stinky boots
I second what Brian stated about drying out boots and keeping dead skin away from staying inside. I have size 13 boots and have a tight fit in many kayaks, so I have to use NRS Rodeo sox with no socks inside them. If I wash them out after every use,sloshing water around the inside to wash out the dead skin and then dry them in sunlight they don't smell.
When canoeing in Chota boots I do wear sox for the reason Brian mentioned.
Dave
I thought you were going to say this
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/07/bionic_1.jpg
X Static Socks!
There are a couple different clothing manufacturers that are marketing garments with silver thread sewn into the fabric. The silver is a natural antibiotic. These are mainly marketed to deer hunters trying to outwit their keen-nosed prey. I can tell you they work. I bought a pair of these socks for about $9 from a big box store and wore them everyday for a week and they didn’t stink at all. Then I bought a full set of thin long underwear to wear under my other hunting clothing. You can also get some scent eliminating products like soaps and sprays that now contain silver. Silver XP is the name of one of them. The products eliminate odor, not just mask it. I can take an old cooler that had been full of fish and wash it out with soap and water and then spray the scent elimination spray on it and the fish smell is totally gone. Also works on skunk stank. Try these socks!
Diluted or full strength? NM
Damn Neophrene!!
My husband REALLY would like me to get rid of my neoprene paddling footwear. After I kayak, we go into grocery stores and my footwear along w/my feet stink. It’s the neoprene as you probably know.
I rinse my booties when I get home and then they are fine, until I wear them again. I also wear them all the way home, even though they may be wet, because I don’t want to put my stinky feet in something that will absorb that smell.
When I get home, I wash my feet.
-Capri
Ick.
Yeah, I finally did a bleach & water soak of all my gloves and booties, hopefully the evil smelly bits will all be dead. I suggest getting some Crocs for the drive home - at least your feet can dry out in them, and they won’t absorb the smell. I can’t imagine wearing neoprene booties into a grocery store, even in da Bronx, yuck…
MiraZyme
Take a clue from scuba divers, use what they use - they put their whole body in neoprene
Many use "PissOff" - accidents happen....
http://www.kingofwatersports.com/rip-curl-piss-off-wetsuit-cleaner-i602.html
MiraZyme works, it's a unique blend of 10 naturally occurring and highly adapted enzymes, microbes and other organic ingredients designed to identify and destroy odor.
Follow directions - DON'T rinse after MiraZyme - leave the product in the neoprene pores
Neoprene is the DuPont Performance Elastomers trade name for a family of synthetic rubbers
Neoprene is porous
What makes it an excellent insulator is also its downfall in organic wet environments.
Neoprene is closed-cell, not porous
It insulates because it has bubbles filled with nitrogen in the rubber.
The problem with neoprene footwear and other garments is actually not the rubber, it’s the nylon and other fabrics laminated to it. That’s what absorbs skin oil & sweat, traps dead skin cells and holds moisture, creating a perfect environment for bacteria to grow.
I’ve never seen boots with skin neoprene inside (probably because it’s not durable enough for that application), but if anyone made them, they would require nothing more than a rinse after use and they would dry very quickly, just as the outside of skin neoprene wetsuits does.
Wow!
That’s pretty bad…even for my incredibly sick Fireman’s sense of humor.
Better choice of words
Bnystrom is correct , I used the wrong terms.
The cells are like individual balloons, holding gas and not allowing moisture to pass through
as long as the cell wall has not burst.
During the manufacturing process , the closed cell sponge rubber is sliced into sheets,
exposing or rupturing the cells.
Depending on price, or finishing technique the neoprene can be melted again after slicing to get
a smooth surface where all the bubbles are sealed.
I said porous in error, I meant "texture" of neoprene
The surface finish has a measurable effect on how well the wetsuit kept its user warm.
This difference is caused by wind wicking moisture (and therefore heat) away
from the surface of the wetsuit via convection – or ‘wind chill’
http://www.physorg.com/news193486507.html
Keeping Footwear On
Lol, I don’t bother to put on fresh footwear, because my feet still stink. I used to live in Brooklyn, and no, I would not wear my footwear there, as they are more prone to say something, like what’s that smell, but I don’t know that anyone would know it was from my feet as no one would be familiar with seeing booties and connecting them to odor.
I could bring wet wipes, but I can’t be bothered to de-funk myself, as we don’t always stop at a store and many times we put our kayaks in right down the street from my house, so why go thru a cleansing ritual.
-Capri
Makes sense
You’re lucky to have a close put-in. I have a minimum 20 minute drive, so always change my footwear. I wouldn’t if I was just going down the street.
Spray in lysol or footpowder
Somepeople have a bucket of soapy water and a bucket of rinse water. Wash those shoes!
try this…
…i did not read every reply, so, in case no one mentioned it yet …try using anti-perspirant on your feet , either aerosol or wipe-on. I have to do this with wearing oil soaked work boots that don’t breathe at all.
Easy Entry
cardelo, I am lucky I’m a few minutes drive from the Puget Sound and a put in. What’s nice about it is, if we want to kayak on the Puget Sound, we can easily drive to the water first to see water conditions before loading the kayaks. We still have many, many options for going in protected waters if the Sound is too choppy.
-Capri
smelly feet
It could be the way the shoes are processed. Out here in California apparently there is a new law that shoemakers must adhere to regarding how they make their shoes. Because of California Prop 65 (you can google the information) shoes direct from the manufacturer must label their shoes if it contains 1 of the approximately 900 toxins that are known to be carcinogenic, cause birth defects and/or reproductive disorders. This law was made to help the CA’s water sources be free of chemicals (after people throw their shoes away in the ocean somewhere). Born shoes, Report shoes have this problem. Some Tevas, and according to Shoebuy.com so are Croc shoes. You can call the manufacturer directly and speak with a manager because some of the line workers are unaware. I noticed with some shoes the feet smell worse…and this could be part of the reason why.
why feet so stinky!
It could be the way the shoes are processed. Out here in California apparently there is a new law that shoemakers must adhere to regarding how they make their shoes. Because of California Prop 65 (you can google the information) shoes direct from the manufacturer must label their shoes if it contains 1 of the approximately 900 toxins that are known to be carcinogenic, cause birth defects and/or reproductive disorders. This law was made to help the CA’s water sources be free of chemicals (after people throw their shoes away in the ocean somewhere). Born shoes, Report shoes have this problem. Some Tevas, and according to Shoebuy.com so are Croc shoes. You can call the manufacturer directly and speak with a manager because some of the line workers are unaware. I noticed with some shoes the feet smell worse…and this could be part of the reason why.
