foul smelling booties

Dont let em just air dry. Rinse with fresh water after every surf and put em in front of a fan with the opening against the grill so the air blows inside and drys them quicker every time you surf. Unless they are old then it's probably too late. The smell seems to come from them sitting around wet because the inside takes long to dry. Maybe mold/mildew or something.

 

Or pee.

To the OP try soaking them in some diluted vinegar. Or with some lemons. This works wonders. I have tried countless times with detergent and it helps but it seems not to get rid of the smell all together. I find that the vinegar actually works.

 

All i know is to never try to fix a wetsuit rip with super glue. I had a little tear in one of my boots and tried to put a little super glue on it. It started to smoke and smell really bad. After it dried there was a crystallized piece of glue in the book that felt like needles. Needless to say i had to get new booties.

 

ROFL....super glue? HAhahaha

This what i use....and it works wonders.

 

They stink because of bacteria so you must kill that for the smell to vanish. Boiling water, the dishwasher or the microwave work wonders. If you have surfer booties with rubber avoid the microwave.

 

Yeah, it would have been nice to have some of that on hand. Too early in the morning to pick any up and in the end, probably needed new boots anyway.

 

big bucket of water with about 1/2 cup bleach fully mixed in. A soak overnight in this mix once a month or so will work. Big enough bucket and you can hit the wettie and gloves all at the same time.

 

you could use wetsuit shampoo... smells nice and really does the job well if you put the suit/booties/gloves in the tub and fill 'er up to soak for like 30 mins or so... cut the stank in half after the first time, after next time it smelled almost new

 

Well, I wouldn't use bleach....seen it done...bad idea.....it can void your warranty and degrade the neoprene. But as far as soaking them in a 5 gallon bucket. Get some dish detergent and dilute it in water. Maybe a little vinegar....You might want to put something in them too to anchor them down in the bucket since they will float.

Vinegar works.....It's been done for years.

 

That works too

 

Could u possibly ue regular shampoo? and then rinse it? I was thinking bout doing this for my wetsuit because it has the same prob.

 

properly diluted in a 5 gallon bucket, a splash of bleach is fine, been using it for many many years without problems. But if it worries you, then the vinegar will be fine. Expensive "wetsuit shampoo" is overpriced stupidity. I swear, I think if surf shops sold a $2 bottle of citric acid as $10 a bottle wax remover people would buy it. Oh wait they DO!

 

Down here in Maryland

We generally don't go around sticking our noses into wetsuit booties. No real reason to do it, unless that gives you some sort of rush. But then I remembered, that's a Jersey thing, right Chad and Icey? You ought to bottle it and call it ''Eau de Jersey.''

 

Are you off your rocker... Bleach, not only is it bad for your suit and gear it is extremely bad for your body, and the environment. Skin is the largest organ of the human body, and it is like a sponge(absorbing all it comes in contact with). Most poisonings happen slowly over a long period of time, by gradual skin absorption or daily exposure to the toxins we breath in the air.


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To get rid of the skanky smell in your booties all you need is Sol-u-mel, completely safe for you and the environment.

 

my gf wouldnt shut up in the car one day and i just pulled a bootie from the backseat and put the hole right up to her nose just as she was inhaling... pretty sure she almost puked and it was epic

 

I have to admit, I have some foul looking toe nail fungus, and it may be from not washing out my booties and having that bacteria live in there. This stuff wont ever go away either, so do yourself a favor and keep your booties clean!

 

This might sound crazy....but it works too.. And i involves a pressure cooker.

If you guy's are THAT worried about your booties....then just pressure cook them with a lemon @ 10 psi for 30 minutes. they will be more sterile then when you bought them. No worries about melting the boots either. All you need is a pressure cooker and a couple of quart size mason jars. Slip 1 boot into each jar, seal, pressure cook. All bacteria and mold/fungi will be destroyed.

If anyone has access to a pressure cooker and would like to try this...drop me a PM and i will explain more in depth on how this is done.

 

Come on man....seriously? You never sniffed your booties before? That's like saying after you wipe...... you never looked at it.. I never in my life have met a surfer that can honestly say they never sniffed there boots. Are you the first?

 

Yep. . .

Once. . . and that was enough, if you know what I mean. I'm not a glutton for punishment.