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revdeuno
Sep 27, 2003, 5:34 PM
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my shoes smell bad. And I dont mean ew, I mean when I take them off the entire gym reeks and it doesnt smell like anything ive ever dealt with before. I sprayed them with lysol which did not work and with dr scholls crap, did not work. Can I was my shoes in a washing machine? or is there something else I can try?
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watchme
Sep 27, 2003, 6:01 PM
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I know that it is uncool, but I wear socks with my climbing shoes. When I started I didn't wear socks, and I would ruin a pair of shoes in like, 6 months because they would get soaked with sweat, and then stink like nothing else. Since my feet sweat big time, without socks my shoes would really get sloppy when they were so wet, and I would really lose performance.
Just get a couple of pair of thin cycling or running socks. As your feet sweat, change into a dry pair. Or, if you want to look cool like me, get some retro stripped tube socks.
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neadamthal
Sep 27, 2003, 7:15 PM
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my first pair were pretty bad. boreal aces... they're lined and seem to soak up the sweat...
i found the best thing was to just hang them out the window and really air them out.
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coldclimb
Sep 27, 2003, 9:46 PM
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coldclimb moved this thread from General to Gear Heads.
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climbsomething
Sep 27, 2003, 9:58 PM
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There is mucho shoe de-stinking info to be gleaned from this site by using the forum search function ;)
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sixter
Sep 27, 2003, 11:54 PM
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In reply to: Just get a couple of pair of thin cycling or running socks. As your feet sweat, change into a dry pair. Or, if you want to look cool like me, get some retro stripped tube socks.
I've used the thinnest cycling socks I could find. I believe liner socks are even thinner. I haven't noticed much difference in feel between socks and no socks, maybe if I climbed at a much higher level... :roll: :o
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revdeuno
Sep 28, 2003, 12:10 AM
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ok thanks, i dont know if i'll consider socks though. I hate socks period.
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ajkclay
Sep 28, 2003, 4:18 AM
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^^^:shock: I didn't know socks got them :shock:
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redpoint73
Sep 28, 2003, 6:19 AM
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I've actually had some pretty good results with the Dr. Scholl's "Odor Destroyer" spray. Its supposed to be a foot deoderant, but I spray it right into the shoe. I've used it for about a month, and my shoes don't smell nearly as much. I spray the shoes everytime I use them. I found that Lysol was pretty much useless.
Prevention is key. Don't stick your sweaty shoes into your pack after a day of climbing.. The moisture won't have a chance to evaporate, and the bacteria multiplies like crazy. Open up your shoes as much as possible, and clip them to the outside of your pack.
I've found that washing the shoes helps, but not in a washing machine. I just scrub the insides with a tootbrush (not the one you use for your teeth!) and some detergent. Then rinse out with water quickly, but don't saturate the leather. Repeat a couple times. Allow to air dry for a day or two. This helps loosen up the dirt/gunk and seems to help with the smell a bit. I think saturating the leather, like in a washing machine, will affect fit.
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corpse
Sep 28, 2003, 6:43 AM
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buy a thing of antiperspirant deodorant, the kind for armpits, and put that on your feet. It'll keep em from sweating, and should help make your shoes feel fresher. On hot humid days that I plan to climb alot, I do this. After a hard day, I can pop of my shoe, and stick my nose in it and it smells great.
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debsanders
Sep 28, 2003, 6:51 AM
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Mix up some baking soda and water to make a paste. Take a tooth brush, not one you use, and brush the inside of the shoe with the paste. Let it dry then brush out the dry paste with a dry brush. This will help remove the odor and dead skin cells.
