Inside of your helmet cleaning.

So what do you guys do to, clean the inside of your helmet from sweat etc.?

Febreeze?

 

Don't use febreeze! Its highly carcinogenic!

Use baby shampoo. If you have a removable liner it makes it way easier. If you don't, just kinda blot it, and go back in with a wet cloth to try to sop it back up.

The trick it not using anything too harsh since it can break down the liner or safety materials if it has the wrong chemistry.

Gentler the better, and just set it out to dry. If you're impatient use the heater vent or similar, just not too hot.

 

Since when is a molecule made from corn sugar a carcinogen? Link to a study please.

OP: If your helmet has a removeable liner then simply follow the manufacturers recommendations (mine gets a hand wash once a year). If the liner is fixed then invest in one of these http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/41629/i/river-road-moisture-transfer-helmet-liner?WT.ac=SLIsearch or similar.

 

Exactly. If it's a halfway decent helmet, the padding and liner snap out and can be washed/scrubbed/dried etc; GENTLY.

Not just baby shampoo, but ANY shampoo, diluted, can be used to clean the liner. My logic has always been "what do I use to wash my hair?" Certainly not Fabreeze. EWWW.

 

febreze is nasty! I would never use that "s" on anything I own. how about I google that for you?

https://www.google.com/#q=how%20to%20be ... e%20helmet

CN

 

Apparently the EWG found it to be quite bad, google will help if you want to know more.

Keep the ideas coming, I've never heard of a way to do this.

 

http://www.ewg.org/research/greener-sch ... y-findings

The EWG is probably a little bias, but the IRAC doesn't lie, and most of the chemicals aren't actually tested.

Ha, the second result from RideApart was where I got the baby shampoo idea. Worked like a charm.

 

I got the shampoo idea from riding motorcycles for 45+ years. Helmets can get stanky.

Here's another little tip: shampoo makes a great impromptu roadside hand cleaner if you've just had to change a chain-lube soaked rear tire and didn't think to bring a proper hand cleaner with you on the trip. Rub it in good and go find a nice water-filled ditch; clean hands in no time. Clean enough to put your gloves back on anyway.

 

From the Venture forums, put the helmet in a CLEAN dishwasher with shampoo. Don't use the drying cycle, of course.
Water temp 130* around 40 min wash cycle.

Done this six times now, and my liner hasn't fallen apart. Helmet comes out smelling really fresh, too.

 

anybody wear doo rags? They help keep the helmet clean longer. They are comfy to when you are bald like me!

 

That's pretty dubious.

1) the study wasn't independent, but commissioned by a biased group.
2) the "contaminants" are not listed by density or volumne, which actually defines if it's dangerous or not, but by "Number of contaminants". There's radiation all around us, but only at high doses does it pose a problem. Saying "Product A has 5x as many contaminants than Product B" is meaningless if everything is well below toxicity levels.
3) There's also no mention of decay. Chemicals that have toxicity in vapor form have a time line of how long that toxicity lasts, usually under a minute and only in, as pointed out above, certain densities.

I'm not throwing that one out, but we need a lot of corroboration before I can accept those findings.

 

Sweet! Thanks for the suggestions guys!

 

The effects of a chemical are always dependant on the dosage. I'm not saying that any cleaner is of no concern, but so much of what is reported as being harmful isn't harmful at all when typical levels of exposure are accounted for. I eat formaldehyde on a regular basis, and from an organic source to boot, but not in amounts that are harmful.

 

Febreeze, nastyyyy.

Dishwasher idea is pretty nifty. I hadn't thought of it really, but what could be different than riding in a rainstorm with the face shield up?

Only problem is, I don't have a dishwasher...

So I suppose pulling the liner and hand washing works too

 

.... And to add to Fitz,s advice , if you grab a handful of sand or coarse dirt mixed in with the shampoo ( or dish washing liquid in my case ) , it makes a very good impromtu hand scrub, cheers , Murray

 

FWIW, here is a link to the MSDS sheet:

http://www.pg.com/productsafety/msds/pr ... ebreze.pdf

dave

 

OMG it has ethanol in it. I once got in a fistfight with a really good friend because of that stuff.

 

. . . so, who got the last beer ??

 

maybe this year i'll try a little spritz of this stuff to freshen things up