Your ways to clean your Martial Art or MMA gear?

Question

My shin, arm and head guards are all smelling REAL bad. What are some things to get rid of the smell after training?

Answer 1

Wash or clean your gear when you get home I use to use my kids baby wipes works great

Answer 2

You must be using the c**p out of your gear.  Well your compression shorts I'd think you'd wash in the washer.  If you use one of those stupid f***y floss jock straps then you should look into compression shorts to hold your cup because f***y floss is a little ...uh...you know...kinda funny like.  As far as your mouth piece/mouth gaurd goes keep it stored in a clear container in your refrigerator and wash it off with hydogen peroxide before each use.  If you use tape then we both know that's disposable, but if you use 100 ft. hand wraps then you'll have to wash those as well.  My washer works fine for mine.  Your borad shorts and/or fight trunks washer as well your grappling gloves will be a way different story though.  You should treat those kind of like bowling shoes as weird as that may sound.  Spray them after every three or four uses with "Fabreeze" dude.  I've found that "Fabreeze" works best on grappling gloves ( just the insides spray into open palm area and no where else ).  Don't spray them from a point blank range though, kind of hold the pump bottle back away from your gloves about like say 8 to 12 inches or so and spray each one about four or five good sprays.  Leave them set out with the open palm side up and let them air dry without heat or a fan, just let them slow dry over night.  That's about the best advice I can give and it should work just fine and keep the smell down as well as keep your gear in fairly decent condition.

One more thing throw those wussy a** shin and arm gaurds in the garbage. Kick the Heavy bag with your shin unprotected.  The calcium in your bones will add to the thickness of your bones as you strike with each kick and toughen up your legs.  ( Bruising Will Occure As Well As Blisters ) Is your sparring partner afraid of a thai kick or something is that why you use shin and arm pads?  Kind of like bumper cars ain't it? oh well just spray the "fabreeze" on the insides of the pads only not on the leather/vinyl what ever it is that you use and let them air dry.  To each his own on training man...cough...cough.  Head Gear I can see, but geeze...yeah well I'm rambling now...shutting up.