Tips from Mom,
Mom
p.s. why don't you ever write home :cry:
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climbinmike
Sep 28, 2003, 9:23 PM
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I work at a climbing gym and we use a little foot powder in the shoes right after people have worn them and knock them on the toe one time to get it all into the shoes. The shoes are old and it seems to have worked so far
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kletterkrazy
Oct 4, 2003, 7:28 AM
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the laziest way i've come across to de-stink shoes is to take softener sheets (bounce seems to work well) and stick them in your shoes whenever you're not climbing. two per shoe, and in less than two weeks, you'll notice a difference. make sure you change the dryer sheets every few days!
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kman
Oct 4, 2003, 7:39 AM
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Do not put them in your pack after climbing. I clip mine on the outside and when I get home I put some gold bond foot powder in them. Seems to be working so far. My last pair I would through in my bag and leave them there untill there next use. They were awfull...hell awfull.
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da5id
Oct 4, 2003, 7:41 AM
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lmao ajkclay
think everyone else missed that...
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hellclimber
Oct 4, 2003, 8:04 AM
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At the shop where I bought my shoes, the salesman suggested putting them in the freezer for a while (make sure you pack them in a couple of plastic bags first to avoid spoiling food). Haven't tried it myself yet but it might be worth trying.
hellclimber
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freudian
Oct 4, 2003, 11:45 AM
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Maybe not an exact answer to your question, but...
I found that synthetic leather shoes and lined shoes (esp. the combination of the two) are very stinky, no matter how much you sweat or how much foot odor you produce.
My first pair of climbing shoes were all leather and unlined. They never smelled very bad. My 2nd pair were lined, synthetic leather. They smelled to high hell. Everyone in the gym or near me at the crag could smell it, esp. myself. It was unreal.
I haev stopped wearing these because they smell so bad, therefore I have purchased a few more pairs of shoes since. They were both all leather and unlined. Neither of them ever stank... sure a little warm radiation with a slight hint of sweat after wearing them, but not wreaking.
Andrew
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painful_crash
Oct 4, 2003, 11:22 PM
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yea .. stinky shoes.
if you had put my 5.10's next to a skunk a month ago..
skunk would have a seasure..
i handwashed them in coldwater. (just once)
after that ,
i never, ever , ever put them in my bag after i climbed.
just put them somewhere fresh.. let it breathe.
they seem to be okay now.
-crash
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thomasribiere
Oct 5, 2003, 4:59 AM
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1) Buy leather shoes rather than synthetic and lined climbng shoes.
2) Put some anti-perspirant spray or powder on your feet before wearing the shoes.
3) Socks? I didn't notice any difference. i should try for a while with a sock on one foot and no sock on the other... But I just should remember the side!
4) Can put some odor neutralizer in the shoes after climbing.
5) Let you shoes breathe in the air, not in your bag. Can let them in the sun, because UV kill bacteria.
6) Don't hesitate to wash your shoes (cold or luke water + washing powder) sometimes, and let them dry gently outside, with or without paper inside.
NB1 : Freezing kills the odor as long as the shoes are frozen, but after...! And freezing don't kill microbes, it just keep them from multiplicating. But when the temp becomes normal...
NB2 : so Debbie brushes her shoes with baking soda... what's that? Sodium bicarbonate? So maybe I would use H2O2 rathen than normal water, just to create some oxygen, and help the struggle against bacteria : the one in shoes must be mainly anaerobic, or maybe micro-aerobic. But it seems pretty complicated to me.
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mattdog
Oct 5, 2003, 5:49 AM
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Its not the bacteria which are causing the smell, DIRECTLY. It's what they're leaving behind... methane, and all of their waste products. Yep, that's right... bacteria poo is stinking up your shoes! So Lysol won't work because most of the bacteria are already dead or dying...
You gotta do something to get odor causing chemicals out. Baking soda would work, but you gotta make sure you get it all out, otherwise you'll have grit in your shoes. Mule-team is what my wife recommends... its a detergent that absorbs oder.
Hope this helps
Matt
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mountaingoat
Oct 5, 2003, 6:58 AM
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I know what you mean, :cry: mine are so bad that my parents make me keep them in rthe garage.
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