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Re: Beg to disagree
By:Shawn Baker
Date: 8/15/2003, 2:26 pm
In Response To: Beg to disagree (Paul J)

But I can be pretty negligent about drying my gear during a whole season of paddling in fresh water, and it won't stink as bad as after a single trip to the briny deep.

Shawn

: I paddle exclusively in the ocean and I've found that if you get your gear
: fully immersed in sea water for 5-10 minutes and let it dry WITHOUT
: rinsing in fresh water, the salt content kills anything smelly. After it's
: fully dry, when you rinse in fresh water, you have to make sure it dries
: quickly or the smell monster comes back. It's when I rinse off my gear and
: it doesn't have a chance to dry - like when I rinse it off at night - that
: it starts to smell.

: The wet suit shampoos they sell at dive shops to work pretty well too, but
: you still have to make sure it dries right away.

Messages In This Thread

Other: How do you keep your gear smelling ok...
Leo Boudreau -- 8/15/2003, 9:39 am
Re: Other: How do you keep your gear smelling ok..
Liz Leedham -- 8/16/2003, 10:26 am
Soak in weak Boraxo solution, rinse and let dry *NM*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/15/2003, 11:24 pm
OR - -
Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/15/2003, 11:46 pm
Re: Other: How do you keep your gear smelling ok..
Andy Waddington -- 8/15/2003, 3:05 pm
Re: Other: How do you keep your gear smelling ok..
Shawn Baker -- 8/15/2003, 5:11 pm
Re: Other: How do you keep your gear smelling ok..
Bill Burton -- 8/15/2003, 5:44 pm
Re: Other: How do you keep your gear smelling ok..
Shawn Baker -- 8/15/2003, 7:20 pm
Re: Other: Are you sure it is the smell??? ;) *Pic*
Mihke -- 8/15/2003, 11:29 pm
Re: Other: Are you sure it is the smell??? ;)
Shawn Baker -- 8/16/2003, 11:55 pm
Re: Other: Are you sure it is the smell??? ;)
Mike Hanks -- 8/17/2003, 12:52 am
Re: SOF Progress
Shawn Baker -- 8/17/2003, 11:25 pm
Re: Other: How do you keep your gear smelling ok..
Val Wann -- 8/15/2003, 2:55 pm
Re: Other: How do you keep your gear smelling ok.. *LINK*
ChrisO -- 8/15/2003, 2:51 pm
Chris at OR Show in SLC--we want Necky photos!
Shawn Baker -- 8/15/2003, 5:16 pm
Re: Mirazyme
Val Wann -- 8/15/2003, 3:03 pm
Does bleach water work? *NM*
Kurt Hoffman -- 8/15/2003, 1:58 pm
Not as well as one would think
Shawn Baker -- 8/15/2003, 2:27 pm
Re: Other: How do you keep your gear smelling ok..
Melissa -- 8/15/2003, 1:11 pm
Re: Other: How do you keep your gear smelling ok..
Mike Hanks -- 8/15/2003, 1:06 pm
Re: Other: How do you keep your gear smelling ok..
Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/15/2003, 12:53 pm
Re: Other: How do you keep your gear smelling ok..
Severne -- 8/15/2003, 11:03 am
Re: Other: How do you keep your gear smelling ok..
Jay Doorly -- 8/15/2003, 10:40 am
Re: Other: How do you keep your gear smelling ok..
Shawn Baker -- 8/15/2003, 11:36 am
Beg to disagree
Paul J -- 8/15/2003, 11:54 am
Re: Beg to disagree
Shawn Baker -- 8/15/2003, 2:26 pm
Re: Beg to disagree
Paul J -- 8/15/2003, 4:41 pm
Re: Beg to disagree
Shawn Baker -- 8/15/2003, 5:14 pm
Re: Other: How do you keep your gear smelling ok..
Ben Staley -- 8/15/2003, 10:15 am
STS doesn't work...
Brian Nystrom -- 8/15/2003, 12:56 pm