Smelly Shoes
 

No, this is not a foot odour problem. Well, it is, but not the foot odour you're thinking about.....
I recently bought a new pair of leather dress shoes. Being leather, they smell like leather, and after a days wear, so do my socks, and the bottom part of my pants. :eek:
They are about a month old now, and still have a very strong new leather smell. Does anyone know how I can get rid of this odour?

Aside from stepping in something that doesn't smell like leather... ahhh, shoe polish, that could do it.

leave them outside in the wind? there's not a great deal you can do i don't think.

I have found cat litter to be very effective in eliminating odors of all sorts.

For shoes, I put a scoop of it in an old sock, tie the open end shut, and stick the sock/catlitter sachet right in the shoes.

Works like a charm.

-bear

Thanks j8ear. That may sound like the solution I was after.

How about something carbon based? Clean charcoal in a paper towel? By the way, I like the leather smell. Is it really that bad? Must be different than what I'm thinking about.

Instead of cat litter, like if you don't own a cat, use baking soda.

baby powder, light and kills the smell