ordinary laundry detergent. Then rinse several times and hang it or stand it up to dry. It doesn’t matter what it is made of it’s ok to wash in this manner. (Just think- it gets soaked every time you use it so it won’t hurt to wash it.)
December 27th, 2009 at 2:17 am
febreeze works
December 27th, 2009 at 2:24 am
Putting your gear in the Sun will damage it and weaken it.
Use a mild soap like zero and wash it. it might not get the stain out but at least it will be clean. alwayse dry your stuff and wipe it down after each game in a nice dry warm place. this will keep your stuff from staining.
Also if you alwayse do this you won’t have stains or bacteria
growing in your gear.
the best out there is Esporta
December 27th, 2009 at 2:55 am
Febreeze is fine!
December 27th, 2009 at 3:10 am
During the season.. My son’s Goalie equipment is taken out of the bag regularly and aired out (usually starting outside on a sunny day and then moved to the garage)for at least 24 hours, once a week (assuming we have 24 hours off)
at that time, everything is Lysoled down.. including his hockey bag which is turned inside out.. At the end of the season, and before the Summer conditioning skates and Goalie camps, we have all his ‘returning’ equipment professionally cleaned..
It is highly important to that if the bag starts to really stink, that you get it cleaned.. some of the bacterial growth that is multiplying and causing the smell will react with skin.. We had a player who never aired out his equipment and neded up with a nasty skin infection on both legs because of his shin pads..
Stay away from Febreeze.. as a previous poster already said, it merely masks the problem..
December 27th, 2009 at 3:49 am
First of all I think it is awsome that you play hockey. I love hockey chicks! But to answer your question you should febreez it. But to keep it from smellin up your bag they sell these little air freshner things that look like pucks, it is made specificaly to keep your hockey equipment from bad odor. good luck!
December 27th, 2009 at 4:37 am
i would say febreeze and/or steamcleaning…it is said that girls perspire differently than guys…and the odor affects the equipment differently.
but always air out your equipment right away…and another trick is to use a dryer sheet in ur bag…or one of those baking soda boxes for fridegs…they open from the sides…might work just as good and it won’t spill.
i would be careful with soaking your equipment in anything…unless its inexpensive equipment. some adhesives or stitching may come undone due to some chemicals in cleaning supplies.
December 27th, 2009 at 4:59 am
put a box of baking powder in your zipped bag for a week, and it should do the trick. Then make sure you do that thoughout the season, and it won’t smell so bad and get moldy.
As for old mold, I would mix bleach and water and spray down anything that can’t be seen on the outside. Let it dry and then fabreeze it. Then go with the baking powder trick to keep it clean.
December 27th, 2009 at 5:47 am
You are so lucky, my son had the most disgusting hockey equipment, he never aired it, vultures fell out of the air if they got to close. I always thought the coaches kept him on the ice cause he was good, not true, it was the smell.
Do this outdoors. Get a big plastic tub, fill it with water, warm is good, cold will do. Put your equipment in there, Dump in some Pine-Sol or something. Soak it for about 1/2 hour. Take the equipment out, rinse with the hose. Repeat the process, Hang it in the sun to dry. If you don’t rinse real well you could get a rash.
I washed all of his equipment this way except for his skates.
Try to dry your equipment out between every wearing, the sun is really good to help keep it smelling better. Use Febreze between wearings as well. In the winter, if the equipment is try and it is sunny, put it outside for a while, it does help.
Socks and jerseys can go in the washing machine.
BTW: My son also worked as a referee. He always said the girls were better players. Since they could not check they used their skating skills and finesse to play great games. He loved reffing girls games. I think the girls like him too.
I forgot, don’t soak the helmet, just swish rinse and dry. Soaking will ruin the adhesive that holds the pads in place.
December 27th, 2009 at 6:27 am
Some of the guys I played with used to throw their stuff in a pool. Said the chlorine did wonders for the smells and cleaning.
December 27th, 2009 at 7:01 am
Why don’t u buy new crap? Hockey’s a dumb fake sport anyway. So, let’s talk about soccer.
January 9th, 2010 at 9:54 am
Keep posting stuff like this i really like it