Comments on: Yick I smell bad...

Question: Yick I smell bad...

meta x zen — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:59:48 -0800

Smelly Filter: I have an awesome watch with a "genuine leather" wrist band. In the summer heat I can't find a way to keep it from smelling.

This is a new watch (about 6 weeks old) and I'm very attached to it (aka can't leave it home on hot days.) But if the band is already starting to smell a bit from sweating how bad is it going to be in 6 more weeks?!

I don't want to do the fabreze cover up cure. Any suggestions on how to clean it or prevent the problem?

By: Terminal Verbosity

Terminal Verbosity — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:18:11 -0800

I hate metal watchbands, and I experience the same thing you do on hot and humid summer days. I had one watch that actually corroded on the back (however, that particular watch was so cheap, the "12" came unglued and fell off the face, jamming the hands and rendering it useless). The only thing I've come up with is to take my watch off for a half hour or so every now and then. It's easier to lose if you're absentminded, but

sniff

yeah, this one doesn't stink and that's my only real method of deodorizing.

By: CiaoMela

CiaoMela — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:28:19 -0800

Sars at Tomato Nation had a column on exactly this problem.

By: COD

COD — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:38:38 -0800

Saddle soap? My daughter uses it on her tack after it has been on a very sweaty horse all day.

By: jacquilynne

jacquilynne — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:35:01 -0800

Paint the back of the band with clear nail polish.

By: Raven13

Raven13 — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:28:35 -0800

I used to have the same problem, though I don't wear a watch anymore. I play ice hockey, and use an odor-destroying spray on my equipment, including my leather hockey gloves; it might be worth a try on your watchband. You should be able to find the spray in the hockey section of a sporting goods store or the hockey pro shop at your local ice rink.

By: radioamy

radioamy — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 13:56:21 -0800

Put deodorant on your wrist. I'm not kidding. It'll feel better too.

DO NOT put clear nail polish on the back of a leather band. Yipes.

By: jacquilynne

jacquilynne — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:45:27 -0800

DO NOT put clear nail polish on the back of a leather band. Yipes.

Err. Is there a particular reason you object to that? It's what I always did when I used to wear leather watch bands. Worked quite well.

By: oats

oats — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 19:44:29 -0800

Radioamy's got the right idea, but I would go for some heavy-duty gel antiperspirant (Almay makes one that's unscented, if pricey, but if you like the scented ones then by all means do that.).