Washing Intuition liners?

[BLOODSWEATSTEEL]

These things fucking reek. Do they need any kind of "race stock" detergent or anything?

I just don't want to use anything that would hurt the foam, and their website sucks so that was pretty much..... zero help.

[mntlion]

hand wash cold.

then crank the DIN's to 11

[BLOODSWEATSTEEL]

Okay, just one more thing. Do I let them all the way down, then turn them up to 11? Or is it better to crank them to 18, then back it off some?

[mntlion]

ask hwy star, he knows about that race room stuff

[PNWbrit]

I heard that he uses custom liners

[dubu]

heh, reminds me when a buddy's gf tried to get the "stink" out of his snowboard gear...

hehehhe, he smelled like a combination of potpourri and ass. it was funny..

[Sinecure]

Try Febreeze in the liners. Then leave them in the sun if possible. I find Febreeze works pretty well for Intuition liners and for helmet liners that aren't removeable.

Someone told me once (I don't know if its true) that Febreeze is basically alcohol mixed with water. The alcohol somehow attaches to the smelly shit and take it away when it evaps.

[splat]

I used to have to ski barefoot in some old silicone liners I had and strapped them to the roof rack everyday after skiing for the ride home because the smell was so bad.

[Flexon Phil]

I washed my Thermoflexes in the machine. No problems.

[rip]

bumping from way back..

can I really just toss my intuitions in the washer? Something needs to be done, the febreeze/lysol route isnt cutting it anymore.

[mntlion]

hand wash cold. air dry

call intuition and ask them.

[El Chupacabra]

Freezer for a couple days might work too -- kill off all the bacteria.

[rip]

call intuition and ask them.

and risk actual human interaction!! you crazy.

Was going to hand wash them, but they are rank and I am lazy.. chuckin them in the machine sounds much more appealing.

[dewam]

I have done this and it works. Done it to my liners, no big deal, done it to a teenagers liners, this proves it works.

Take a bucket, add some Woolite (or any other soap that rinses easily) and a glug of bleach. If you do not understand glug, then you probably should not be handling bleach.
O.K. make that a small glug.
Put your liner in and agitate.

agi·tate.
Synonyms: agitate, churn, convulse, rock2, shake
These verbs mean to cause to move to and fro violently

If these are teenager's liners and you do not want to put your hand in too deep I have found that moving the tongue up and down works. I usually put something on top to hold them submerged and repeat again later. I then rinse with warm water.

After they are rinsed then I dump the soap/bleach water and add a small ammount of MiraZyme and refill with warm water
Soak them in the MiraZyme/water for a few minutes and do NOT rinse. Just let them dry.

If they smell like bleach when you are done, then you were probably glugging with the Costco size jug, and need to adapt your glugging skils.

[sfotex]

I threw an old pair in the washer on gentle/cold and it worked out great, a bit
of advice, use the medium water level setting, they float and will rub against the top of the washer..

[verbier61]

Freezer for a couple days might work too -- kill off all the bacteria.

secojnded. It works, but should be done before there are toooooo many bacteria... say when they begin to smell. Too late will be too late.

[rip]

Ended up just filling the washer water a little soap and some bleach and let the liners soak in there for awhile. Swished em around for awhile too. If they weren't so old and beat up I would have just let the machine have at them. Rinsed then air dry. Smell is much improved(bearable) but not completely gone.

[RXPXSkier]

Do you let them air out after you use them or do they just stay in the boots? i learned with my hockey bag that if i take the stuff out and actually jet it air dry it doesnt stink as bad. Also try putting some baking soda in socks and wear the boots for an hour in the house. you may get some left overs in the boot but it works.

[Skiwurrel]

man I fuckin dumped a beer in one of my boots the other day, I just used this sport enzyme spray shit and just dried er out by the fire. Smells much better now but I've been wondering if leaving your intuition liners by the stove to dry will cause them to loosen up?

[MnO_____]

The best I´ve tried to remove bad smell from other shoes/sport shoes/cross country boots is to pour down half a liter of pure etanol in each shoe and shake it around for a bit of time. Then just rinse and dry. The alcohol effectively kills all bacterias. The shoes will smell a bit of alcohol for a bit of time, but still, the bad smell disappear.

However, I am not sure that I would try it in a pair of ski boots. For sure not in my current foamed ones anyway, but probably it will be ok with most foams, even if I dont know. Alcohol is pretty unharmful to most plastic materials.

[userA]

i use woolite&bleach mixture and then suds&soak for awhile then a power rinse with the hose.
be sure to fully dry out finished product
take showers
bobby

[sfotex]

Do you let them air out after you use them or do they just stay in the boots? i learned with my hockey bag that if i take the stuff out and actually jet it air dry it doesnt stink as bad. Also try putting some baking soda in socks and wear the boots for an hour in the house. you may get some left overs in the boot but it works.

I finally bought a boot dryer this year, it works great and I don't have to take the liners out to dry, just pop it on the dryer when I get home.

[Crampedon]

Try the dishwasher, works great for baseball caps. But don't run em with the wine glasses...

[da sponge]

The bleach and water sounds like a good idea.

I've had success with ammonia in a shot glass and sealing the liner in a 5 gallon bucket with saran wrap. The fumes given off by the ammonia sitting in the glass (not poured into the liner/coming into contact with it) is enough to kill bacteria.

[Core Shot]

bleach will work, but the enzyme shit is great

bleach = kills bacteria and somewhat oxidizes things

enzyme = break down all organic material into smaller bites that can wash away.

organic matter = food for bacteria = smell

removing their food source is the best thing to do.

http://www.mcnett.com/MiraZyme-Enzym...ator-P191.aspx
http://www.mcnett.com/Rank-Away-Odor...wear-P412.aspx

nice name on that one. Have used Mirazyme for years, did not know about the foot rank version

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