How do I get the smell off some stinky discs?

[UKfan]

I walked over to a yard sale beside a Hardee's this morning and bought a couple of used discs that looked to be in pretty good shape. When I got them home I discovered that they smelled like a sewer. :gross:

How can I get the stink off those discs?

I tried windex and bleach. Nothing seems to work. :wall:

 

[Apothecary]

impossible. FEAR THE STANK-DISC!!!

 

[KMaC]

Hot water, dish soap, and rubbing alcohol. If that doesn't work, good luck.

 

[sidewinder22]

How can bleach not get rid of it? I wouldn't even touch them if that don't work.

 

[Dave Walters]

maybe try some baking soda.

 

[discpicable]

How can bleach not get rid of it? I wouldn't even touch them if that don't work.

No doubt.

 

[leppard]

Let soak in soap and water for a day, scrub em, then let them air dry on your porch for about a week.

 

[Chucktown]

Yeah I think the only thing you can do is to soak it for several days or weeks. What to soak it in I have no idea. They got that stanky from probably sitting in nasty pond water.

 

[Dthunderchicken]

Pet stores sell a product called "Destroy". It's made to remove pet urine smells. I've used it and it works well. As a last resort I'd buy a bottle of that.

 

[dscglf4]

just spray Febreeze on your bag every morning before you go golfing, no problem...joking
id try vinegar,then baking soda,then peroxide,ive heard this works on stain and odor

 

[sbinwien]

Sounds like you have mold in the pores of the plastic. You probably need to soak it in something that kills mold for a couple hours or more.

Maybe try bleach and water, a little stronger than what is recommended for cleaning. If that does not work, then add more bleach and let them sit longer. I imagine the bleach would eventually attack the plastic and make it more tacky.

There is also hydrogen peroxide...

 

[solomon.trenton]

oxy clean works wonders. let soak for a few days, alternating their position at least once a day, then let air dry.

 

[mambrose]

scrub them with some oxy clean, thats what i do when my discs get gross

 

[wolfman7207]

I use the orange clean that you get from the auto parts store. I had several discs that I have bought that were pulled from a bayou course and smelled like s&#t. Scrubbed them 2 or 3 times with the orange clean and it took the smell right off.

 

[p8ntbll288]

There is an easy solution.. its called vodka. Seriously. It will take and kill any odor. Hell, mythbusters even used it to take away foot odor.

 

[elnino]

10% bleach kills everything dead.

10% bleach for two days and outside in fresh air until the smell goes away...don't leave the disc in direct sunlight for more than a month....pond divers just leave them outside for months and the smell goes away.

 

[DannyM]

Pine-sol should also work. But definately soak it in a bucket for about a day or so, then air-dry for a day or 2.

 

[sidewinding]

1 Part bleach to 100 parts water with a minimum 30 minute contact time followed by a day drying in the sun WILL work. Please let me know if it does not.

 

[jtalley318]

A warning on bleach

Maybe try bleach and water, a little stronger than what is recommended for cleaning. If that does not work, then add more bleach and let them sit longer. I imagine the bleach would eventually attack the plastic and make it more tacky.

I can verify that if left in a strong bleach bath for too long some discs will become very tacky. I lost my favorite driver in a stagnant creek at Old Settlers and found several others trying to locate it. They all smelled as if they had just been pulled from a sewer, so I tried a variety of different methods to get the smell off. The only thing that worked was bleach, but two of the discraft discs that I soaked came out feeling like they were covered in almost dry glue. I was bummed as the two discs I was most stoked about finding (other than mine), were now a gluey mess. The two discs that reacted poorly with the bleach were an avenger flx and a cryztal buzz. There were several discs that came out in great shape and stink free. Those included a Millennium Polaris LS, Innova DX Shark, and a Discraft ESP Surge. They don't stink anymore at least.

 

[tstack10]

Give it to someone who stinks anyways give them an excuse for being stinky