So I have this fantastic, ancient orange yoga mat...purchased in 2005. It has been my dedicated Bikram mat for that entire time and has a lot of sentimental value. (I know, I get attached to weird things.) It's a great mat and I've hauled it all around the world with me and even slept on it for weeks at a time when I crash-landed back in NYC and camped out on friends' floors. The issue is that after a decade of hot yoga use, it's pretty astonishingly funky. I want to take it with me but I don't want it smelling up people's cars so I was thinking of just soaking it in a bleach solution...but it occurred to me that the bleach might dissolve the material. Will I ruin it if I do this and if so are there any less caustic options that will still get rid of the sweaty feet smell?
