If your kayak (or drysuit, or gear) stinks, use Mirazyme

I've posted about Mirazyme before but had to start a topic on it to hopefully help other people. I'm not associated with Mirazyme and I don't get anything for posting the link to Amazon.

I was fishing Tillamook Bay a few weeks ago and when I got home I did my usually fastidious routine of cleaning up the kayak (spray all metal with salt-away, scrub and rinse), however for the first time I forgot to wash out the inside and (more importantly) leave it open to dry. Cardinal sin #1 of ocean kayak fishing - dry out the inside of your kayak afterwards!

Needless to say after a week in the garage completely closed up it smelled like there was a 10 crabs and a whale carcass rotting inside my kayak. The solution? Mirazyme. I lightly rinsed the inside of the kayak with fresh water, drained, put a few gallons of new fresh water in the kayak, put a little bit of Mirazyme in the water, closed up the kayak, sloshed it around really well and turned the kayak over, then drained it again, and put it back in the garage with all of the hatches open.

The next time I opened it up the smell was 100% gone, like it never happened.

I've also used it per label instructions on my dry suit and wet suit. It took lingcod puke smell out, sturgeon slime smell, etc. I also keep a spray bottle of it (diluted) in the garage and spray down misc. stuff like fish stringers when I get home, and I've had mixed results doing this but more success than not. It can also help with stinky coolers although not as well as porous materials.

Anyway a buddy of mine asked recently how to get fish stink out of his drysuit and it reminded me I should post this up for other people. As always, if you buy from a local kayak shop you're helping out the folks who will help you out the next time your paddle or mirage drive breaks. But if you need to order it, you can get it on Amazon:

http://amzn.com/B0000DYNSN

Here's to a stench-free kayak. 

I too can attest to the quality of  Mirazyme. I use it on my wetsuit and it really works. I have never used it on my kayak but it's a great idea. I have used it on other gear like a tent that had a horrific mold problem and it really did get that new tent smell back in action!

And it's pretty affordable too.

You had me at "stinks." Where was this post 5 years ago. I've been through some tough stank times for years between the inside of the kayak & my suits. I'm excited to try this catalytic conversion of stench.