|   Cleaning Helmet Straps.. | Jrm
Jan 24, 2003 8:06 AM | | Sweat and salt saturates the straps and irritates the skin pretty bad. Especially if the straps dont completely dry between uses. Is there a way to get whats saturated into the straps out? |
| re: Cleaning Helmet Straps.. | jojo
Jan 24, 2003 9:20 AM | | I've cleaned the straps on my helmet once so far. Being the lazy man that I am, I didn't bother removing the straps from the helmet. I simply filled a small basin with hot water and some Tide, dipped the straps into the water and scrubbed them with my fingers and rinsed until all the soap was out. This sufficiently cleaned the straps for me and took about 2 minutes. |
| re: Cleaning Helmet Straps.. | Jrm
Jan 24, 2003 9:51 AM | | Thanks... |
| re: Cleaning Helmet Straps.. | dirtdonk
Jan 24, 2003 12:45 PM | | i've found taking my helmet into the shower with me to be the easiest way to clean the whole helmet |
| In the shower... me too... | B R H
Jan 27, 2003 9:02 AM | | It's easy and the helmet doesn't fit in the sink very well. The straps aren't spotless afterwards (the light colored straps on my helmet stain easily), but they don't irritate my sensitive skin as long as I bath them once a month or so (maybe more often during the sweltering summers around here). I use a little shampoo since it gets sweat out of my hair pretty well and scrub the pads inside at the same time. Then I use a towel to press the water out of the pads before I toss it back into the closet where it seems to dry in less than a day and not get moldy so far at least. |
| Clean straps like this and clean or replace those pads also. | Chester
Jan 24, 2003 1:11 PM | | Well, I just went through this after my straps were getting really grungy with that kind of wet/oily build up.....
As the other poster said, you can kind of do the dip into soapy water but that is rather difficult....
I ended up doing most of it in a rather tedious method of filling a bowl of water and putting some liquid clothes washing detergent into it to form a cleaning solution. Then I took a towel with the end soaked in the solution and just began repeatedly soaking a portion of the towel and then running it up and down the straps....over and over and over......then using another towel with fresh water to rinse....over and over.....then again with the soapy water....over and over.......then rinse....over and over.......
This is not very efficient but if you do it enough you end up with a very clean strap.
By the way, I called around the shops and they all just said.....straps and pads dirty/oily......."buy a new helmet"
Oh, yes.....I went into a shop and got a huge handful of old unused pads which I then pieced together and replaced most of my previous grungy pads......
The combination of cleaning the straps plus putting in new pads makes me feel like I have a whole new helmet.
By the way, don't let them convince you that helmets are not safe after 3-4 years.... I checked into that one...and it doesn't hold water.
Chester |
| Of course your helmet doesn't hold water it's got air vents. [nm | DIRTJUNKIE
Jan 24, 2003 6:33 PM | | |
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