drivinhard

any good ideas for keeping a helmet fresh, less stinky w/ age?

Jason

Febreeze

Brent Dalton

Let me know if you find anything Mark, as mine is starting to get bad this year.

Bill Dearborn

I got something called Molecule Refresher through the local circle track supply store. It cost $6 bucks for a 4 oz bottle last year. Part number was MOLMLRE-4.

Bill

yakisoba

Those fabric softener dryer sheets. I pop one of those in my helmet after track days, and it sucks up excess moisture and makes it smell better.

davidfarmer

we have a big vacuum carpet cleaner thingy with a furniture attachment. Occasionally, I'll saturate my helmet with cleaner and suck it out. A shop vac would probably also work

PA Z06

x2 it has worked well for me over the years

Fastguy

I just wash mine in the kitchen sink with some laundry detergent.

yakisoba

No one has mentioned taping it to the top of the car and taking it through the car wash.

96CollectorSport

Depending on what brand helmet you have you can send them in to be re-lined. A friend had Simpson reline his after someone blew chunks in it. Not sure what it cost, I think around $100.

sperkins

That doesn't make your mullet smell like a Bounty sheet?

yakisoba

*shrug*
Chicks dig it.
Business in the front, party in the back, smells good all over.

Slalom4me

How old is the helmet? Overdue for replacement?

If not.

Be wary of applying anything that might attack the foam liner.

Consider buying or making a helmet dryer. The DIY route is
straightforward. Small cooling fans for electronic devices are
readily available in various sizes and current/voltage draws.

I have a 3" 12VDC/2.8W fan that I power with a variable voltage
power supply (1.5V to 12V). When set to 6V, the power supply
spins the 12V fan at a satisfactory noise/volume level. For
track use, consider rigging something that will power the fan
from a cigarette lighter socket.

An inline fuse with a suitable rating is always a good feature
to include in a circuit.

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SouthernSon

same here. So far no adverse effects.

SIK02SS

x3 on dryer sheets

bobmoore2

I just got the liner saturated with water, then squished the water out of the foam. Repeat several times until the water coming out of the foam is clean. Then let it air dry. It smells OK again now.