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Best way I've found to defunkify my Vibrams is to soak them in Oxyclean (yes, "as seen on TV" Oxyclean) overnight and then wash them in the washing machine and air drying.

This is with KSOs. With the Sprints, I've never had an odor problem, but they can air out more easily.

I suspect that if you had some kind of warm-air (~35C) device (e.g., a heat gun) to gently blow air through them post workout, one could keep the odor on KSOs down.

Don't tumble dry them though -- the glue melts.



I think if the glue melts from a simple tumble dry I'm sure as hell not going to use a heat gun on them.


Why? A dryer gets far hotter than 35C. I just mean enough warm air moving through the shoe to dry it quickly. A decent heat gun should give you that control.


The low setting for a heat gun is somewhere around 350 deg F. A hair dryer on the lowest setting might work though.

edit: according to Wikipedia, heat guns go from 200-1000 deg F. Still far too hot. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_gun


I was thinking of something like this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00004TI29/ref=mp_s_a_10 which goes down to 90F.


I bring them into the shower, or soak them in sports detergent for an hour or so (squish them a few times). Twice, if needed. Rinse, dry over air purifier / fan overnight, and they're practically new-smelling, even though I've got pretty funky feet.


I always wear injinji toe-socks with my KSOs, and never have a funk problem.




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