That Sweet Battle Vest Stink! 

Step 1-Throw your vest in a pillow case and wash it on low speed cold water. Step 2-Hang it up to dry it after.

You can wash the vest the good old fashioned way - with hands, you know? No need for drycleaners. :D

I can agree with looking dirty and stuff with ripped jeans and what not. But to actually be dirty, HELL NO. I can hardly go two days without a shower. Unless I pull a dead and bury my cloths or something, but that'll only be for like a metal party or whatever.

When I need to wash my battle vest, I take Abbath with it !

I don't want the stink purely out of courtesy for others. I don't want to smell anyone else's nastiness, so I won't make people endure my nastiness.

Once I smelled so bad , I went up to a girl and she threw up puke, blood , beer and Slayer albums at the same time

Yeah I'm definitely the second one, I'm not a sentimental person and I fucking hate bad smells, to me hygiene is more important.

I've washed my vest by buttoning it up and turning it inside out before washing. I hang it up to dry. None of my patches fell off.

fuck that i dry clean my vest i know what concerts i've been to i don't need to walk around smelling like shit xD

If you don't wash your vest simply because you're afraid of the washing machine, might I suggest you hand wash it?! You don't have to "wash" it per se (if you want to keep honor stains etc), but you could let it soak in soapy water for about 10 minutes and then rinse it. Would probably take away most of the smell :)

i dont really like the stink so I wash it by hand

I prefer not to have my vest stink

Can you talk about metal chicks, different types of metal chicks and stuff like that. i would love to know what you think about them, cuz i am one.

Don't you hate it when your mom washes your battle vest.

If your sewing is good enough they can go in a washing machine no problem. I've got a jacket I patched back in '04 that I was a few times a year. The cuffs on the sleeves (it's a winter jacket) are falling apart but the patches look just fine. Cold water, gentle spin, hang dry and all that for the sake of the patch designs though.

I'm in the middle with the stink. i do see it as a badge of honor to have it smell after a really intense mosh pit, but when it starts to genuinely reek i do something that has helped me a lot when it comes to getting the stink out but not washing it. 1. hang up your battle jacket 2. mist down down with a spray bottle filled with vodka 3. wait for the vodka to evaporate (after it evaporates it wont smell like alcohol) 4. hang outside to breeze out 🤘

Actually, I made ONCE the mistake of washing it, my vest wasn’t hurt that much, only my beloved Amon Amarth backpatch was unfortunately injured 😭😭

Battle vest stink is awesome and icky haha! Just use febreze spray 😉. 🖤🖤🖤

Seasoned badge of honour stink guy here. Been to too many Wackens and fallen in too many ditches to not be. One does not simply fly from Australia to get to a festival to wash the memories away! Each sniff transports me back to my home in a muddy field in Europe.

This is so ironic! i was just debating weather or not i should wash my Battle Vest. I smelled mine and thought i should wear it to college one more day then wash it Now i see you posted this the same day! Awesome!

Tip! If you don’t want to wash your vest but don’t want it to keep the stench. There is an Oder neutralizer in a spray bottle meant to get pet smells out. It works really well.

I personally don’t like the stink but would never try to cover it up. I mostly just try to avoid it and carefully hand wash my vest, avoiding the badges as much as possible, when it gets too much.

The only time I’ve washed my jacket so far is when my cat decided to mark my jacket as his territory. My jacket hasn’t seen any shows yet and I don’t want an unearned smell.

HAND WASH IT! :D Soak it in really soapy water, rinse, and hang it to dry. Easy! It got two years worth of stench out of my battle vest. Now it's​ bearable to wear again.

Definitely an honour stink guy. I refuse to wash my vest.

I have hand-stitched all of my patches, even my big back patch. Washing it would probably ruin all of them. I just let it sit in a big bowl with fabric softener just to get the smell out ;)

A little tip, something y'all could to is spray vodka on your jacket, immediately the alcohol gathers up the odor clinging to your clothing. When the alcohol evaporates into the air, it takes the smell with it. Just mix any vodka, cheap expensive, doesn't matter, with some water and put it in a spray bottle and set it to a mist. Ta Da!

