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I have 4 pair of Merino wool socks and I wear one pair a day and yes I wash them after one use and I am on my 3rd Camino starting in June this year with the same socks. Feet are great.I start my camino from SJPdP on 29th May. I have 4 pairs of good quality merino wool socks and will not be wearing liners. I may change into a fresh pair of socks half way through the day.
My question is, do I need to wash my socks daily?
But you are the patron saint of the sandal so more chance of your socks (thought you spell them sox?) getting dirty.Am I the only one whose socks pick up dirt from the trail? I couldn't imagine not washing them daily.
Corks what a great idea
Ah, @Biff you must have had the same staffie. Underpants: inside; outside; forward and back. Change on the fifth day or go commandoYou only need carry three socks - 3 only, not 3 pairs!! One sock is washed each day. It goes:
Right Foot,
Left Foot,
Wash!
Just the inners.
Biff
Oh no, that title belongs to @Kanga . I'm just a recent convert to walking the Camino in sandals, that's why I'm evangelizing so much. But I can tell you that my socks got plenty dirty when I wore shoes.But you are the patron saint of the sandal so more chance of your socks (thought you spell them sox?) getting dirty.
I was recently told that you should not wash merino wool socks often--just take them off and hang them to dry inside out.
I agree. The thought of re-wearing unwashed sox is unthinkable to me. I wash them every night.Everyone's feet sweat and all that sweat and salt and various proteins end up in the fabric of the sock, making it stiff, damaging the fibres, and getting stinky - even merino wool will get stinky after a few days. I can't imagine not washing them, ideally every day. Plain water will work pretty well unless they are filthy. My Smartwool socks even go through the washing machine on a normal wash and come out just fine.
Hmmm, I didn't think that hard about it nor do I care to. LOLits true that they will likely be stink-resistant however that doesn’t make them dirt and skin resistant. Even that tough skin under the heal sheds a little each time you take a step. If you walk 20kms a day and have a stride of 1 meter you would take 10,000 steps per foot. Stretch that out to a week and you have 70,000 skin sheds ground into each wool sock... and then there is the sweat and dirt!
That said, in the winter I’d go a couple days between washes myself, especially if it was snowing or raining and I knew the socks wouldn’t dry overnight.
I turn the socks inside out, have a champagne cork in either toe end and fasten socks in the noose on the rucksack, corks will prevent the sock from slipping from the hold.
It is a great idea, but I'm not sure that I can up my consumption to two bottles of Champagne per day.Corks what a great idea
Is this really a serious question?...do I need to wash my socks daily?
I carried 2 pair of Merino Smart Wool Socks, plus a pair of Carhart cotton socks to wear with my sandals at night. Each evening I washed my underwear and socks from that day and put on clean in the morning. My underwear always dried over night, but some days I had to pin my damp clean socks on my pack. Clean socks are healthier socks for your feet.I have 4 pair of Merino wool socks and I wear one pair a day and yes I wash them after one use and I am on my 3rd Camino starting in June this year with the same socks. Feet are great.
I start my camino from SJPdP on 29th May. I have 4 pairs of good quality merino wool socks and will not be wearing liners. I may change into a fresh pair of socks half way through the day.
My question is, do I need to wash my socks daily?
Yes please
It's Marino! 3 pairs are enough. Just air them out a wee bit at the end of the day. You will know when to wash them. Don't worry about it.I start my camino from SJPdP on 29th May. I have 4 pairs of good quality merino wool socks and will not be wearing liners. I may change into a fresh pair of socks half way through the day.
My question is, do I need to wash my socks daily?
Am I the only one whose socks pick up dirt from the trail? I couldn't imagine not washing them daily.
I agree, try out the socks you plan to wear on the Camino. It's a process which can teach you a lot about feet swelling and socks rubbing. I had bought several new pairs of various thicknesses, but after walking daily in Massachusetts' hot summer, I found that I needed only the merino sock liners and one-size-bigger Salomon trail runners.Lots of replies to this but my question is why "not" wash today's socks every night, if you have more than one set and washing facilities?
I walked with three pairs of merino/nylon explorer socks and two would have been enough on my walk but I would recommend three. (I had two new pairs and one old pair - the old pair I think I only wore one day as the new ones were nicer).
I changed and washed socks every night and the washed pair either dried at the hostel or attached to my backpack during the walk in the sun the next day.
FYI my boots never got waterlogged so I didn't change socks during the day, though sometimes I took them off and aired my feet during a rest. The third pair of socks are worth carrying in case your boots get drenched.
Your feet will enjoy clean socks and your hostel buddies might appreciate it as well....?
One tip:- everyone says buy your boots early and wear them in over a few months but no-one says BUY NEW SOCKS and wear them just once or twice before the walk, buy the same size and brand you always wear and walk with them only to check there are no defects. New socks are so much nicer than the years-old socks you wear on your weekend walks!
As a sandal hiker I recognize this issue. But sometimes i just bang them against a wall to get the sand out and can use them one more day before washing. But I normally at least rinse them every day. I have a liner sock that one is treated the same way.Am I the only one whose socks pick up dirt from the trail? I couldn't imagine not washing them daily.
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