is there a natural home remedy for smelly shoes?

Question

something home made, natural, using kitchen or cheap ingredients

Answer 1

Put some charcoals in his shoes.

Answer 2

Home Remedies For Smelly Shoes

Answer 3

First of all, never wear your shoes without socks. They should be cotton. Secondly, once the shoes are smelly it is difficult to ever get the smell out.
Alum Purchase some alum in the spice section of your supermarket. Mix one teaspoon with one or two gallons of water in a container, and soak your feet for 30 minutes; rinse with clear water; repeat after four days. If you do this once a month it will eliminate foot odor. Courtesy James H. Mary.

Antiperspirant Spray the bottom of your feet with an antiperspirant. This will stop the wetness, and, hopefully, the cause of the odor. Note: if you also have cracked skin it may be cleared up, too, but the antiperspirant may irritate the skin.

Apple cider vinegar To control the odor, soak your feet several times a week in one-third cup of vinegar added to a small pan of warm water.

Baking soda Sprinkle baking soda inside your shoes to absorb moisture and odors.

Radishes Juice about two dozen radishes, add 1/4 teaspoon of glycerine, and put in a squirt or spray-top bottle. Use as an underarm deodorant or to reduce foot odor.

Soap Wash your feet daily with soap (an antibacterial soap is preferable). Make sure you dry your feet and toes thoroughly. This will get rid of dead skin where the bacteria may be growing.

Tea Boil a quart of water and add 5 tea bags. After the water cools, soak your feet for 30 minutes. The tannin in the tea is an astringent, which will prevent your feet from perspiring.

Zinc Take a zinc supplement, or make sure you are getting at least 15 milligrams in your multi-vitamin. This remedy should reduce or eliminate the odor within a week or two. If it starts coming back, increase the amount to 100 milligrams for a few days. The zinc may make the skin more resistant to the bacteria causing the odor. Don't take more than 15 mg. of zinc for more than a week or two without medical supervision as high levels of zinc can interfere with the absorption of copper.

Zinc oxide Find a foot deodorant containing zinc oxide and herbs.

Answer 4

well it depends, as many have suggested soda can be used. But many a times people have allergy with soda. so the best thing i would suggest is keep it in the open (possibly natural sunlight). I know it will give pain in the nose to all those who will pass your shoes, but it is a natural remedy.
And does not cost anything as long as u get sun light...hehehe

Answer 5

Soak feet for ten minutes every day in either Potassium Permanganate (Which will turn your feet brown) Or surgical spirit. Make sure you dry between toes very carefully and then put on some Lanacame medicated talc. Might not be a home remdy but it works!!

Answer 6

I was watching 'how clean in your house?' and they said to get a few heaped tablespoons of bicarbonate of soda and a mix with a few drops of essential oils and wrap that into a normal kitchen cloth and then just pop the cloth in your shoes and leave it over night. Hope that helps.

Answer 7

I can't help if they are leather but I'm vegetarian and only wear synthetic ones. I've put some shoes inside a pillowcase and put them on a gentle wash in the washing machine. But make sure there's no cardboard insoles!

Answer 8

I HAVE TRIED THIS AND IT WORKED!! AND THE TRAINERS WERE THAT SMELLY THEY MADE OTHERS FEEL ILL..
1. SPRINKLE LOTS OF BICARB OF SODA IN SHOES.
2. PUT IN A PLASTIC BAG AND SEAL IT, THEN PUT INTO FREEZER FOR 24 HOURS.

BAYLEAF, LEMON GRASS ARE ALSO GOOD FOR SMELLY FEET.

ZINC AND CASTOR OIL I HAVE ALSO FOUND EFFECTIVE.

SOMETIMES ITS BEST TO GET YOUR FEET CHECKED OUT.
IF ITS NOT JUST THE SHOE THAT SMELLS.

Answer 9

I love both fruits and fresh vegetables better, however they look and taste. You desire a little of both.

Answer 10

In the event that it's a fruit they have seeds, otherwise it's a vegetable. And vegetables are usually grown in the ground while fruits are grown in trees.

Answer 11

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