lacrosse alph burly uninsulated boots...how to get rid of the rubber smell???

[fountain]

i have tried everything and i cant get rid of the dang rubber smell.  im having deer cross my trails and smelling where i walk in and turn the opposite way.  the smell is apparent, i can smell it sitting in the stand.

i have washed/scrubbed then with baking soda and water and sprayed them down many times and nothing is cutting the smell at all.

what can i do besides wearing something else?

[lpcjon2]

Try a mix of baking soda and peroxide make a paste and rubb it in let it sit 10 min and wash it off with scent free soap. then you can spray them with a little cover scent (vanilla or whatever you use) and that should help.

[adkmountainken]

wow guess i got lucky. bought a pair a few weeks ago, no problem, so far best rubber boots i have ever wore.

[YORNOC]

Yup, been there done that. Time and being outside helps. A great boot. I  step in horse or cow crap any chance I get.

[wv lungbuster]

A few good coats of mud    

[fountain]

i have tried a lot of stuff.  i have worn these since the first of september and they still smell very strongly.  i have been in river mud up to the top, hog wallows, but i will go try the baking soda and peroxode thing again and scrub the crap out of em

[b.glass]

I read somewhere to bury them in the dirt for like a week. I put dirt in a large plastic bag and put the dirt around them and left them for several days and have never had that problem.

They were the alpha burly but insulated.

[KSdan]

How does a deer know what rubber smells like? Why would they care?

[Jim Wright]

I would think that a smell so strong that a human nose easily detects it, completely foreign to a deer's environment would be a bad idea. personally if I purchased them I would have them back to Lacrosse to be replaced as they are marketed as hunting boots for those who want to minimize game-spooking human scent. I am sure Lacrosse would agree that a strong chemical scent is reason enough for replacement.

[hvyhitter]

I walk through high wet grass and leaves and mud an sand (fields/ditches) a few miles to help "scrub" the smell off. Wear them a day or two chasing squirrels or rabbits.........

[The Whittler]

If you know anyone who has a farm you could go visit and walk around awhile, that should git rid of the rubber smell lol.

[TRT]

I agree with wvlungbuster and the mud.  Also I'd leave them outside if I could.  Time and mud though seem to be the best way to ease the smell on these boots.  The are great boots!

[Nattybumppo]

set them in the back of the pickup for a week. that'll work...

[leatherneck]

Wear em. Only sure fire way to get rid of the smell. Get some field time in them and it will go away.

[Bldtrailer]

put them in leaf compost pile after the baking soda wash( hunt the wind and it will not matter)  

I usually wash new rubber boots with some kind of scent killer soap, then spray them really well with the baking soda stuff, and also put baking powder inside, then shake it out after a while. That usually does the trick. They are great boots and worth the effort this takes.

[Jimbow39]

I have a pair of the insulated Burleys that I've used for over three years and they still have the rubber smell. It doesn't leave. Previous ones that weren't made in China didn't have the smell.

[LimBender]

As has been said - time and leaving them outside.  Mine are on their third and last season - so now the rubber smell is being replaced by the stench from within.   :D

[fountain]

well i washed them with the peroxide/baking soda mix then washed with my clothes wash scent killer soap.  rubber smell still there.  guess i will go to my 1200 grams since its starting to cool off