Smelly deck shoes?

[Tim Good]

Ok immase the fatal error of wearing my deck shoes without socks the other day and now they're smelly to wear even with socks.

If I leave them soaking in salt water is that likely to kill of the smelly bacteria? Anyone tried it?

 

[LoneHort]

Fill with baking soda and leave for a day or 2.

 

[RupertW]

People wear socks with deck shoes - the horror!

 

[colind3782]

I don't own any socks and my shoes don't smell.

 

[duncan99210]

My father once wore his deck shoes without socks for a few days at the start of a family caravan holiday. By day three they’d been banned from the car and travelled the rest of the way round Scotland strapped to the handles on the rear of the caravan. Despite several hundred miles of airing, not to mention lots of rain, they remained as determinedly smelly as before and were ceremonially burnt on the last night of the holiday. I regret that it’s likely that the OPs shoes will face a similar future......

 

[Tim Good]

I don't own any socks and my shoes don't smell.

So..... am I getting your shoes then? Or are you going to donate your feet for surgical transplant?

 

[Old Bumbulum]

If you feet smell and your nose runs you must be upside down.

 

[john_morris_uk]

Soak them in Milton for a few hours.

Otherwise VERY mild bleach.

 

[VicS]

Ok immase the fatal error of wearing my deck shoes without socks the other day and now they're smelly to wear even with socks.

If I leave them soaking in salt water is that likely to kill of the smelly bacteria? Anyone tried it?

Available from supermarkets and pharmacies throughout the land

 

[michael_w]

It's the Gore-tex ones that pong if you wear them without socks. I bought an expensive pair of Dubarrys and they ended up being relegated to the anchor locker they smelt so bad.

Lesson being buy cheap shoes if you like to wear them without socks.

 

[Jungle Jim]

Soak them in a bucket of water containing a capful of bleach, it only needs a few minutes, then rinse out thoroughly with just water.

 

[LiftyK]

Here are two remedies that work for me:
- Elite Sportz foot spray with peppermint and tea tree oil. It lasts for years and is effective. Find it on Amazon. You can spray shoes and if you really need maximum odour control, feet as well.
- A boot/shoe drier with ozone generator. The combination of heat and ozone eliminates smell. Mains powered and about the size of a shoe box so most practical at home. Twenty minutes and the job's done. Also on Amazon. Search for Weyn shoe dryer

 

[Iliade]

I try bicarb first. It's so cheap it's nearly free and it worked for my old navy surplus deck boots which must have been used in Paschendale!

 

[DipperToo]

I had the same issue with some older Musto shoes and it turned out that the insole, despite regular cleaning, was the issue.
I stripped that out and used some Scholl active inserts and no more problems.

 

[[70521]]

Ok immase the fatal error of wearing my deck shoes without socks the other day and now they're smelly to wear even with socks.

If I leave them soaking in salt water is that likely to kill of the smelly bacteria? Anyone tried it?

What make were they so we can avoid them in the future?

 

[sarabande]

Seal them in a plastic bad and put the bag in a deep freeze for 24 hours. Dead bacteria....

 

[Roberto]

Seal them in a plastic bad and put the bag in a deep freeze for 24 hours. Dead bacteria....

1. Smelly shoes
2. Smelly shoes in bag, bag in fridge
3. Bag banged over the head by wife, divorce.

 

[Thistle]

1. Smelly shoes
2. Smelly shoes in bag, bag in fridge
3. Bag banged over the head by wife, divorce.

Moral: Never tell wife her shoes smell.

 

[Mikedefieslife]

Seal them in a plastic bad and put the bag in a deep freeze for 24 hours. Dead bacteria....

Except all that does is make the bacteria dormant until it warms up again.

To remove the smell the bacteria must be killed/removed.

 

[MonniotC]

Except all that does is make the bacteria dormant until it warms up again.

To remove the smell the bacteria must be killed/removed.

In that case the answer is obvious. Place smelly shoes in a plastic bag and throw into the fire.. That'll kill the snarky bacteria!