Thread: Keeping gloves fresh

I used half an onion to get rid of the paint smell when I done my manly thing and painted the kitchen - worked well...house did no longer smell of paint - just onion (DOH).

Put them in a plastic bag then stick them in the freezer overnight. It kills the bacteria and stops the smell. Bikers trick.

That must have been one hell of an onion :laugh:

I have a tried and tested method if you don't have room in the fridge.
First get and old pair of socks and some Baking Soda.
Put large measure in each sock (quarter of the tub), tie the end of the socks and tuck them down into the ends of the gloves. I leave them in all of the time when im not using them, it dries them out and takes the smell away. While I was away over Christmas I left both my 10 and 14oz gloves for two weeks came back to practically new gloves. They were smelling vinegary before this.

Regarding Frebreeze I tried this previously and got a mild reaction on my hands. I think it was due to the gloves not drying completely and obviously when training they get hot opening the pores on your hands which allows the stuff to be absorbed easily. I didn't treat it as it wasn't that bad I just washed my hands repeatedly and threw my gloves in the washer.

For open gloves/mma gloves I presume you could use the Baking soda in a pair of cotton gloves.

Hope this helps

Alcohol gel on the hands after training gets rid of the smell on the way home at least....from your hands i must stress.

interesting...I like the baking soda idea - although my gloves are fine as stated I just let them air out.

We have written a bit more information up about this here :-

RFS | boxing glove smell

All the the ideas like freezing, airing etc do sometimes help with a short term fix but in order to resolve the stink you have to kill the bacteria that produce the odor.