Smelly boots?

[hawkster0001]

So i got my 08 ronix ones this sunday, and ive rode them about three times now and there already sdtarting to make my room musty smeling, so any ideas on what to do?

and on a side note, does the tongue thats attached to the inner padded liner go on the inside of the liner or outside?

[Chocoholic]

Well you're clearly not letting them dry properly. Leave the board and bindings outside to air dry.

[hawkster0001]

well i usually use them up to about 8 o clock then i cant really leave them outside, adn then i dont want to leave outside the next day, because i dont want to have my cat chewing on them. so i leave them in my widow sill. but what i was asking is if anyone has had anyluck with products to stop mold form growing in shoes or whatever.

[Blindside_137]

I have em too and I'm going to try to hose them down with fresh water after each use. Maybeyou could try a febreeze or lysol type odor trapping spray and see how it goes.

btw, the tongoue goes on the inside..

[hawkster0001]

yeah thats what i figured w/ the tongue, and im gonna look for some deoderizer shoe stuff

[Lukeysteezplease]

Let them dry outside, not inside where its going to be warm.
Dry them in a cool area, shaded area, shed or something.. i had the same problem, just washed them with the hose and let them dry in the shed = no smell!

[hawkster0001]

well its normally the same temp outside as inside, and its very humid where i live so they dont dry for 2 days or so

[GnarShredd]

Yeah, you really just need to find a way to dry them out before storing them.

[Mac_48]

maybe try something like this? http://www.zonkshop.com/red-wing-peet-boot-dryer-p-261.html just google "boot dryer" for others or if your too lazy you could click this : http://lmgtfy.com/?q=boot+dryer

[LFADAM]

Blindside_137, dont febreeze bindings. Makes them smell terrible, trust me I know from experience

[eric mf soler]

ya lfdam is right although it didn't make mine smell worse it did not help at all just made them smell like febreeze and sweat

[Chocoholic]

[Blindside_137]

LFADAM, well thanks for the heads up

Chocoholic, I've never done that in th 7 years I've been riding. I doubt most here ride in salt water and all my previous setups were open toe and didn't hold in mointure at all.

I typically have hung mine upside down in the board rack to air dry. But with the closed toe, if water takes a full day to dry and seep into the binding it should probably be fresh water and not lake grime..

[RightCoastRider26]

Need a solution...

[Chocoholic]

[hawkster0001]

i ride fresh water, but have started hosing down my stuff

[SexyWS6Mama]

my ronix smell bad if I bring them from the boat to the house still wet. They don't fully dry so I guess they got that moldy smell. I would say the solution would be to leave them on your pouch for a few hours and hopefully they dry more!

[Wakeboarder3780]

mold? Like you actually have mold growing in them or they are just stinky? If you ride late and they need to be in your room I think you just need to suck it up IMO, they can't smell *that* bad.

Isn't there another room you could put them in away from your cat where they could dry and smell up the place and you wouldn't care? I leave my boards in the back of the suburban and then I never have to move them.

[shonuff]

Vinegar is your best friend. Its a natural deodorizer that isn't corrosive, when towels or anything start to smell musty/mildew, I add a cup of vinegar in the washing machine with laundry detergent and it removes the smell every time. (It won't smell like vinegar when its clean)

I left my vest on the boat last week and it stayed wet over a day...big mistake. Made it smell musty/mildewy. I soaked my vest in the sink with some laundry detergent and vinegar and took the smell right out.

Give it a try, its the only thing I've found that works to get the mildew smell out.

[pet575]

[eric mf soler]

Mine don't smell like mildew they smell like sweat.