My Birkenstocks (sandals) STINK, help

milkydrink

My Birkenstocks stink. One day last week my feet started sweating like mad (sorry about the details:o ) & they stank by the time I got home from work.

For anyone thats unfamilar with them, I'm pretty sure the sole (or at least the layer of the sole that touches the foot) is leather. I tried cleaning them with CIF (thats pretty strong stuff) & them spraying them with febrezze, but they still smell.

Now if I wear them they start smelling in no time.

Anyone got any ideas???

I really love/miss them:mad:

pompeii

Hope i am not stating the obvious, but have you tried using a foot deodorant spray, my skanky old hush puppie toe posts (leather footbed and uppers), were really stinky so i washed them, scrubbed the footbed with a scouring pad, i used washing up liquid, rinsed them well and part dried them outside then left them on top of a radiator, they look like new and no smell.

milkydrink

pompeii wrote: »

Hope i am not stating the obvious, but have you tried using a foot deodorant spray, my skanky old hush puppie toe posts (leather footbed and uppers), were really stinky so i washed them, scrubbed the footbed with a scouring pad, i used washing up liquid, rinsed them well and part dried them outside then left them on top of a radiator, they look like new and no smell.

I didn't use foot deodrant spray.

But I would have thought scrubbing the insides with CIF stronger than an deodrant spray.

Perhaps mine are worse:o

I will try scrubbing them again.

Can they be soaked??

Has anyone ever put them in the washing machine??

sambo31

My sons trainers stink so a friend suggested i sprinkle bicarbonate of soda and leave them overnight as this is a natural deodoriser another thing she suggested was cat litter stupid i know but it worked for my sons trainers i also left them outside for a while.

Miró

This stuff is supposed to be good...

http://www.nikwax.co.uk/en-gb/news/newsarticle.php?id=79

I think there is an easy competition on the comps thread where you can win the stuff at the moment too!!!