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It seems that the hum-ditty here in England is a bit higher than many other
places, because its going on day 4 and my wading boots still haven't dried. I'm currently drying them with a hair dryer, because they were starting to get a bit stanky. That got me to thinking about a few questions: 1) Do most folks who live in humid climes have to dry their wading boots, or do you just let them sit around damp until they eventually dry off themselves? 2) IF they sit around damp, is there any component (stitching, leathers, liners, etc) that will rot away and destroy them , or are all the components made of non-decomposing materials? 3) IF you dry them with a hair dryer, as I am doing, can the heat from the nozzle just sitting inside the boot while I type on roff do any damage, like melt the insole, or deform some part of them, or something? 4) It seems that the hardest part to dry of all is the felt soles, as they are thick and the centers do not get the benefit of the hair dryer. Can the felt soles rot or anything if they sit damp for awhile? 5) Has anyone tried any other methods to dry their shoes, like a low (low, low, low) heat in an oven or setting them on the defroster of their car or something? 6) If I spray my shoes with some sort of odor destroyer (since they have developed a mildewey smell), will that put off the fish when I wade next time? OK, thats enough dumb questions for now. :-) --riverman |
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"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message . .. riverman wrote: It seems that the hum-ditty here in England is a bit higher than many other places, because its going on day 4 and my wading boots still haven't dried. I'm currently drying them with a hair dryer, because they were starting to get a bit stanky. ... I have a pair of Chotas that stayed wet from late May to late September with no apparent ill effects. Remember to leave them somewhere where the air circulates a bit so they don't get moldy, ie don't stuff 'em wet into a plastic bag except to travel and then get 'em out of there as soon as you arrive. I'd be careful with the hair dryer. Why do you want dry wading shoes anyway ? Fair question...wasn't it Mark Twain who said "Never trust a flyfisherman with dry wading boots"? g It because I'm in a very tiny dorm room for my grad program, and these boots are making the room stinky. I hung them out the window for a couple of days, but this is England, so it kept raining on and off and they wouldn't dry. Then I put them in the bathroom with the ceiling fan on, but that didn't work either. I don't have any 'outdoor' storage for them, so I gotta get them dry somehow. --riverman |
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"Tim J." wrote in message ... "snakefiddler" wrote... well, if they are dumb questions, then count me among the stupid, (oh, wait, forty already did g), This is a prime example of trolling. . . not that's there's anything wrong with that. -- TL, Tim (yeah, plagiarism - so what?) ------------------------ Aww, comon Tim. Let me get a few more answers before you derail the thread!! :-( --riverman (BTW, I don't think that was trolling as much as it was baiting.) |
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"Tim J." wrote in message ... How does the building get its heat/hot water? If there's any kind of flame involved, make friends with the building attendant and put them in the same room for a day (not too close - just in the same room.) These rooms generally have zero humidity and things dry fairly quickly. Excellent suggestion. I could put them on top of the dryer when I do my laundry tomorrow! And you really should wash your feet once in a while - I can smell 'em from here. :) You know, I thought about that for half a second, but then I realized that, if my foot stink was getting to my boots through two pair of socks, the neoprene booties and the shoe liners, I was gonna have to just live with it. :-) --riverman |
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"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message .. . riverman wrote: "Tim J." wrote: This is a prime example of trolling. . . Aww, comon Tim. Let me get a few more answers before you derail the thread!! :-( --riverman (BTW, I don't think that was trolling as much as it was baiting.) Baiting, trolling, whatever. If I was in the mood to have a bit of fun with Miss Daisy Mae Dildo today I'd have done it in the thread where chicks don't mind tag alongs so long as they get to go on a horsey back ride with rw. Now THAT had comedy written all over it. ;-) You, sir, are the model of self-restraint. --riverman (and THAT has comedy written all over it, too! bseg) |
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"Tim J." wrote in message ... "riverman" wrote... "Tim J." wrote... How does the building get its heat/hot water? If there's any kind of flame involved, make friends with the building attendant and put them in the same room for a day (not too close - just in the same room.) These rooms generally have zero humidity and things dry fairly quickly. Excellent suggestion. I could put them on top of the dryer when I do my laundry tomorrow! Considering the drier's job is to remove the water from clothes and throw it into the air, you'll probably find it to be a very humid environment. Hmm, good point. But I think that the increased temp raises the carrying capacity of the air, so even though the absolute humidity increases, the relative himidity decreases. This might become an interesting thread..... --riverman |
