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Gloves Leaving MY Hands Black
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:11 pm
by ltcdwb
I had a chance to ride for a while this afternoon. I rode about an hour practicing my turns, shifts and quick stops. I am feeling better about my bike. I am begining to recognize how the bike "feels". This is really exciting.
As I have mentioned before I wear all my gear all the time. The problem I am having is my gloves are leaving my hands black. They are Olympia gloves with the leater palms and GEL pads. The backs are the typical stretch nylon. Any suggestions on how I can clean or treat the gloves to stop the color bleeding?
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:14 pm
by dr_bar
Time...
But sometimes it's just a shitty dye job.
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:20 pm
by Axman
Many manufacturers are using veggie oil dying instead of actual tanning so the dye will come off on the skin. Even my River Road gloves did this when they were new.
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:23 pm
by slimcolo
Gee and I thought only Mexican leather done that!
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:28 pm
by Axman
slimcolo wrote:Gee and I thought only Mexican leather done that!
Nah, it happens with Chinese leather too.
Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 6:19 pm
by shalihe74
Wowsa. I have a pair of Olympia gloves too, but have never had a problem with my hands being discolored.
Maybe try hitting them with the hose (and some soap, perhaps) to wash out the excess dye?
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:33 am
by Veda
Gloves Leaving MY Hands Black
Hmm, why the emphasis on MY? Were you expecting them to leave someone elses hands black? Did you plant some kind of anti-theft device in them to dye a thieves hands and not your own? What is going on here?
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 3:37 am
by ltcdwb
Veda wrote:Gloves Leaving MY Hands Black
Hmm, why the emphasis on MY? Were you expecting them to leave someone elses hands black? Did you plant some kind of anti-theft device in them to dye a thieves hands and not your own? What is going on here?
sOrRy i HaVee FAT fingeRS.
Re: Gloves Leaving MY Hands Black
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:06 pm
by shane-o
ltcdwb wrote:I had a chance to ride for a while this afternoon. I rode about an hour practicing my turns, shifts and quick stops. I am feeling better about my bike. I am begining to recognize how the bike "feels". This is really exciting.
As I have mentioned before I wear all my gear all the time. The problem I am having is my gloves are leaving my hands black. They are Olympia gloves with the leater palms and GEL pads. The backs are the typical stretch nylon. Any suggestions on how I can clean or treat the gloves to stop the color bleeding?
get used to it, ive tried many diff brands (IMHO alpinestars rock) and any non gortex lined glove leaves my hands a little blackened, no biggy. Side note my old faithfulls are about 5 years old and they still leave black on my hands somtimes
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:29 pm
by ltcdwb
That makes me feel a little better. Yesterday I took the drastic measure of soaking them in "woolite". After about an hour I rinsed them. The water ran black. I soaked them again for about an hour and they still made the rinse water black. I ran water over them and squeezed them out until I was tired. You guessed t. The rinse water still came out black. I let them dry over night. I will continue to use them. Maybe Santa Calus will bring me a new pair of gloves that wont make my hands black.