Smelly Leather Shoes

[Adam@verizon.net]

Not exactly home cleaning, but I hope someone has a suggestion...

Brand new leather shoes - wore them to work and after approx 2 hrs of
wear, they smell horrible. It's not foot odor. It's the leather from
which they are made.

Since I've worn them, the store will only exchange (after I barked
loudly.) I exchanged for another pair and the same odor is present.

Any suggestions to ridding these shoes of their demon leather odor?

[Viviane]

Each to their own - I love the smell of new leather shoes. Maybe you could
try some of the foot odour powder and see if that helps.

<Adam@verizon.net> wrote in message
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>
> Not exactly home cleaning, but I hope someone has a suggestion...
>
> Brand new leather shoes - wore them to work and after approx 2 hrs of
> wear, they smell horrible. It's not foot odor. It's the leather from
> which they are made.
>
> Since I've worn them, the store will only exchange (after I barked
> loudly.) I exchanged for another pair and the same odor is present.
>
> Any suggestions to ridding these shoes of their demon leather odor?
>
>

[Vox Humana]

<Adam@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:ac8hl0d91mf74okiu77rglbsh6l2edpmi2@4ax.com...
>
> Not exactly home cleaning, but I hope someone has a suggestion...
>
> Brand new leather shoes - wore them to work and after approx 2 hrs of
> wear, they smell horrible. It's not foot odor. It's the leather from
> which they are made.
>
> Since I've worn them, the store will only exchange (after I barked
> loudly.) I exchanged for another pair and the same odor is present.
>
> Any suggestions to ridding these shoes of their demon leather odor?
>
>

You can fill them (or a sock) with kitty litter to absorb the odor and put
them in the sun.

[adam@verizon.net]

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 23:31:05 GMT, Adam@verizon.net wrote:

>
>Not exactly home cleaning, but I hope someone has a suggestion...
>
>Brand new leather shoes - wore them to work and after approx 2 hrs of
>wear, they smell horrible. It's not foot odor. It's the leather from
>which they are made.
>
>Since I've worn them, the store will only exchange (after I barked
>loudly.) I exchanged for another pair and the same odor is present.
>
>Any suggestions to ridding these shoes of their demon leather odor?
>

Thank you for the suggestions. I tried the cat litter and the odor is
slightly reduced. I think I'll just donate the shoes.