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Here we are, just beginning the summer climbing/training season, and already my climbing shoes and harness reek. Bad...really bad.

Any tips on cleaning them up, and getting the funk out? I tried the bathtub and wool lite, but the stink stayed. Anyone had success putting them in the washer, even with the metal parts?

Put my shoes and harness in the wash last week. Looks like I have a brand new harness. Highly recommended. Just don't use any aggressive cleaners like bleach or oxyclean.

Did you put them in a laundry bag first, or with other clothes? And is the skank gone?

I thought this going to be a thread about horatio.

The harness looked and smelled like brand new. The shoes looked like new but only smelled 60-70% new. You could still tell they had some smell, but nothing like before. I put them in the wash with my other synthetics and everything worked fine. I did wash as a full load so there was plenty of room for everything to move.

thanks man...loading it right now...

Man, I don't know if this works or not, I think I remember reading it somewhere, but...

Put everything that stinks in the freezer for a day or so. The cold supposedly kills the bacteria that causes the smell. I've never tried it, so I'm not sure that it works.

putting every liberal in a freezer is gonna be time consuming but you gotta do what you gotta do

Andrew wrote:I thought this going to be a thread about horatio.

you're not the only one.



Mike Jones!

Mike Jones wrote:

Andrew wrote:I thought this going to be a thread about horatio.

you're not the only one.



Mike Jones!

It could still be.