no it,s not my feet causing it [the smell] . I mean thier good booties but ..stink.. m f g never smelt anything like it , unberfookingleavable. When you put them on, the air rushes out the top and hits you like a ton of bricks ,wammo . Quickly put the wet suit legs over the boots and start paddleing . All is good ,life is grand,birds fly by ,fish swim under,fanstastic. But then the time comes to change ,,and take the booties off...oh **** not looking foward to this, it is just horrible . Quicksilver shame on you.

mmmm yum, smoked rubber stinkfoot , who rang the SES darling? ...must have been the neighbours two streets away!

even after i wash my feet with fresh water ,there is still that lingering hint of rubber stinkfoot. It Just keeps on giving!!

There are two solutions to your problem.

1. Put a splash of vinegar in each bootie. Cheap white vinegar is fine. Top it up with water. Swoosh it around a bit. Let it sit for about 10 minutes while you do other stuff. Drain the booties and hang them out to dry as normal. You get a slight vinegar smell but nothing toxic like they were.

Bleach, disinfectant, soap powered etc. Doesn't work.


2. Get some new booties.

I had some Rip Curl 3mm and they were ready to be registered as a bio-hazard. (Hence the vinegar treatment which works a treat). Even if I dried them thoroughly they made my car uninhabitable. Eventually I threw them out. In 40 years of water stuff they were the first booties I ever owned that stunk.

I recently bought some new Rip Curl 3mm booties and they don't smell at all.

Maybe you're not weeing on your feet enough.

Gorgo said...

There are two solutions to your problem.

1. Put a splash of vinegar in each bootie. Cheap white vinegar is fine. Top it up with water. Swoosh it around a bit. Let it sit for about 10 minutes while you do other stuff. Drain the booties and hang them out to dry as normal. You get a slight vinegar smell but nothing toxic like they were.

Bleach, disinfectant, soap powered etc. Doesn't work.


2. Get some new booties.

I had some Rip Curl 3mm and they were ready to be registered as a bio-hazard. (Hence the vinegar treatment which works a treat). Even if I dried them thoroughly they made my car uninhabitable. Eventually I threw them out. In 40 years of water stuff they were the first booties I ever owned that stunk.

I recently bought some new Rip Curl 3mm booties and they don't smell at all.

Yes , Ive never noticed this before , its either the particular type of bootie,[there very new] or maybe Its because Im new to to sup,and when surfing normaly ,the old ones used to get flushed out more by waves etc. Dont know,.. anyway I will happy piss on all and sundry to try and de-stinkify the bloody things. Failing that I,ll try the vinegar. Any way roll on summer so the rubber can be shelved.