Drying wading boots...

"riverman" wrote in message
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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?

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.
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TL,
Tim
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"Tim J." wrote in message
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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

"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
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj

"Tim J." wrote in message
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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.

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

"Tim J." wrote in message
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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.

Assuming the dryer is ventilated properly, wouldn't the wet air go outside?
Further then, the only real increase in drying capacity of the air outside
the dryer would only come from any excess heat generated from the dryer
affecting the air outside the dryer, no?

"riverman" wrote in message
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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


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

Mark H. Bowen wrote:
"riverman" wrote in message
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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.


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"Sandy Birrell" wrote in message
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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

Mark H. Bowen wrote:
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.

Ski shops have them too.
Another option is to get an old bonnet-style hair dryer at a thrift store,
throw away the bonnet, and put the hose into one of the boots.
Set the heat on low (should just be slightly warm at that setting), then
come back in an hour to dry the other boot.

I dry my ski boots that way, with no damage to them at all.
I dry my wading boots by leaving them on the back steps, which usually works
fine, but since it's been raining for the better part of a week, I finally
brought them inside.
The snowpack was so light around here, I fished the high country about a
month earlier than usual, and expected the mountain streamfishing to be more
or less over by mid-July. If the rain keeps up, I may be fishing up there
for the whole summer. The high country was fishing well on Sunday, and was
pretty deserted due to the still-closed backroads and the wet stuff falling
out of the sky. I finally left when the rain turned to snow and the thunder
got too close.


--
Rusty Hook
Laramie, Wyoming

"riverman" wrote in message
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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