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On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 19:37:04 +0200, "riverman" wrote:
1) Do most folks who live in humid climes have to dry their wading boots, or do you just let them sit around damp until they eventually dry off themselves? It's humid in Atlanta. I nailed the ends of a couple of 2' 1x1's into a board and put the boots on them. They dry out in a couple of days. -- Charlie... |
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riverman wrote:
It seems that the hum-ditty here in England is a bit higher than many other places, because its going on day 4 and my wading boots still haven't dried. I'm currently drying them with a hair dryer, because they were starting to get a bit stanky. ... I have a pair of Chotas that stayed wet from late May to late September with no apparent ill effects. Remember to leave them somewhere where the air circulates a bit so they don't get moldy, ie don't stuff 'em wet into a plastic bag except to travel and then get 'em out of there as soon as you arrive. I'd be careful with the hair dryer. Why do you want dry wading shoes anyway ? -- Ken Fortenberry |
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"riverman" wrote in message ... It seems that the hum-ditty here in England is a bit higher than many other places, because its going on day 4 and my wading boots still haven't dried. I'm currently drying them with a hair dryer, because they were starting to get a bit stanky. That got me to thinking about a few questions: 1) Do most folks who live in humid climes have to dry their wading boots, or do you just let them sit around damp until they eventually dry off themselves? 2) IF they sit around damp, is there any component (stitching, leathers, liners, etc) that will rot away and destroy them , or are all the components made of non-decomposing materials? 3) IF you dry them with a hair dryer, as I am doing, can the heat from the nozzle just sitting inside the boot while I type on roff do any damage, like melt the insole, or deform some part of them, or something? 4) It seems that the hardest part to dry of all is the felt soles, as they are thick and the centers do not get the benefit of the hair dryer. Can the felt soles rot or anything if they sit damp for awhile? 5) Has anyone tried any other methods to dry their shoes, like a low (low, low, low) heat in an oven or setting them on the defroster of their car or something? 6) If I spray my shoes with some sort of odor destroyer (since they have developed a mildewey smell), will that put off the fish when I wade next time? OK, thats enough dumb questions for now. :-) --riverman well, if they are dumb questions, then count me among the stupid, (oh, wait, forty already did g), because being a first time owner of wading boots, i have had the same kinds of questions, so, i too, will appreciate any answers. my smelly gravel guards are soaking in soapy water as we speak. and my boots are already getting to be a little smelly. after i wear them, i put them outside on my balcony to dry, but i bring them in at night to guard against theft. snakefiddler |
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"snakefiddler" wrote... well, if they are dumb questions, then count me among the stupid, (oh, wait, forty already did g), This is a prime example of trolling. . . not that's there's anything wrong with that. -- TL, Tim (yeah, plagiarism - so what?) ------------------------ http://css.sbcma.com/timj |
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riverman wrote:
"Ken Fortenberry" wrote: ... Why do you want dry wading shoes anyway ? Fair question...wasn't it Mark Twain who said "Never trust a flyfisherman with dry wading boots"? g It because I'm in a very tiny dorm room for my grad program, and these boots are making the room stinky. ... Ah, I see. What you need is attitude adjustment. Those boots aren't stinking up the place, they're providing an authentic aroma of the great outdoors that is uniquely yours. ;-) -- Ken Fortenberry |
