What do you guys use to clean your helmets
ExTrEmE BiKeR
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My new fullface, after a few very hot days of riding has started to smell funky. What do you guys do to clean your helmets? Do you take out all the pads, soak em in a laundry tub of soapy water and throw em on the deck to dry? or do you have some sort of helmet spray you use on the pads after every ride to kill bacteria like I see them do at the rental shops? Is there a helmet specific cleaner out there? or is it just a some sort of non toxic household cleaner?
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Just whip the pads out, throw them into one of those string laundry bags (or a couple of old style washing tablet bag thingies) and put them in the next low temp wash.
Job's a good 'un.0 -
ExTrEmE BiKeR wrote:What do you guys do to clean your helmets?
Use soap and water.
On topic, I use a little bit of muc off for the bike helmet, take the pads out, wash them and stick back in. I've got quite a few spare sets of pads too, so I can just swap them over when needed.
For full face helmets, would bicarbonate of soda work in the same way it does for trainers?0 -
I wouldn't put a helmet in the washer to bang about and have lots of impacts in the washer drum personally....0
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ricardo_smooth wrote:I wouldn't put a helmet in the washer to bang about and have lots of impacts in the washer drum personally....
Hehehe
I think they mean they take the pads out of the helmet ant then put them in the washing machine (the pads). Not the helmet itself 0 -
Cat With No Tail wrote:ricardo_smooth wrote:I wouldn't put a helmet in the washer to bang about and have lots of impacts in the washer drum personally....
Hehehe
I think they mean they take the pads out of the helmet ant then put them in the washing machine (the pads). Not the helmet itself
I think Ricardo is talking about his spam javelin.0 -
sorry, my bad, i couldn't resist 0
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I put mild water in a wider bucket, some detergent, mix it up, put the helmet in,
rub it with my hands inside and out, and it's all fresh and good.0 -
Xtreem wrote:I put mild water in a wider bucket, some detergent, mix it up, put the helmet in,
rub it with my hands inside and out, and it's all fresh and good.
When read in the wrong context that is hilarious!
But what Xtreem describes is what i do to my helmet, only in the kitchen sink 0 -
Herbie The Dog wrote:Cat With No Tail wrote:ricardo_smooth wrote:I wouldn't put a helmet in the washer to bang about and have lots of impacts in the washer drum personally....
Hehehe
I think they mean they take the pads out of the helmet ant then put them in the washing machine (the pads). Not the helmet itself
I think Ricardo is talking about his spam javelin.
So was I
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DomestosExTrEmE BiKeR wrote:What do you guys do to clean your helmets?0 -
yeehaamcgee wrote:
DomestosExTrEmE BiKeR wrote:What do you guys do to clean your helmets?
and sandpaper 0 -
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Cat With No Tail wrote:Herbie The Dog wrote:Cat With No Tail wrote:ricardo_smooth wrote:I wouldn't put a helmet in the washer to bang about and have lots of impacts in the washer drum personally....
Hehehe
I think they mean they take the pads out of the helmet ant then put them in the washing machine (the pads). Not the helmet itself
I think Ricardo is talking about his spam javelin.
So was I
:oops:
And so you should be embarassed...talking about another man's fanny mallet on a cycling forum!0 -
Embarrased?Herbie The Dog wrote:And so you should be embarassed...talking about another man's fanny mallet on a cycling forum!
Nah. Personally, I'm quite proud.0 -
I've got some special soap a vet gave me 0
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Detoll and a chisel.0
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http://www.cyclegadgets.com/Products/pr ... tem=HFRESH
how bout something like this? It would be alot easier than taking the whole helmet apart.0
