How to Wash Soccer Goalie Gloves

Do your teammates, friends and family a favor by washing your goalie gloves. It's amazing how badly they can smell.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Mild Soap
• Mild Soap
• Soccer Apparel
• Soccer Goalkeeper's Gloves

1. Concentrate your effort on the insides of the gloves. Because goalie gloves don't breathe, that's where the stench emanates from.

2. Run lukewarm water.

3. Lather up using a mild soap.

4. Pull on a glove, cleaning the inside by wiggling your fingers around.

5. Rinse, and repeat as necessary. That's right, same as shampoo directions.

6. Do the same with the other glove.

7. Let the gloves air dry.

Tips & Warnings

• More often than not, your gloves will continue to hold on to a little funk. Stinky hands: It's part of being a goalie.
• Don't plan on using your gloves the same day that you wash them.
• Be considerate of others by hanging the gloves somewhere unobtrusive to dry.

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on 8/26/2009 Don't use washer soap to clean gloves. Buy Reusch Biodegradable Glove Wash it works much better. As the washer is cleaning itself (always let it run empty before) I soap and massage soap into gloves. Then you put them in on gentle/hand washables, and when it's done hang in ventilated place to dry. Never dry them in the sun or use detergent.

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on 5/11/2009 I been washing my gloves for around 7 years now And this is how I do itFirst of all I fill up my bath tub quarter of the way with warm water. I then get washing machine powder that you clean your clothes with and sprinkle quite alot in the bath and mix it till it goes bubbly EST.I then drop my gloves in and mix them around for a 1 min and then come back 15mins later.After that I then put the gloves on while there wet and dip them in and out and rub the gloves together whilst in the water for about 5-10mins until I�m happy that they are clean enough and smell fresh.After I done this I then run cold water from the tap and make sure the water rinses all the powder fully and I then squeeze the gloves so water gets out but not damaging the latex.You should then leave them outside so they air dry and it should take about 24 hours.Make sure you put them under a chair or something for shelte...

on 11/22/2005 What I do for my gloves after those long and muddy practices is within an hour of getting home, I take my gloves to the sink, and use warm to hot tap water to clean them. First I put one of the gloves on, then I hold open the wrist strap and let the warm water pour in. While the water is running through the glove, I squeeze my hand into a fist forcing the water and the mud along with it out of the glove. I do this for about a minute each per glove. Then I take the gloves off, just squeeze them hard for another minute each, and that normally gets mine pretty clean. I've found in the past that laundry detergent or soap can sometimes affect the latex's feel and grip.

on 11/22/2005 Buy some goalie glove wash. It is easy to find, just look in any soccer magazine. Then use lukewarm water. Put the glove wash on lightly (you don't need a lot)! Push through the fingers - hard! Repeat this step several times. Finally, rinse thoroughly. There should not be any soap left. To dry the glove, use a towel and rap it up. They will dry faster that way. Do not use your glove that same day! The glove will pick up dirt easily and they will break down.

on 11/22/2005 For washing the palm of the gloves - lather a mild soap on the glove and gently rub the foam with an old toothbrush. You can definitely see the difference once you start brushing. Afterwards, your gloves are like brand new (and no more stench).