Smelly sandals

jhiker said:

Anybody hit upon an effective way of restoring sandals to their
original olefactory glory! I have a pair of Merrel convertibles whch
have the so-called 'Microbacterial' insole but it soon becomes
ineffective.

Pour some boiling water onto them should kill off anything living there.
A follow-up scrub with bicarb of soda will probably get rid of any
noxious leftovers.

In the longer term I've found that hardly ever wearing shoes and socks
means my feet are in a cooler, drier environment and aren't a popular
spot for bacteria any more, so there's no particular reason for them to
go and live on my sandals. Also has a useful side effect of toughening
up your feet a lot so blisters are far rarer too.

Pete.
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On 5 Aug 2004 03:56:28 -0700, [email hidden] (jhiker) wrote:

| Hi,
| Anybody hit upon an effective way of restoring sandals to their
| original olefactory glory! I have a pair of Merrel convertibles whch
| have the so-called 'Microbacterial' insole but it soon becomes
| ineffective.

The smell of feet is from a yeast Candida Albicans (athletes foot)
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/jan99.html
Mycota powder, from any chemist, liberally sprinkled on feet, socks,
saddles IME improves matters no end. Having 2 pairs and changeling daily
also improves matters.

Dave F

Don't know why this post is appearing at the bottom of the thread - I
thought I started this post this morning!

Dave Fawthrop <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

On 5 Aug 2004 03:56:28 -0700, [email hidden] (jhiker) wrote:

| Hi,
| Anybody hit upon an effective way of restoring sandals to their
| original olefactory glory! I have a pair of Merrel convertibles whch
| have the so-called 'Microbacterial' insole but it soon becomes
| ineffective.

The smell of feet is from a yeast Candida Albicans (athletes foot)
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/jan99.html
Mycota powder, from any chemist, liberally sprinkled on feet, socks,
saddles IME improves matters no end. Having 2 pairs and changeling daily
also improves matters.

Dave F

My new Shaka sandals came with instructions to wash frequently in a
washing machine and dip in salt water afterwards. Changing the pH may
help if foot bacteria are anything like armpit bacteria, bicarb or
other healthfoodshop deodorants could work. I've sprayed the Weleda
one when I've had a soggy split between toes, hurts like hell but
quickly heals it.

On 6 Aug 2004 13:47:30 -0700, [email hidden] (Jennifer) wrote:

| I've sprayed the Weleda
| one when I've had a soggy split between toes, hurts like hell but
| quickly heals it.

Mycota powder does not hurt *and* heals quickly :-))))))))))))))

Dave F

(Jennifer) said:

Dave Fawthrop <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

On 5 Aug 2004 03:56:28 -0700, [email hidden] (jhiker) wrote:

| Hi,
| Anybody hit upon an effective way of restoring sandals to their
| original olefactory glory! I have a pair of Merrel convertibles whch
| have the so-called 'Microbacterial' insole but it soon becomes
| ineffective.

The smell of feet is from a yeast Candida Albicans (athletes foot)
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/jan99.html
Mycota powder, from any chemist, liberally sprinkled on feet, socks,
saddles IME improves matters no end. Having 2 pairs and changeling daily
also improves matters.

Dave F

My new Shaka sandals came with instructions to wash frequently in a
washing machine and dip in salt water afterwards. Changing the pH may
help if foot bacteria are anything like armpit bacteria, bicarb or
other healthfoodshop deodorants could work. I've sprayed the Weleda
one when I've had a soggy split between toes, hurts like hell but
quickly heals it.

I find that soaking my Merrels occasionally in warm water to which a
little bleach has been added seems to work. Don't know what it will
do for the life of the sandals though!

Bejay

I wear Tevas year-round, and my experience is mixed. I have no
problems at all with the Terra-Fis I wear at weekends or for walking. I
do have problems with some other Tevas (can't remember the model) which
I wear for work, and which don't have anti-bacterial treatment. These go
into a 30C wash about once every three weeks.
Mark
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Mark Manning [email hidden]

[email hidden] said...

Quoted message said:

Hi,
Anybody hit upon an effective way of restoring sandals to their
original olefactory glory!

Sadly, no.

Quoted message said:

I have a pair of Merrel convertibles whch
have the so-called 'Microbacterial' insole but it soon becomes
ineffective.

Tevas here - same story though. Bathroom sink, soap?
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Fran
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