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"riverman" wrote in message ... It seems that the hum-ditty here in England is a bit higher than many other places, because its going on day 4 and my wading boots still haven't dried. I'm currently drying them with a hair dryer, because they were starting to get a bit stanky. That got me to thinking about a few questions: 1) Do most folks who live in humid climes have to dry their wading boots, or do you just let them sit around damp until they eventually dry off themselves? 2) IF they sit around damp, is there any component (stitching, leathers, liners, etc) that will rot away and destroy them , or are all the components made of non-decomposing materials? 3) IF you dry them with a hair dryer, as I am doing, can the heat from the nozzle just sitting inside the boot while I type on roff do any damage, like melt the insole, or deform some part of them, or something? 4) It seems that the hardest part to dry of all is the felt soles, as they are thick and the centers do not get the benefit of the hair dryer. Can the felt soles rot or anything if they sit damp for awhile? 5) Has anyone tried any other methods to dry their shoes, like a low (low, low, low) heat in an oven or setting them on the defroster of their car or something? 6) If I spray my shoes with some sort of odor destroyer (since they have developed a mildewey smell), will that put off the fish when I wade next time? How does the building get its heat/hot water? If there's any kind of flame involved, make friends with the building attendant and put them in the same room for a day (not too close - just in the same room.) These rooms generally have zero humidity and things dry fairly quickly. And you really should wash your feet once in a while - I can smell 'em from here. :) -- TL, Tim ------------------------ http://css.sbcma.com/timj |
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"riverman" wrote in message ... "Tim J." wrote in message ... "snakefiddler" wrote... well, if they are dumb questions, then count me among the stupid, (oh, wait, forty already did g), This is a prime example of trolling. . . not that's there's anything wrong with that. -- TL, Tim (yeah, plagiarism - so what?) ------------------------ Aww, comon Tim. Let me get a few more answers before you derail the thread!! :-( --riverman (BTW, I don't think that was trolling as much as it was baiting.) nah, it twaren't neether- i just wanted to head 'im off....... snake |
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"snakefiddler" wrote... "riverman" wrote... "Tim J." wrote... "snakefiddler" wrote... well, if they are dumb questions, then count me among the stupid, (oh, wait, forty already did g), This is a prime example of trolling. . . not that's there's anything wrong with that. Aww, comon Tim. Let me get a few more answers before you derail the thread!! (BTW, I don't think that was trolling as much as it was baiting.) nah, it twaren't neether- i just wanted to head 'im off....... I understand the intent, but it's growing a bit stale. . . ;-) -- TL, Tim ------------------------ http://css.sbcma.com/timj |
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"riverman" wrote in message ... It seems that the hum-ditty here in England is a bit higher than many other places, because its going on day 4 and my wading boots still haven't dried. I'm currently drying them with a hair dryer, because they were starting to get a bit stanky. That got me to thinking about a few questions: 1) Do most folks who live in humid climes have to dry their wading boots, or do you just let them sit around damp until they eventually dry off themselves? 2) IF they sit around damp, is there any component (stitching, leathers, liners, etc) that will rot away and destroy them , or are all the components made of non-decomposing materials? 3) IF you dry them with a hair dryer, as I am doing, can the heat from the nozzle just sitting inside the boot while I type on roff do any damage, like melt the insole, or deform some part of them, or something? 4) It seems that the hardest part to dry of all is the felt soles, as they are thick and the centers do not get the benefit of the hair dryer. Can the felt soles rot or anything if they sit damp for awhile? 5) Has anyone tried any other methods to dry their shoes, like a low (low, low, low) heat in an oven or setting them on the defroster of their car or something? 6) If I spray my shoes with some sort of odor destroyer (since they have developed a mildewey smell), will that put off the fish when I wade next time? OK, thats enough dumb questions for now. :-) --riverman Dependin' on the time of year, I either set them by the air vents in the house (van down by the river) and A/C them or heat them. Sometimes I just leave'em in the car to kill the smell of trailer trash. Other times they sit on the porch. However, you can buy boot dryers from Cabela's. Mark |
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"Tim J." wrote in message ... "snakefiddler" wrote... ya know- i typed what i felt was an appropriate response to your ability find opportunity to get on my ass in most anything i post, but given that things have been pretty ugly around here lately, i decided not to send it. DAMN! You were SO close, too. :( -- TL, Tim RWBNS :-( --riverman |
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riverman wrote:
"Tim J." wrote: This is a prime example of trolling. . . Aww, comon Tim. Let me get a few more answers before you derail the thread!! :-( --riverman (BTW, I don't think that was trolling as much as it was baiting.) Baiting, trolling, whatever. If I was in the mood to have a bit of fun with Miss Daisy Mae Dildo today I'd have done it in the thread where chicks don't mind tag alongs so long as they get to go on a horsey back ride with rw. Now THAT had comedy written all over it. ;-) -- Ken Fortenberry |
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"riverman" wrote... "Tim J." wrote... How does the building get its heat/hot water? If there's any kind of flame involved, make friends with the building attendant and put them in the same room for a day (not too close - just in the same room.) These rooms generally have zero humidity and things dry fairly quickly. Excellent suggestion. I could put them on top of the dryer when I do my laundry tomorrow! Considering the drier's job is to remove the water from clothes and throw it into the air, you'll probably find it to be a very humid environment. -- TL, Tim ------------------------ http://css.sbcma.com/timj |
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Mark H. Bowen wrote:
"riverman" wrote in message ... Dependin' on the time of year, I either set them by the air vents in the house (van down by the river) and A/C them or heat them. Sometimes I just leave'em in the car to kill the smell of trailer trash. Other times they sit on the porch. However, you can buy boot dryers from Cabela's. Mark Try stuffing them with newspaper and leave them in an airy place, in front of an open window for instance. Check the paper regularly and replace with dry stuff as it gets damp. -- E-Mail:- Website:- http://www.ftscotland.co.uk Looking for a webhost? Try http://www.1and1.co.uk/?k_id=2966019 |
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"riverman" wrote in message ... 4) It seems that the hardest part to dry of all is the felt soles, as they are thick and the centers do not get the benefit of the hair dryer. Can the felt soles rot or anything if they sit damp for awhile? I don't know much about it- but I understand that the infamous New Zealand mud snail can survive just fine in damp felt. If those little nasties are about I believe you should use a 1/2c of bleach in a gallon of cold water and soak your boots in it for a few minutes if your anticipate using your boots again before they thoroughly dry out. jh |
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"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message .. . riverman wrote: "Tim J." wrote: This is a prime example of trolling. . . Aww, comon Tim. Let me get a few more answers before you derail the thread!! :-( --riverman (BTW, I don't think that was trolling as much as it was baiting.) Baiting, trolling, whatever. If I was in the mood to have a bit of fun with Miss Daisy Mae Dildo today I'd have done it in the thread where chicks don't mind tag alongs so long as they get to go on a horsey back ride with rw. Now THAT had comedy written all over it. ;-) -- Ken Fortenberry ya know- i typed what i felt was an appropriate response to your ability find opportunity to get on my ass in most anything i post, but given that things have been pretty ugly around here lately, i decided not to send it. hope ya had a great father's day, forty. snake |
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"Sandy Birrell" wrote in message ... Try stuffing them with newspaper and leave them in an airy place, in front of an open window for instance. Check the paper regularly and replace with dry stuff as it gets damp. Best advice thus far, I think. Another way to speed the process is to leave them in the car.....lots of windows....heats up fast with even very little sunshine. Wolfgang |
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"snakefiddler" wrote... "Ken Fortenberry" wrote... riverman wrote: "Tim J." wrote: This is a prime example of trolling. . . Aww, comon Tim. Let me get a few more answers before you derail the thread!! :-( --riverman (BTW, I don't think that was trolling as much as it was baiting.) Baiting, trolling, whatever. If I was in the mood to have a bit of fun with Miss Daisy Mae Dildo today I'd have done it in the thread where chicks don't mind tag alongs so long as they get to go on a horsey back ride with rw. Now THAT had comedy written all over it. ya know- i typed what i felt was an appropriate response to your ability find opportunity to get on my ass in most anything i post, but given that things have been pretty ugly around here lately, i decided not to send it. DAMN! You were SO close, too. :( -- TL, Tim ------------------------ http://css.sbcma.com/timj |
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Miss Daisy Mae Dildo wrote:
ya know- i typed what i felt was an appropriate response to your ability find opportunity to get on my ass in most anything i post, but given that things have been pretty ugly around here lately, i decided not to send it. Too late to take the high road now, Miss Daisy Mae Dildo. You inserted an unprovoked and gratuitous troll into this thread for reasons known only to you, but you had to have known it would not be likely to generate sweetness and light or even a recipe for drying boots. It's too late to get all uppity and holier than thou now. -- Ken Fortenberry |
