Cleaning motorcycle gear for dermatophytosis

Forum Sponsor
unL33T said:
Google wasn't bad at all... See way worse stuff on the Internet daily without even looking for it.
Click to expand...

I don't think it's that bad considering **** like pain olympics, goatxe and other crap (DO NOT GOOGLE ANY OF THIS PEOPLE, I MEAN IT).

Psycho_Biker said:
Use this: http://mobile.walmart.com/m/phoenix...E16B#ip/Ting-Antifungal-Spray-Powder/10316461

It will cure your jock itch as well. You're welcome.
Click to expand...

Don't have jock itch. For some reason it's only on my upper body, arms, and legs. Not foot, face, hands or crotch. But I'm definitely gonna spray that bottle all over my gear.
 
Out of curiosity, were you wearing your leathers in your birthday suit? Did you get the infection from your leathers, or did your leathers get the infection from you? I wear mine almost daily and want to remain infection free. Explaining infections to a wife could be quite an affair.
 
Benny! said:
Where does one get this derma-whetever-it-is?
Click to expand...
Renboy said:
Out of curiosity, were you wearing your leathers in your birthday suit? Did you get the infection from your leathers, or did your leathers get the infection from you? I wear mine almost daily and want to remain infection free. Explaining infections to a wife could be quite an affair.
Click to expand...

I went on a 507 run on a Sunday a few weeks ago. I wore Kevlar jeans and my textile jacket with a t-shirt underneath (nothing underneath the jeans). On the way home I spent 4 hours getting drenched and decided to hang dry my textile and jeans. The signs of infection started showing up a few days later, I just ignored it figuring it was dry skin. More and more patches started showing up and yesterday my gf was like "O WTF IS UP W/ YOUR BODY", so I Googled and pieced the rest together. The reason why my feet don't have it is because the boots stank so bad I covered placed a cloth in rubbing alcohol in each boot to kill everything.

I'm cleaning everything now just incase the fungus decided to jump suits ; ;
 
matthew said:
I'm at work so I won't be googling anything, but I always wear some sort of base layer so that my skin doesn't touch the lining of my leathers.

That being said, without knowing what this dermamisotisis stuff is, if its just a bacteria, you can probably use Lysol wipes as a disinfectant to clean leathers.
Click to expand...

+1 on the Lysol wipes

Joots said:
Wikipedia says it's a fungus.
Click to expand...

Fungus or no fungus, Lysol wipes will wipe it out.
 
Out of interest, how long can the fungus live off a host? In theory couldn't some of the gear be fine if you just put it out in the sun for a few days? I know that will kill some mites, but I'm not sure about fungus.

Also I wouldn't wash leathers in a machine -- For textile I know my jacket says it can be hand washed and air dried in case that helps.

EDIT: nvm -- looks like it can live off host for 15 months according to wikipedia.
 
N3WMAN said:
Had it done to my 2pc suit. Worked really well and smelled fantasmic afterwards.
Click to expand...

Then that was something they added afterward or the treatment wasn't ozonation. Ozone machines are often used by hotels and car dealers to destroy smells. It is O3, unstable oxygen. It works by oxidizing the crap out of everything which is why it is also used to kill mold and mildew in certain types of spaces. An ideal-world treatment should have no smell at all.
 
The ozone treatment would have no smell but it would kill odour producing bacteria.
 
油井緋色;2082707 said:
I don't think it's that bad considering **** like pain olympics, goatxe and other crap (DO NOT GOOGLE ANY OF THIS PEOPLE, I MEAN IT).
Click to expand...

I've seen these things and dermatophytosis isn't bad at all when compared. The internet desensitizes you...
 
Sunspark said:
Then that was something they added afterward or the treatment wasn't ozonation. Ozone machines are often used by hotels and car dealers to destroy smells. It is O3, unstable oxygen. It works by oxidizing the crap out of everything which is why it is also used to kill mold and mildew in certain types of spaces. An ideal-world treatment should have no smell at all.
Click to expand...
It did not smell. I say it smelled fantastic, because it smelled like cat piss before I gave it to them and didn't afterwards, which is fantastic lol.
 
conundrum said:
Out of interest, how long can the fungus live off a host? In theory couldn't some of the gear be fine if you just put it out in the sun for a few days? I know that will kill some mites, but I'm not sure about fungus.

Also I wouldn't wash leathers in a machine -- For textile I know my jacket says it can be hand washed and air dried in case that helps.

EDIT: nvm -- looks like it can live off host for 15 months according to wikipedia.
Click to expand...

Pretty sure the sun drying makes things worse.

When you have wet gear, hang dry it in shade. Sun = heat, re-produces the bacteria at the speed of light.
 
Sun is also ultraviolet radiation which is sterilizing. Just saying. Though I would dry it turned inside out if I was putting it in the sun.
 
Ugur Dinch said:
Pretty sure the sun drying makes things worse.

When you have wet gear, hang dry it in shade. Sun = heat, re-produces the bacteria at the speed of light.
Click to expand...

Uhhh no. As mentioned bacteria is killed by UV & all living things need water to reproduce, including bacteria & fungus.
 
What's all the fuss about...I just got back from hockey and my gear was so alive it walked itself into my hockey bag. Added bonus that nothing will be nicked from my garage while my watch bag is guarding it with it's almighty stench powers.
Forum Sponsor
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom