Glove cleaning

[Damean]

Well, my little brother decided my Joe Rocket gloves would make awesome paint ball gloves, and now my gloves are pink Any recommendations for cleaning them, or can I just throw them in the washer? Looked at the label, and there doesn't seem to be any directions. Thanks

[Nevets]

Try a Google search for "clean paint from leather". Seems like a lot of possible solutions in the search results. Dish soap and warm water seems like a good one. Don't use anything with strong chemicals.

 

Or, have him buy you another pair....

[Joe Frickin' Friday]

Or, have him buy you another pair....

 

That'd be my choice. Any glove that's been slathered with paint and then treated to an aggressive cleaning is not going to be in very good condition when finished.

[Harry_Wilshusen]

One thing to remember is that paintball paint is made of vegetable oil and food coloring. At least the paintballs I used 15 years ago were.

 

Harry

[IanW]

Damean

Try washing machine on gentle cycle, warm water and normal washing powder. I did mine to get rid of sweat/smell etc. It took a couple of days to dry (not in sunlight).

Ian

[Helga]

Well, my little brother decided my Joe Rocket gloves would make awesome paint ball gloves, and now my gloves are pink Any recommendations for cleaning them, or can I just throw them in the washer? Looked at the label, and there doesn't seem to be any directions. Thanks

 

 

I use concentrated Simple Green on nearly everything from red wine to husbands newly washed chapstick stains on clothes and seems to do the trick with a little elbow grease in getting everything out.

[Trinity]

Ditto on the gentle cycle wash + out of sun drying. I also HIGHLY recommend that you treat them thoroughly with Lexol or another quality "leather balm" after they are dry. You should then be good to go.

[Rinkydink]

All of the above is good advice. Hand wash them gently in Woolite etc, treat all leather and sun dry. Paintball tint will wash out easily.