Drying Wet Boots

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Aug 12, 2009 | 04:25 PM

nridge128

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Drying Wet Boots

Caught in a downpour today and thought I'd share an old "Wet Boot drying" technique I learned of in the Fire service. When you get home or to your destination, fill your boots with crumpled newspaper! ... Newspaper has great wicking property and your boots will be dry by morning. I've been doing this for over 30 years to all my Fire, Riding and Hiking boots.

Aug 12, 2009 | 04:29 PM

1HarleyGuy1

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Now for the first dumb question!!

Should you swap-out the newspaper every so often??

Aug 12, 2009 | 04:30 PM

krwould

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Works for me.... hit it with a blow dryer inside first thing in the AM... if ya got one that is!

Aug 12, 2009 | 04:58 PM

albertasaurus

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Originally Posted by 1HarleyGuy1

Now for the first dumb question!!

Should you swap-out the newspaper every so often??

I have used the crumpled newspaper method a few times, and always change out the paper after a few hours. Don't know if it's a must, but it's always worked for me. Come morning, the boots are dry. One more thing: I try to put the boots where there's some airflow while they're drying. Outside in the breeze works best, unless it's still raining.

Aug 12, 2009 | 05:08 PM

Badbagger

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Thanks for the tip. I've managed to ride through some major monsoons here lately with the daily summer torrential downpours and at times have waited days for the boots to dry out.