Post by Westy on Aug 12, 2015 10:56:01 GMT -8
IMHO salt is a corrosive. Recently washed two backpacks in the washing machine to remove body sweat from extended use. Action is to prevent failure of shoulder straps as well as mitigate attraction to wildlife such as marmots. Lesson learned from personal experience.
Regarding hiking footwear, we do the same thing.
For example at least once a year I perform the following maintenance on my Asolo 520 GV leather/Gore-Tex hiking boots. Soak in a bucket of water for a couple of hours, to remove dirt, salt, etc., shine boots to spit shine finish with Kiwi Shoe Polish and then generously apply Sno-Seal Original Beeswax Waterproofing which requires a low oven setting,our wicked awesome hair dryer or for best results a heat shrink gun.
Probably way old school...Backpacking Empirical Engineering 101 .
Regarding hiking footwear, we do the same thing.
For example at least once a year I perform the following maintenance on my Asolo 520 GV leather/Gore-Tex hiking boots. Soak in a bucket of water for a couple of hours, to remove dirt, salt, etc., shine boots to spit shine finish with Kiwi Shoe Polish and then generously apply Sno-Seal Original Beeswax Waterproofing which requires a low oven setting,our wicked awesome hair dryer or for best results a heat shrink gun.
Probably way old school...Backpacking Empirical Engineering 101 .
