Ig Nobel Prize: UVC light sterilizes shoes, kills odor
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#2I heard these were already common in China:
https://xcancel.com/NukitToBeSure/status/1972467734656209164...
Re: Ig Nobel Prize: UVC light sterilizes shoes, kills odor
#3I won't believe it until you try it on my belay partner's climbing shoes.
Their shoes should be banned under the Geneva convention.
Re: Ig Nobel Prize: UVC light sterilizes shoes, kills odor
#4I won't believe it until you try it on my belay partner's climbing shoes. Their shoes should be banned under the Geneva convention.
I use bleach infused cleaning wipes and I stuff few of them inside each shoe for few nights. I take them out whenever I put on the shoes. On a negative note, it caused some cheaper insoles to literally fall apart overnight while doing this.
Re: Ig Nobel Prize: UVC light sterilizes shoes, kills odor
#5Any time I have tried to use a UVC light on a product, it always comes out smelling worse. Like, burnt somehow.
Re: Ig Nobel Prize: UVC light sterilizes shoes, kills odor
#6“But push it too far - 10 to 15 minutes - and the odour gave way to ‘strong burnt rubber’”
Would definitely want to know what volatiles are being produced by this process.
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#7I've been using the bleach trick, especially when my shoes get wet on their own.
Add a bit of bleach to a bucket, put the shoes there for 3-4 minutes, and then add a bit of thiosulfate to neutralize the bleach. Rinse under running water, and then dry in a tumble dryer (on a drying pan).
Re: Ig Nobel Prize: UVC light sterilizes shoes, kills odor
#8I won't believe it until you try it on my belay partner's climbing shoes. Their shoes should be banned under the Geneva convention.
I use bleach infused cleaning wipes and I stuff few of them inside each shoe for few nights. I take them out whenever I put on the shoes. On a negative note, it caused some cheaper insoles to literally fall apart overnight while doing this.
Just curious, do you know the active ingredients on the wipes?
... I wear socks. There's a lot of things holding back my climbing, proper diet, weight training, sticking to a plan, etc... socks are not holding me back pahaha.
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#9Vacuum also reduces odor: https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1801263439769182405
Re: Ig Nobel Prize: UVC light sterilizes shoes, kills odor
#10Any time I have tried to use a UVC light on a product, it always comes out smelling worse. Like, burnt somehow.
Going by the article, you might try reducing the exposure time.