Cleaning Hockey Gloves

[daniel91 0]

My hockey gloves are really crusty in the inside. Is there anyway to get rid of the dry inside of the glove??

[leafs1967 2]

I have a Eagle tufftek CP95's and at the end of the season i just chuck them in the washing machine with all the rest of my gear expect skates and shin pads then let them air dry naturally. Have had no ill effects and keeps stuff from absolutely stinking. Have been doing this for past 10 years

[blues_91 0]

My hockey gloves are really crusty in the inside. Is there anyway to get rid of the dry inside of the glove??

No. Shaving cream with lanolin may help a bit, but nothing will get rid of it. The crusty dryness is not caused by the glove being dirty, the palm is just wearing like all palms do.

[Spreedizzle 1]

I usually air mine out the day after practice/game in the bed of my truck in the sun while I am at work. Beyond that....I spray Funk Free inside of them and that does wonders on the smell and so far....I haven't had an issue with palms getting crusty.

www.funkfree.com

[oggy_3 0]

i was always told that the sweat and the salt in the sweat that gets into the palms make it get all crusty, i could be wrong those

[sabre09923 0]

I usually air mine out the day after practice/game in the bed of my truck in the sun while I am at work. Beyond that....I spray Funk Free inside of them and that does wonders on the smell and so far....I haven't had an issue with palms getting crusty.

www.funkfree.com

Apparently, funkfree breaks down salt, which causes the crustiness in the palms of your gloves. I'd give it a try.

[TBLfan 25]

If it's a nash palm or the like I like to run them under hot water until the water turns clear and the smell is gone. I let the gloves dry and the palm will dry out. I then take some baseball glove conditioning foam and follow the instructions. The palms basically return to as new of a condition as you can expect(if they are rough, they are obviously still going to be rough). I've done it a couple times to my eagles.

[sabres48 0]

Whats lanolin?

[sabre09923 0]

There you go

[Bmplam 1]

Mink oil, or saddle soap should help.

[sc37 0]

If it's a nash palm or the like I like to run them under hot water until the water turns clear and the smell is gone. I let the gloves dry and the palm will dry out. I then take some baseball glove conditioning foam and follow the instructions. The palms basically return to as new of a condition as you can expect(if they are rough, they are obviously still going to be rough). I've done it a couple times to my eagles.

Baseball glove oil or foam works reallly well. But the palms got dry again a couple games later.

[Jarick 5]

I'm gonna try the running under hot water thing tonight.

Skintastic or Skintimate or whatever the girly shaving cream is with Vitamin E and Lanolin worked great to soften them up inside. Just get a LITTLE all over your hand and put your glove on and work it in.

Also might want to try a dryer sheet...stick it in there. Those things can do strange things.

[Aussie Joe 0]

Whats lanolin?

Originally it was the oily type substance that sheep naturally produce under their wool to protect both it and their skin. Allot of Doctors still prescribe lanolin for basic skin irrtations. Its a natural substance in most cases.

I've used it before when I have a deep cut that has stiches (so will more than likely scar) and when applied daily during the healing process it helps to keep the skin soft so once healed the scar is less prominent.

[BK 0]

As mentioned in the other threads about this, I find that keeping your gloves dry in the first place does the trick. I had a pair of eagles that I kept in my bag after ice times and they got as crusty as a saltine. Next pair I had, I pulled them out and tossed them on top of my bag after ice times and they lasted me 2 years before I retried them.

[TBLfan 25]

If it's a nash palm or the like I like to run them under hot water until the water turns clear and the smell is gone. I let the gloves dry and the palm will dry out. I then take some baseball glove conditioning foam and follow the instructions. The palms basically return to as new of a condition as you can expect(if they are rough, they are obviously still going to be rough). I've done it a couple times to my eagles.

Baseball glove oil or foam works reallly well. But the palms got dry again a couple games later.

It takes a couple of months for mine to get dry again. Did you treat it a second time?

[sc37 0]

No...I rubbed the foam all over it and that was it. I don't think I cleaned it well enough probably or didn't use enough conditioner cause like I say, they felt dry again soon after.

[TBLfan 25]

give it the rinse and repeat and just apply it again. It should get deeper into the palm and last longer.

[Law Goalie 147]

If they're really dirty, pour a few pots of boiling water through until all the crud comes out.

I like using steam: kills whatever it touches, and looses up a lot of the dirt. Then I wipe them inside and out, and scrub lanolin-based shaving gel into the palm with an old toothbrush.

A few treatments like that can revive a nearly dead pair of gloves; doing it from time to time with new-ish stuff will keep them funk-free and supple forever.

[ramensandwich 1]

johnson's baby shampoo works well too on palms.

[Allsmokenopancake 0]

What about gloves like the mission he750, they have things on the tips of the fingers and such

http://www.kempshockey.com/gloves2005/missionHG750.jpg

Would these methods be the same for them?

[DamnLocust 0]

Smokey, the digital overlay on those (white part of the palm) seemed to attract a lot of tape residue and whatnot, because it's such a grippy material. It seems to wear and then stick to itself a bit as well. If that's the only part that's getting crusty, I'm sure you could get away with doing just that part.

I never found the silicone fingertip grips to do a whole lot anyway, but they seemed to be on there pretty securely. Aside from any heavy brushing in that area (and you may want to be a bit gentler on the digital as well) I don't think you'd have a problem.

[Allsmokenopancake 0]

Smokey, the digital overlay on those (white part of the palm) seemed to attract a lot of tape residue and whatnot, because it's such a grippy material. It seems to wear and then stick to itself a bit as well. If that's the only part that's getting crusty, I'm sure you could get away with doing just that part.

I never found the silicone fingertip grips to do a whole lot anyway, but they seemed to be on there pretty securely. Aside from any heavy brushing in that area (and you may want to be a bit gentler on the digital as well) I don't think you'd have a problem.

Cheers, love the gloves, those and the team canada 5k's I have are the only ones in rotation, but these things need some loving to get them back again.

I sweat a lot into my gloves, even with the great ventilation system the missions have

[trox_355 0]

I've got mine soaking right now...

I have a pair of Bauers with the Durasoft palms. I run them under warm water, then scrub the inside and palms with plenty of baking soda. Rinse them, then toss them in a bleach sanitizer solution. This manages to keep the funk in check for a few months.

[puckhoggy 0]

When it comes to cleaning the palms of the gloves from piling and residue from the hockey tape handle, what is the best way? I already took preventative measures to prevent it by changing the tape. Now I would like to clean the palms in a way that doesn't damage them in any way.

What should I do with nash palms and the other being the HGT digital palms?

thx