hello, i had a recent unpleasant moment whilst strolling in my ‘boston style’ birkenstocks the other day and i need to know if there is something i could do to save thesole of the one shoe that got damaged, since birkenstocks aren’t cheap, i’d appriciate not having to throw them both out just because there is dog poop on the bottom of one of the shoes, do you think that shoe could be saved? how do i go about cleaning it without getting the inside soiled as well? many thanks for your advice, my shoes than you too! :O)
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let it dry than brush it off with a stiff brush
Scrape it off with a trowel or a hoe. Take some wet paper towels and wipe clean. (Use some disposable gloves).
Wash it with water and a scrub brush. you may need to use something like 409 spray to soften it up first. I walked around a duckpond one day at lunch and came back to work and had to scrub my athletic shoes because of stepping in poo.
Dilute toilet bowl cleaner about 1:4. Try it on an inconspicuous part first. . I use it for cleaning hospital urinals.
Do the cleaning of the shoes outside and squirt some ammonia and baking soda onto the soles. Allow it to sit on the soles to soak into the nasty doggy do stuff. Plug your nose and use a screw driver to scrape off most of what you can and throw into a throw away container. Squirt the soles of your shoes again and wipe off with paper towels. Continue to do this until the doggy do is gone.
Rinse with some clear water and white vinegar to get rid of the smell and have your soles of your shoes clean again.