How Do You Take Care of Your Gloves?

[Rockin']

Toss them on the kitchen floor in a particular spot in front of the window where the sunlight will shine of them for a good portion of the day, pick them up off the floor after I get home from work and go to the gym. Rinse repeat.

Why would you ever want to set your gloves out to bake in the sun? ……..Rockin'

[Redd Foxx]

Is it safe to use the spray often? I thought about using Clorox wipes inside, but figured it might eat up my gloves on the inside. Is the sports sanitizer safer? Wonder if I could use a yoga mat type of spray? Less chemicals?

Can you actually "wash" your gloves once in awhile, like submerge it in water with soap?

The glove sanitizer is safe. I use between 3 and 5 sprays. Kills bacteria. Doesn't really leave anything behind. Doesn't hurt your hands or the glove.

Don't use clorox or any other chemical. That WILL hurt your hands as well as the glove.

Never wash your gloves. You might as well throw them away because the materials inside will not dry before bacteria sets in and they will sink.

[Alan Smithee]

Interesting topic! I have never cleaned the inside of bag gloves. My bag work is done in the garage. I workout, take the gloves off, and that's that. Maybe that i'm older my sense of smell is not that good,lol!

[anonymous2.0]

Why would you ever want to set your gloves out to bake in the sun? ……..Rockin'

Because I don't know any better.

[cv808]

You would also benefit by spraying an antiseptic in to each glove. . …..Rockin'

Yes, definitely going to look into this! Thank you!

[cv808]

Interesting topic! I have never cleaned the inside of bag gloves. My bag work is done in the garage. I workout, take the gloves off, and that's that. Maybe that i'm older my sense of smell is not that good,lol!

Lol, it's ok, I don't think a lot of people think about it because it is some what of a hassle. I see a lot of gloves around our gym just thrown on the side to dry out, which in the end, is the most important part of upkeep (or so I'm gathering).

[Rockin']

Rub them down every few months with vaseline. That will keep the fake leather good. Leaving them out to just bake in the sun is about the last thing that you'd want to do …….Rockin'

[Rockin']

When I was fighting, I would set my gloves on the heating register leaning/standing up against the wall. So that the insides were dry …….Rockin'

[cv808]

Yes, I need a good place to keep my gloves to dry out... I know Redd said he has a homemade rack, maybe there's one I can buy because I'm definitely not crafty lol.

[Oshkosh 100]

My hands and especially my wraps are soaking wet after a workout. After I/m finished, I will wipe off inside especially the cuffs and then I push a rolled pair of old socks into each glove to help the dry out and then the gloves are stored in a open bin i.e. lots of air circulation over them. No smell at all but the rest of my kit sopping wet and that smells. Had the advice of soaking in vinegar if the sweaty smell doesn't wash out. Wife complains about the smell before she washes so now I rins during my shower, hanit outside and next day it gets washed and everybody happy.
Every 6-8 weeks I will put on Dubbin (leather care wax here in South Africa) on the leather and never had a problem after years of training.