Crust Punk is Metal now . I had my cut off since 2002 never been washed has pig blood stains all over it thanks to Erik from Watain. But I did buy a new jacket after Paul from blood incantation sent me a patch, along with a big leviathan patch that came with my scar sighted 2xLP, a Full Of Hell patch and a Mayhem patch for Dom Awesome Sathanas. I'm just keeping the sleeves on this jacket since my vest still has a few years left in it but I strategically put my patches on I never overdo it. Every few years I'll switch the back patch depending on what music I'm into at the moment. I had a Repulsion back patch on my vest which is now replaced with a Krieg-The Black House backpatch

i have to take my vest off everytime i go in the mosh pit because its covered in spikes and can fuck up everyone else in there

You can wash it. In stead of putting it in the wash were the images facing the middle Center. Turn it inside out. Put other cloths in with it as well. That will prevent it from moving alot. What ruins patches most is. The dryer. The dryer can rip the patches. Just hang it to air dry.

Hahaha. This is one of the funniest videos I've seen so far😂😂😂😂

you shou make a video showing all vest,all patches and pins,etc

I wash my battle vest but I don't use the dryer.

I might air out the stink (especially when my vest reeks of weed), but my patches are mostly printed on (That's what I get for being cheap!), so washing isn't exactly and option

You can stick your vest in a bag and put it in the freezer overnight, it'll come out smelling like nothing as long as you don't put it near any meat or fish

i'm currently making my battlevest right now, just waiting for some patches to reach my house. but im gonna earn that FUCKING SMELL WOO ! \m/

Also I did wash mine once. I didn't add soap (there should be some residual soap in the machine), i buttoned it up inside out, and added a towel or two, then set it on the gentlest cycle and hung it outside to air dry. It is a bit of a risk because there is a chance the patches might bleed, but mine was fine and all my white patches looked better/brighter. I also double thread mine when I sew them so that might make q difference. And supposedly denim doesn't really hold much bacteria, so if you vest smells its probably pretty fucking dirty lol

The stink is concerts, festivals, moshpits, blood, sweat, and beer

i wash my vest on light with a couple tees then hang dry and not a patch came off

Hand wash the vest won't kill it. I bought the same book, really good.😊

fabreeze works great for stink and won't ruin anything you could spray the inside if you're worried about your merchandise.

I can appreciate the smell and the stank of a vest, however, I do wash my vest every once in awhile. When I do, I usually just throw it onto my porch, remove the pins and just hose it down, then just let it air dry, and put the pins back in.

Have mine for over ten years now and didn't wash it once. When the smell becomes unbearable just hang it outside for a couple of days by dry weather, the smell doesn't change but it becomes a bit less strong. Before the current situation I went to about 50 concerts and 5 or 6 Festivals each year so of course it smells, especially after a rainy and muddy festival weekend.

Lol my wife sprays mine with animal odor control that she also uses on our cats! It works ! Cheers brother from Santa Cruz CA.

Hand wash your vest..then hang it up outside during a nice day.. However,there is a good reason wash your vest ... Before you sew the patches on it..i learned this lesson first hand The vest/jacket that I bought a while back was shipped to me from china. The vest was sprayed with the same chemical that is sprayed on carpeting... i didn't wash it for a long time.. even sewed patches & other decorations on it.. Then the smell of formaldehyde ,literally made me sick ( as I'm severely allergic to it) i had breathing problems& asthma attacks.. My battle vest advice to you is :When you buy a vest from a foreign country.. wash it in warm water immidately before you add any patches to it ,or you'll be inhaling the sickening aroma of embalbing fluid for months! ~

@Blackmetal Werewolf have you ever considered handwashing your vest? That's another option as well.

I am starting a battle vest soon, and honestly... i would be an honor stinker.. i'd rather earn the stink to remember the shows i go, or mosh pits i go in.

I've had my battle vest for all most ten years I can count the number of times its been cleaned on one hand. the main reason I don't wash it is I always misplace the chains and pins I have to take off of it in order to wash it. if I want it to smell "nice" I spray it with deodorant. I did that that the day I got married in my vest.

I just wash my patch jacket inside out at the local laundromat. Its not a big deal except the patches shrivel up a bit. I don't see any honor in stinking. My jacket is usually unbearable just by going to 1 show, so it's not a big accomplishment or anything. Backpatch usually gets faded, but I take that as the real badge of honor. ps: dry cleaners are toxic and expensive.

