What is the best way to get the smell out of my husbands sneakers - they cannot be washed.?

Answer 1

Sorry to question it, but why can't they be washed? Almost any sneaker can be washed. I wash my sneakers that have leather on them. Use cold water and Woolite in the gentle cycle if you are concerned about deterioration.

Otherwise, I recommend lots of baking soda and leaving them outside in the direct sunlight. Arm & Hammer makes a cat litter deodorizer that is like baking soda but is 10000000 times stronger and it really works to kill odors. You might try that as well.

Answer 2

Citric acid actually adheres to and changes the molecular structure of any odor (good or bad...roses or skunk odor, the chemical doesn't know the difference). Take orange peels, put in a blender( peels from about 4 oranges), fill the blender the rest of the way with water. Blend till the peels are about gone. Drain the pulp. The solution is what you want. It has to be clean enough that it will go through a spray bottle. The same thing works for stinky mop water, dog/cat smell on furniture, etc. It doesn't stain and is pet safe (it's oranges)

Answer 3

Baking soda or use som charcoal. Not the cooking briquets but the kind you get at the pharmacy. I've found that Odereaters powder works well but is expensive.

Answer 4

Baking soda or Vinegar. Ya I know yuk well pour about 1/4 cup in them and sun bake them.

Answer 5

Steph and that baking soda of hers!

Spray febreeze in the shoes and then leave it outside for a couple of day. Trust me, it works!!

Answer 6

Try putting them in the freezer over night. It really works!

Answer 7

Put a sheet of laundry softener in each one at night.

Answer 8

Replace them with new ones that can be washed.

Answer 9

baking soda, Lysol spray, put them out in the sun so they air out. any combo will do.

Answer 10

Crumpled newspaper as often as possible