Re: Anyone clean helmet w/bleach?

[Guest guest]

I thought I read somewhere that using cleaners other than rubbing alcohol can

damage the helmet by breaking down the material. I can't find where I read that

though. Maybe someone else knows...

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> My new pediatrician (a dermatologist specialist) says to clean helmet w bleach

(in light of staph infection).

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> Anyone clean it with bleach? If so, how?

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> O.

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[Guest guest]

I would highly recommend that you do NOT do that.

I have a DOC band and and they say only use Alcohol.

My son's helmet was really stinky for the first week. Then I realised that the

alcohol I was using was 71%.

I started using a 91% alc. and it works great.

By the end of the day, it still stinks, but after a good clean scrub and bath,

it's back to normal. When it's hot out, I sometimes clean it twice during the

day.

Hope that helps!

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> > My new pediatrician (a dermatologist specialist) says to clean helmet w

bleach (in light of staph infection).

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> > Anyone clean it with bleach? If so, how?

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> > O.

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[Guest guest]

I wpuld not, for the same reasons the others have said. We were told that we

could use a gentle baby shampoo, and make sure it was COMPLETELY dry before it

was put back on. I would blot the entire helmet, then put it in front of an fan

blowing on high speed. That was his " hour off " during the day!

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> My new pediatrician (a dermatologist specialist) says to clean helmet w bleach

(in light of staph infection).

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> Anyone clean it with bleach? If so, how?

>

> O.

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