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"Tim J." wrote in message ... "snakefiddler" wrote... "Ken Fortenberry" wrote... riverman wrote: "Tim J." wrote: This is a prime example of trolling. . . Aww, comon Tim. Let me get a few more answers before you derail the thread!! :-( --riverman (BTW, I don't think that was trolling as much as it was baiting.) Baiting, trolling, whatever. If I was in the mood to have a bit of fun with Miss Daisy Mae Dildo today I'd have done it in the thread where chicks don't mind tag alongs so long as they get to go on a horsey back ride with rw. Now THAT had comedy written all over it. ya know- i typed what i felt was an appropriate response to your ability find opportunity to get on my ass in most anything i post, but given that things have been pretty ugly around here lately, i decided not to send it. DAMN! You were SO close, too. :( -- TL, Tim ------------------------ http://css.sbcma.com/timj i feel ya, tim, but really- that was the cleaned up abbreviated version ;-)) |
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"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message . .. Miss Daisy Mae Dildo wrote: ya know- i typed what i felt was an appropriate response to your ability find opportunity to get on my ass in most anything i post, but given that things have been pretty ugly around here lately, i decided not to send it. Too late to take the high road now, Miss Daisy Mae Dildo. You inserted an unprovoked and gratuitous troll into this thread for reasons known only to you, but you had to have known it would not be likely to generate sweetness and light or even a recipe for drying boots. It's too late to get all uppity and holier than thou now. -- Ken Fortenberry had no intention of de-railing the thread, and so, no matter what is written, unless it pertains to the original post, i will not respond. snakefiddler |
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"Ken Fortenberry" wrote in message . .. Miss Daisy Mae Dildo wrote: ya know- i typed what i felt was an appropriate response to your ability find opportunity to get on my ass in most anything i post, but given that things have been pretty ugly around here lately, i decided not to send it. Too late to take the high road now, Miss Daisy Mae Dildo. You inserted an unprovoked and gratuitous troll into this thread for reasons known only to you, but you had to have known it would not be likely to generate sweetness and light or even a recipe for drying boots. It's too late to get all uppity and holier than thou now. -- Ken Fortenberry That's right Daisy Mae, Kenny would never berate you for no reason whatsoever. Besides, you could never hope to post such **** as this: rw wrote: Indian Joe wrote: Steve IJ, I'll bet you're the sort of person who will use the word "squaw" without a "nevermind" or a "by your leave" from Ken Fortenberry. You have two daughters, right ? A nice piece of 14 year old pussy, and a sweet little 8 year old ****, as I recall. Thank your lucky stars and the accident of your skin color that you and the whore you married are not at all concerned with the effects of subtle and pervasive racism. **** you, Steve, and the horse you rode in on. -- Ken Fortenberry Oops, I did it again! Mark |
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wrote: It seems that the hum-ditty here in England is a bit higher than many other places, because its going on day 4 and my wading boots still haven't dried. There are things sold to do just this. I've never bought them (in Ireland the sun is always shining) so I don't know if they work. Buy a copy of 'Trout and Salmon' magazine, and look for phone numbers for the big suppliers. L -- Remover the rock from the email address |
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"Jeff Miller" wrote in message news:L6JBc.6895$HN5.3238@lakeread06... i'm still tryin to figure out the hair dryer... did you travel from the congo with that thing? i mean, my wife has a hair dryer, but i've never thought about packing it to dry my wading boots. are those hair dryer thingamajigs good for anything else? g I'm staying in a coed dorm, so I borrowed it from my female colleague next door. Hell, I've never owned one in my life, and have never used one on my hair. Not even in the 70s. --riverman |
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"Charlie Wilson" wrote in message ... "riverman" wrote: It because I'm in a very tiny dorm room for my grad program, and these boots are making the room stinky. There can be cost-saving advantages to having stinky wading boots. Mine live in the back of the SUV between April and November; they leave a very distinct aroma, which deters certain daughters from borrowing the truck (and returning it with an empty gas tank). Yeah, but you are assuming that I don't WANT certain daughters (not yours, btw) from borrowing my dorm room, empty tank or not :-) --riverman (I'll deny I ever posted this if SWMBO ever starts reading roff.) |
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i'm still tryin to figure out the hair dryer... did you travel from the
congo with that thing? i mean, my wife has a hair dryer, but i've never thought about packing it to dry my wading boots. are those hair dryer thingamajigs good for anything else? g jeff riverman wrote: "Tim J." wrote in message ... "snakefiddler" wrote... well, if they are dumb questions, then count me among the stupid, (oh, wait, forty already did g), This is a prime example of trolling. . . not that's there's anything wrong with that. -- TL, Tim (yeah, plagiarism - so what?) ------------------------ Aww, comon Tim. Let me get a few more answers before you derail the thread!! :-( --riverman (BTW, I don't think that was trolling as much as it was baiting.) |
