Keeping your helmet clean ...

musto_skiff
musto_skiff Posts: 394
edited April 2008 in Workshop
:oops: Fnar fnar I know ... but ...

I have just brought myself a nice new Giro after my 10 year old one started to look a bit manky.

What is the best way to keep it nice inside?

How often do people pull the pads out & wash them?

Having no hair you sweat directly into the pads ...

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  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    Have heard of people taking their helmets into the shower. I have never washed any of mine though - the rain seems to do a good enough job of keeping the stink at bay.
  • musto_skiff
    musto_skiff Posts: 394
    Gussio wrote:
    Have heard of people taking their helmets into the shower. I have never washed any of mine though - the rain seems to do a good enough job of keeping the stink at bay.

    Would the polystarene soak up water?
  • Pirahna
    Pirahna Posts: 1,315
    musto_skiff wrote:
    Gussio wrote:
    Have heard of people taking their helmets into the shower. I have never washed any of mine though - the rain seems to do a good enough job of keeping the stink at bay.

    Would the polystarene soak up water?

    Nope. Mine gets showered regularly and it doesn't seem to do any harm. A well washed one took a decent road impact a couple of months ago and didn't fall apart.
  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    Baby wipes
  • Adamskii
    Adamskii Posts: 267
    Wear a buff, that'll soak up the sweat instead of your Helmet!
    It's all good.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    Some of the commercially available baby wipes contain denatured alcohol which may not be the best solvent to have in contact with polystyrene. Plain old soap and water is probably the safest cleaner for the foam parts.

    The velcro'd foam pads can be cleaned in the washing machine if you put them in one of those small closeable net bags used for holding detergent tablets.
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