How do you clean Birkenstocks?

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I've got some white Birkenstocks. They look almost brand new on the outside of them despite me wearing them a lot this year. But the sole of them are looking a bit manky...the inner sole where your foot sits. It is marked with almost a dirty imprint of my foot and because they are light soles it shows up badly.

How do I clean that bit, or is it impossible? Has anyone done this? Do you think i could risk them in the washing machine?

I don't know what kind you have but some are machine washable. See here.

HTH

I've got the Mayari ones so the sole is cork.

bung them in the washing machine. come up like new(ish)

I put mine in washing machine on 30 delicate wash, I used washing powder and found the cork sole left a marble pattern, so since then I have only used washing liquid.

They wash fairly well.

Right, they are in the washing machine with a liquid tab.
Fingers crossed.