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2 years is a good timeline.. mine starts to smell after about 6 months even with regligious airing out... i throw everything in my front load washer. the thigns that will fit that is.. honestly your pants should not stink.. unless you really just leave it cooking with yoru other stank shit. the only things that may need washing even with airing out are yoru gloves, elbows shins and shoulder pads.. my biggest issue are the gloves. but my shins have detachable liners i throw in the wash.. elbows fit in the wash, and shoulder pads fit as well..
pants i never wash cuz i dont need to...
gloves i endup soaking it in a bucket of warm water with some kind of disinfectant... or antibacterial dish soap.. then i agigate it by wearing it in the bucket and wiggling my fingers around a bit.. let it soak some more... then i will throw the gloves in the washing machine to finish em off... usually does the trick. i generally go through gloves every 2 years or so, so i wash them maybe 3-4times in their lifetime and then ditch em.. never had a problem with them getting wrecked by the machine or soaps etc..
i would imagine steam cleaners would do a good job.. as long as the bacteria is killed, the smell should be gone....
simple green?? you might as well use lysol.. simple green may eat at your fabric
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