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Stinky Vans - chuck or try and save

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Se7ven11 · 10/04/2019 13:21

DDs Vans (footwear) are incredibly smelly - I dispair as they cost so much money and I really can't afford to replace them if they aren't actually outgrown.

Burn or save? Will they go in the washing machine or is there any other sorcery that I can use to make them smell pretty again?

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HowlsMovingBungalow · 10/04/2019 13:24

Chuck them in the washing machine. Put them on the radiator after stuffed with newspaper.
My teenage trainers were vom inducing.

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 10/04/2019 13:24

I put mine in the washing machine.

Putting teabags in them also magically sucks out smells.

Chancewouldbeafinethlng · 10/04/2019 13:26

Can you get some new insoles? Try a layer of bicarb too, sucks up most smells. Leave it in for a good while then hoover out.

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HowlsMovingBungalow · 10/04/2019 13:26

PS - I'd get charcoal insoles and remove weekly to wash.

SpongeBobJudgeyPants · 10/04/2019 13:29

Put them in the washing machine, gentle wash, in an old pillowcase would be my advice. If you're on the point of burning them, nothing to be lost IMHO.

Smellslikemiddleagespirit · 10/04/2019 13:32

Nah, don’t chuck them out, Vans are expensive.
Soak in bicarbonate, or just sprinkle it in and leave a while.
Stick the shoes in the washing machine (if you’d chuck them out anyway it’s surely worth the risk)
Get some odour eating insoles.
Spray with febreze and/or deodorant.

Original poster
Se7ven11 · 10/04/2019 13:38

top tips thanks

ill start with bicarb

will see how that goes

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thatmustbenigelwiththebrie · 10/04/2019 13:40

I wear Vans to cycle in so they can get very smelly. I just bung them in the washing machine.

amusedbush · 10/04/2019 13:49

My Vans STINK Blush I'm so glad it's not just me!

Smellslikemiddleagespirit · 10/04/2019 13:50

Also the owner of stinky Vans here.

Olbaaa · 10/04/2019 13:54

I wash my vans in the washing machine, I just do them the same as my other trainers, in a load with mostly towels/hoodies/something else thick and heavy to hold them roughly in place!

DianaPrincessOfThemyscira · 10/04/2019 13:54

Defo washing machine. My feet were so rank as a kid.

tardyheart · 10/04/2019 14:04

Try a capfull of Zoflora tipped in the toe end and then put through a 40 degree washing machine cycle.

I tried this with my stinky running trainers last week & it seems to have worked. Dried them on a radiator- spring fresh now!

justforareply · 10/04/2019 14:08

Wash in machine with towels etc as others said BUT do lower the spin speed!! Think 600 my lowest
Otherwise you end up with banana shoes

outpinked · 10/04/2019 14:15

I wash mine in the machine on a low heat, they’re fine.

Smellslikemiddleagespirit · 10/04/2019 16:34

Also, when they’re wet after washing, stuff paper or something into them - the toes at least - so they dry a good shape.

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