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Hey guys, i stupidly put my leathers in my storage box without air drying them from my last trackday and i open the box and there was mold everyone. I cleaned the mold off with dish soap but. Anyone one of a way 100% to get rid of the smell and not sure how to clean the inside as i can't flip them.
 
My guess would be ozone cleaning to kill everything. Normally it's used for hockey gear. I don't know if it should be used on leathers (presumably it is reasonably non-destructive as some hockey gear has leather, but I would want confirmation before trusting my leathers would hold up to the next crash).
 
I left a wet pair of Warm 'n Safe heated gloves in my saddlebag for 3 weeks. Outside turned green with mildew, no mildew on the inside of the gloves. I washed off with regular liquid dish soap, dried with a towel to remove excess water and then left them outside on the deck to bake in the sun for a couple of days. Turned out OK, no odour and they still work fine.
 
Soak them in the tub. Hot water and a jug of vinegar.

Let it sit in that for a couple hours.

Rinse it a few times in a tub full of water to get the vinegar smell out.

Hang dry, mink oil it.

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You have a couple of options, before you start clean off any visible mold with a damp cloth or soft brush.

Soaking: Soak is about 15 minutes for leathers. ALWAYS DRY LEATHER FLAT ON A RACK, NEVER HANG DRY. Concoctions of Vinegar/water (as mentioned above). 50:1 water:bleach. Oxi cleaners like https://www.lysol.com/lysol-laundry-sanitizer/Toss. Outdoor swimming pool that uses chlorine.

Spray sanitizing: Hydrogen peroxide H2O2 works well. Spray your garment liverally, then wipe after a minute on finished surfaces.

Tumble dryclean: Wipe off any visible mold with a damp cloth, turn the suit inside out, close all velcros, tumble in a dryer with several heavy damp towels on medium heat until the towels are bone dry.

UV: Strong sunshine will kill molds. Hang your suit on a clothesline on a sunny day. Turn it inside out for a day, and rightside out for a day.

You can also take your suit to a furrier to have it professionally tumble cleaned.
 
How come nobody has mentioned baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) ?
 
Does anyone know how to get rid of that shiny greasy leather look ? When I first got the jacket it had sort of matte finish but now it became all shiny. Tried Motul leather cleaner and soap but cannot get that shine off.
 
I took it to love your... in etobicoke. they have a ozone machine. They said they do a lot of racers suits. I will post pics of suit before and after. Also update you on price. if anyone want to try it.
 
You know how you make ozone (O3) <- spark plugs ?
... lightning works better but it's way hard to control.

Not sure pictures will show the chemistry of de-smell by oxidation :|
 
Ghostrider619 said:
Does anyone know how to get rid of that shiny greasy leather look ? When I first got the jacket it had sort of matte finish but now it became all shiny. Tried Motul leather cleaner and soap but cannot get that shine off.
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Leather cleaner (saddle soap) is made from fats and oils :| so is soap, you can't make leather less shiny using fats and oils, try alcohol (carefully)
 
do you have a pool?
toss it in and let it swirl in the jets for a few hours
then lay it in the sun to dry
oil a bit before completely dry

100% no BS
did this with the young lads hockey gear
ever open up a hockey bag in late August?

straight to the pool
 
Bickle told to me never put anything on leather that you wouldn't put on your own skin. Makes sense.
 
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