Two tools for daily cleaning with alcohol

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Before taking on the task of STARband cleaning, I had experience with

an unusual collection of skin care equipment (for a man), two of

which have proven useful.

Like skin, helmet foam has pores, and fine, soft bristles are useful

in penetrating them without damage. Some sources recommend

toothbrushes for helmet cleaning; facial exfoliating brushes are far

softer and finer, and are also more practical by virtue of their

size. Check your nearest health & beauty aisle, or:

http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8 & node=11059551

Dollar Tree, I believe, was the source of my IGIÁ Ultra Dermabrasion

Micro Exfoliation System, of which the motorized rotating brush is

most useful. That was a long time ago, however.

The same interest in microdermabrasion led me to microfiber cleaning

cloths, typically found in your retail household cleaning section.

(I use these like camp towels, and save myself a ton of laundry.)

They have a micro-abrasive quality that can help with yellow-brown

helmet staining, if you are willing to risk losing microscopic

amounts of lining material. But even if that doesn't interest you,

you'll want this cloth for the way it efficiently removes the stink-

containing fluid from inside the helmet. The cloth is rinsed with

water beforehand and wrung damp, otherwise it won't absorb much of

anything.

A quick wipedown leaves the helmet almost completely dry, and because

the intermolecular forces normally present in water have been

disrupted by alcohol, the cloth can then be wrung almost completely

dry also. Because this fabric doesn't support microbial life nearly

as much as cotton anyway, what that means is, you can use the same

cloth repeatedly without it developing a strong smell of its own.