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"riverman" wrote in message ... It seems that the hum-ditty here in England is a bit higher than many other places, because its going on day 4 and my wading boots still haven't dried. I'm currently drying them with a hair dryer, because they were starting to get a bit stanky. That got me to thinking about a few questions: 1) Do most folks who live in humid climes have to dry their wading boots, or do you just let them sit around damp until they eventually dry off themselves? 2) IF they sit around damp, is there any component (stitching, leathers, liners, etc) that will rot away and destroy them , or are all the components made of non-decomposing materials? 3) IF you dry them with a hair dryer, as I am doing, can the heat from the nozzle just sitting inside the boot while I type on roff do any damage, like melt the insole, or deform some part of them, or something? 4) It seems that the hardest part to dry of all is the felt soles, as they are thick and the centers do not get the benefit of the hair dryer. Can the felt soles rot or anything if they sit damp for awhile? 5) Has anyone tried any other methods to dry their shoes, like a low (low, low, low) heat in an oven or setting them on the defroster of their car or something? 6) If I spray my shoes with some sort of odor destroyer (since they have developed a mildewey smell), will that put off the fish when I wade next time? OK, thats enough dumb questions for now. :-) --riverman This seem ideal http://www.bestboots.co.uk/boot_drier.htm loads more on google with 'boot drier' regards Jamaro --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.707 / Virus Database: 463 - Release Date: 15/06/2004 |
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"riverman" wrote: It because I'm in a very tiny dorm room for my grad program, and these boots are making the room stinky. There can be cost-saving advantages to having stinky wading boots. Mine live in the back of the SUV between April and November; they leave a very distinct aroma, which deters certain daughters from borrowing the truck (and returning it with an empty gas tank). |
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"Jamaro" wrote in message ... "riverman" wrote in message ... SNIPPED --riverman This seem ideal http://www.bestboots.co.uk/boot_drier.htm loads more on google with 'boot drier' regards Jamaro glad i wadn't high or nothin when i looked *that* one up. course, 2 hours of typing a paper for school can have a similar effect on the brain..... that was some weird **** snake --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.707 / Virus Database: 463 - Release Date: 15/06/2004 |
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On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 19:37:04 +0200, "riverman" wrote:
It seems that the hum-ditty here in England is a bit higher than many other places, because its going on day 4 and my wading boots still haven't dried. I'm currently drying them with a hair dryer, because they were starting to get a bit stanky. That got me to thinking about a few questions: 1) Do most folks who live in humid climes have to dry their wading boots, or do you just let them sit around damp until they eventually dry off themselves? 2) IF they sit around damp, is there any component (stitching, leathers, liners, etc) that will rot away and destroy them , or are all the components made of non-decomposing materials? 3) IF you dry them with a hair dryer, as I am doing, can the heat from the nozzle just sitting inside the boot while I type on roff do any damage, like melt the insole, or deform some part of them, or something? 4) It seems that the hardest part to dry of all is the felt soles, as they are thick and the centers do not get the benefit of the hair dryer. Can the felt soles rot or anything if they sit damp for awhile? 5) Has anyone tried any other methods to dry their shoes, like a low (low, low, low) heat in an oven or setting them on the defroster of their car or something? 6) If I spray my shoes with some sort of odor destroyer (since they have developed a mildewey smell), will that put off the fish when I wade next time? OK, thats enough dumb questions for now. :-) --riverman Go get some heat tape - an electric wrap used to keep pipes from freezing in the winter, looking sort of like a large version of old-fashioned flat TV aerial wire (i.e., not coaxial). It should be readily available in the UK and the US fairly inexpensively. Wrap it in a thin-ish _cotton_ material, like a thin kitchen/tea towel for each boot, and put some in each boot, fairly loosely. If you can find the really short ones, get two, but the longer ones can be used with a section in each boot. These don't get HOT hot - just warm enough to keep a water pipe from freezing - and so, don't "bake" your boots. I wouldn't dry MY boots with any heat source that I couldn't hold my hand on/to indefinitely (IOW, a hair dryer on