I do not want it to stink, as general respect for those around me. But I do not dare to wash it, for the same reasons mentioned in the video. So after a particular brutal night, I hang it outside for a day or two, weather here in Denmark permitting, and normally the stink will be reduced to something bearable.

to clean mine I walk around in the rain. it actually adds a unique oder that Iv never heard any complaints. hang to dry......

I'd wash the vest with a little toothbrush if it means being clean!

I like keeping my shits neat. I'll try my best to get rid of the stink. I'd rather freeze it (in details below) or wash it by hand. Freezing the vest in a freezer is a badass way. Doing this will not rip off any patches or wear off any printed patterns. The cold can prevent bacterias. Do take down All the pins off and fold the vest into a plastic bag before putting it into a freezer. If it get too dirty or got beer/ vomit on It, hand wash it first and wait it to get totally dry first. At least freeze it for three days.When you take it out, Keep the plastic bag wrapped untill it gets warm, and hang it up. BTW, never let your mom wash your own shits.

never wear a battle vest to a first date thou unless you are certain she is a true Metalhead and not just a dirty casual listener.

Dude! Me and you have the same Bathory patch! Hell yeah!

since I haven't been able to build up my own battle vest I often wear my boyfriends (he lets me) and I don't mind the smell honestly but there's a time when I gets too bad and he has to wash it (gentle cycle on both washer and dryer) and it usually smells a little bit like it did but not as noticeable

You can hand wash your vest or use the portable stain removers. Also their are odor eleminators like febreez that sometimes work. Me I would leave it be unless their was something on my best I really didn't want on there. For instance, some bodily fluids I don't want lingering in there like too much vommet. That's when I would lightly remove those stains without removing to much of the smell. Also I mask it with body spray when I go out so people can at least tolerate to be around me. That will go away after time and the smell comes back at the end of the day.

The Art of Metal is one of my favorite books of all time!

if you don't want to wash it but also don't like the smell you could put some vodka in a spray bottle and give your vest a good misting.

I don't have a battle vest nor have I been to any concerts, but I definitely agree with you on this!! If I had a battle vest, I would definitely earn my own stink and I would never wash my vest. I wouldn't be like those dirty cheaters who buy fake stink! That would be like cheating on a test like a metalhead test. You can also get it nice and smelly by wearing it on a hot muggy day outside all day!! Or you can go get sprayed by a skunk while wearing it, lol jk. Don't do that.

i wash my jacket i just pour soap and warm water in a container and put my vest in there let it soak out doesnt really take the smell away still smells like blood but it helps a lot

I dont stink much, im just not a stinky person but Iv been wearing my battlejacket EVERYWHERE for the past year or so, so iv gotten a good start on the stink!

I don't have a vest yet :[

im not a metalhead but i listen to black, doom, thrash, death, heavy metals ,industrial, rap metal, punk hardcore, ska, funk, 80s new wave, jazz,classic rock n roll, alternative, grunge bands.

Cool death shirt. I have it too. Scream bloody gore is a great album.

i dont have a battle vest, my parents wont buy it and i dont know where i can find one, but if i had it i would probably keep the smell as an honour to my past experiences

I hate smelling bad, but my battle-vest is still brand new, so it doesn't have a smell yet. However, when the day comes I'll probably just take the pins off my vest and wash it by hand with some shampoo. That should make the stink go away without damaging it. Alternatively one could just hang the vest outside for a few nights to aerate it. Just make sure it doesn't get too much direct sunlight, or the fabric and patches may bleach out from the UV radiation!

I once try to spray AXE body spray on my vest to add to the stink and to keep it clean.

I put in the dryer on sanatize and some dryer sheets and spray febreze don’t use Lysol get like lavender febrrze.. that’s what I do

Personally, I wouldn’t wash my battle vest. However, as I am the only guy in my college class I would feel bad for all the girls in my class to have to smell the stench of my battle vest

Mine has no smell, wash it every week

I know people that bleach and rip with stones his patches to make them look "vintage" so I totally believe about someone trying to buy the stink in bottles... My vest smells like medieval streets, and I've been refusing all this years to put my baby into a washing machine, but what I've been doing it's to put it on the freezer, on a plastic bag, because it's suposed to kill bacterias and make it smell less awfull... I can't tell if it really works, but I do it anyway. At first I did notice something, but so far... well, it came to a point when the dirt on the neck of all the sweat was looking like pure mud, so I decided to handwash that part, and the armpits, with gentle soap. Once in a while it's very refreshing, actually.

