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Micropure works okay.
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Micropure works okay.
What is Micropure? A soap? A fabric? A bleach?
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What is Micropure? A soap? A fabric? A bleach?
Micropure is tablets (or powder) that kills the bacteria. It’s meant used for purifying drinking water. As you probably know smell is caused by bacteria.
I always carry Micropure anyway to ensure that I can drink local water.

For my boots I put 2 tablets in each boot and fill it with water for a few hours. Same goes for the helmet. I’ve found that this works better then using a fridge and I never carry a fridge…
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cleaning boots... this works
to clean the smell out of boots, take a sponge that has some bleach diluted 50/50 with water, wipe around the inside and outside........ let dry for an hour and then repeat.

Then take a small piece of damp ( as in thoroughly wetted, then wrung out, like a face cloth would be) towel, and wipe out. repeat previous action 2 or 3 times, rinsing the towel ( I use an OLD face cloth) after each 'wipe'

this does it for me and I tend to have really 'cheesy' feet.

another tip is..... honestly, please do not laugh.......... CROCS.

if you are not actually riding... then wear crocs. they are warm with socks, and barefoot they are washable.

u use mine for showering (gives me chance to wash em.....) and as slippers, i used to think they were 'Gay' or 'Stupid' till I my wife bought me a pair... I wore em just to please her.... but then got to really like em.

I reccommend em 100% as they weigh nothing........
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to clean the smell out of boots, take a sponge that has some bleach diluted 50/50 with water, wipe around the inside and outside........ let dry for an hour and then repeat.

Then take a small piece of damp ( as in thoroughly wetted, then wrung out, like a face cloth would be) towel, and wipe out. repeat previous action 2 or 3 times, rinsing the towel ( I use an OLD face cloth) after each 'wipe'

this does it for me and I tend to have really 'cheesy' feet.

another tip is..... honestly, please do not laugh.......... CROCS.

if you are not actually riding... then wear crocs. they are warm with socks, and barefoot they are washable.

u use mine for showering (gives me chance to wash em.....) and as slippers, i used to think they were 'Gay' or 'Stupid' till I my wife bought me a pair... I wore em just to please her.... but then got to really like em.

I reccommend em 100% as they weigh nothing........

That is the second vote for bleach, I did try Dettol and Luz soap powder: soaking in hot water for 30mins, the other day but dont think it really worked.

What are 'crocs'?

Anyone know where to purchase MicroPure in Malaysia or the UK (will any one be selling it at Ripley?)
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One of my friends recommended me to use those effervecent tablets that clean false teeth. Apparently it worked very well on her MC bags and removed cat pee smell when nothing else would. Not sure it would work on leather though.
I never personally tried it yet but why not? Also similar are the tablets you buy to clean platic bottles. More expensive stuff though but does the same stuff.

Let us know how you get on with that!

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To stop musty mouldy type smells on wet riding gear I soak my riding gear in a bathtub full of water with a tube of steradent tablets or similar then drip dry (no rinse). Not sure how well it would work against boot feet but the sterilising stuff in steradent (denture soak tablets) seems to stay in the fabric for a while and doesn't damage it.
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