high, etc., and unless the temp has dropped quite a bit in the last couple of weeks, they ain' lighting furnaces in the England/Ireland right now), but these are YOUR boots, so... Another way, only economical if you can get your hands on silica gel in bulk at a reasonable price, is take an old _cotton_ boot sock, fill it with the silica gel (the stuff in the little "DO NOT EAT" dry-pacs in electronics, optics, etc.), put in the damp boots, and when you need to re-desiccate, stick into a warm oven to "dry." Clean, dry sand and baking soda (bicarbonate of soda - "Arm and Hammer") is a sorta-substitute. For the smell, seal them in plastic box/bag with a coupla-few charcoal chunks - yep, just like grilling briquettes, just not the "quick-light" kind with "starter" embedded, just plain charcoal - and it'll absorb the odor. I ask my SO to save her old "run" stockings and put cedar shavings in some and a coupla-few of charcoal bricks in some, and keep them in the non-cedar clothes closets, storage lockers/chests, etc., and even put a charcoal one under the front seat of the cars to keep them "odor-neutral." TC, R |
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"snakefiddler" wrote in message ... "Jamaro" wrote in message ... This seem ideal http://www.bestboots.co.uk/boot_drier.htm loads more on google with 'boot drier' regards Jamaro glad i wadn't high or nothin when i looked *that* one up. course, 2 hours of typing a paper for school can have a similar effect on the brain..... that was some weird **** snake Wow, what a hoot THAT thing is!! You could put it by your door and scare off Jehovah's Witnessesses! --riverman (imagine having some sort of tape deck playing a lot of 'AAaaarrghhh! OOWwwaargh!' noises in the background.) |
Drying wading boots...
On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 19:37:04 +0200, "riverman"
wrote: It seems that the hum-ditty here in England is a bit higher than many other places, because its going on day 4 and my wading boots still haven't dried. I'm currently drying them with a hair dryer, because they were starting to get a bit stanky. That got me to thinking about a few questions: 1) Do most folks who live in humid climes have to dry their wading boots, or do you just let them sit around damp until they eventually dry off themselves? Yes. 2) IF they sit around damp, is there any component (stitching, leathers, liners, etc) that will rot away and destroy them , or are all the components made of non-decomposing materials? My leather winter boots get all stiffened up. Conditioner is in order if I ever decide to go out in deep snow again. 3) IF you dry them with a hair dryer, as I am doing, can the heat from the nozzle just sitting inside the boot while I type on roff do any damage, like melt the insole, or deform some part of them, or something? It can make the leather really nasty, but some good gook rubbed in can help afterward. I gather that mink oil is out, but there are all sorts of leather conditioners. 4) It seems that the hardest part to dry of all is the felt soles, as they are thick and the centers do not get the benefit of the hair dryer. Can the felt soles rot or anything if they sit damp for awhile? 5) Has anyone tried any other methods to dry their shoes, like a low (low, low, low) heat in an oven or setting them on the defroster of their car or something? The suggestion of newspapers or paper towels (Viva rules) stuffed in them works. For felts, eh? Do dry them upside down, so if you can stake them up some way, you and leave the soles tilted a bit off level. Might help. -- rbc:vixen,Minnow Goddess,Willow Watcher,and all that sort of thing. Often taunted by trout. Only a fool would refuse to believe in luck. Only a damn fool would rely on it. http://www.visi.com/~cyli |
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As a kid while camping all summer long, I learned to stuff them with loosely wadded up crumpled newspapers when I got back from a day's fishing and then by nighttime, they had absorbed most of the water in the shoes. I've done it the same way ever since and typically have fairly dry shoes for the next morning.... they don't get COMPLETELY dry, but maybe this would be a start for you. Larry |
Drying wading boots...
"W. D. Grey" wrote in message ... Hi Myron, Try stuffing them with absorbent paper kitchen roll or newspaper. I wouldn't try to force the drying with your hair dryer it could cause the leather to crack. Our Welsh water does persist eh? :-) We've had some serious rain overnight, the levels must be better than last week. Yeah, it dumped here in Plymouth, also. I solved the boots problem, with a rather simple and obvious solution. TOO obvious....I'm a bit embarassed. I'm sitting there, in my dorm room, window slightly ajar to let some fresh air in, typing at my computer with my damp, slightly odiferous boots by my foot. I look back towards the door to my dorm room, and there, behind the door, quietly hiding from sight, down near the floor......is.......the heater for the room. D'oH. I just set it on low, put the boots on it, and went to bed. Next morning, they were dry as a bone. --riverman |
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