<VV> Removing diesel smell from tennis shoes - Still OT

[Sethracer at aol.com]

Hey - Blonde shoes! Totally cool, Dude! 
 
What? Napalm in the morning? - Seth
 
 
In a message dated 5/11/2013 6:49:18 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
jb30343 at windstream.net writes:

An  educated guess...  try hydrogen peroxide (the drugstore variety or one 
of  the oxidizing cleaning solutions)  followed by baking soda.  The  
peroxide should (might) oxidize the hydrocarbons without beating up the shoes  to 
much.  Or just buy her a copy of Apocalypse  Now.
--J.B.