I live in the desert where I'm sweating and burning constantly and within the first 6 months of ever owning my vest it smelled so bad

the old metalheads can smell the new metal heads

Oh fucking love all the cigarette smoke, blood, beer and sweat stains on my jacket...

I want my vest to stink a little but not too much. Also, I have a lot of safety pins on my vest which would make it extra hard to wash it cause you obviously can’t put safety pins in the washing machine. (And I’m too lazy to take them off just to wash the vest).

I'm naturally a clean freak lol I need that clean smell. Anyways Today's video was a good one I enjoyed it

Honestly I don't really wash my jacket but the times I have put it in the machine nothing happened to it or the patches. Just kind of a hassle to take off all the buttons

I also don't wash mine because I've made a few of the patches myself for bands that don't actually sell them or they're really hard to find; so if I wash it, the paint or whatever else I used would come off...

I can appreciate the badge of honor stank man, but I would say I don't need my vest reeking to high heaven. One suggestion I do have for washing your vest (if you desire to) is to hand wash/ soak it in the sink. I did that to my first vest and it got rid of the majority of the stank , but a small amount still lingered and it left my vest looking a bit cleaner while not compromising my patches. Love your videos! Stay metal \m/

I'm debating giving mine a good soak in the tub after last weekends Machinehead show. It must have been 120 degrees in that venue and humid as fuck. But after watching this vid, Im giving it second thoughts. I might just let it ride and see how it is at the next show I attend in a week.

I have some kind of "sassy" stink on my vest after going to knot fest in the Texas sun (tho the Moshe's only happened at night) this was my first time wearing the vest at a concert and actually the first time iv been in a mosh pit, so yeah it's not hard at all to get a funk on that thing

ok... i didn't know about this, i honestly never gave it a seconds thought and ...seriously... i can't believe so much thought goes into it... i have 3 battle vests and i hand wash them about once every 2 or 3 years i guess mainly because they get covered in dust and dirt after festivals so i suppose i'm in the 4th category : those who never think about these things ;)

I'm an honor vest thingy 😂 but my mom has taken my vest 2 times and washed it and it's never been the same since then

I have a sentiment value with my vest my dad help me make mine at 18 and he made 3 of his own and crazy part is he like the bands I listen to he's dead now I'm 22 and still haven't completed mine but he did leave me all his vest but mine is very special to me

You can turn your vest in side out and button it and wash it low speed. In cold water. Woolite darks detergent. But I haven't washed mines. I have dark throne gorgoroth bathory backpatches did not get to the front yet but I love it. My fam don't have a problem. Well they're Christian so they don't pay me no mind. But I'm making my daughter a Pokémon battle jacket cuz she loves Pokémon.

I'm a honor stinker and my family and friends hate it. My metal and punk friends love it

Only Heavy Metal could produce a video like this :D I dry clean btw. No fan of any sort of stink.

my mom hates the stink she just washes it once or twice a year by hand so nothing gets ruined but i hate it i love how my main vest has stains around the neck where my hair and head sweat comes on it

You can always soak the vest in hot soapy water for a few days that's what I do with my self made clothes

Advice for anyone who doesn’t want to wash it but hates the smell. Put it in the freezer over night to kill the germs and odor

"A quick an easy way" I started a vest I can safely say I bled for it countless times. FUCK SOWING!

i clean mine in the bathtub hand wash and soap it and then pour water on it and ring it out and it comes out fine

Idk when you think about the sweat cover shirtless guy who you ram into at a show time 100 sometimes you just gotta do a nice simple hand wash

I dont have battle vest haha, I dont like vests, I rather do a battle sweater

Well Im not a cheater per se, but I do wear my vest pretty much everyday and will continue to do so until it is complete

Definitely one of those who likes to earn the smell. been to 3 metal shows so far and I got sweaty as fuck at all of them.

Using Vodka is what theatre kids use, seems to work for them with old vintage costumes, so why not with battle jackets?

I don't wash my vest not because I like its smells​, I'm just too lazy to do that, since there's no concert or festival nearby, I only wear it when I ride my old bike, because I don't have enough money to go to concerts

I had to try if my vest smells bad. Not too awful, smells a bit like cigarettes, sweat, and mud. I've never bothered to clean it