How to care for suede shoes?

Contents:
  • Features of care
  • How to clean suede shoes from dirt at home?
  • Restoring the color of suede shoes

When choosing a new pair of shoes, we often pay attention to stylish and attractive suede shoes. But some people believe that such material is whimsical and complex in care. This common misconception is due to the fact that they simply do not know how to care for suede shoes. In this article we will tell you the basic rules and secrets, observance of which will allow you to enjoy the well-groomed look of shoes for a very long time.

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Features of care

Suede is a high-quality leather material that is made from deer, elk or small cattle skin. To give it a beautiful appearance, tanning is done by fat. Due to this, suede is characterized by increased softness, which means that special care is required for suede shoes.

The basis of care for your favorite shoes is as follows:

  1. Frequent, but delicate cleaning. Strong pressure can bend the fibers and ruin the appearance of the shoes, so for cleaning it is best to use a special brush with flax nap.
  2. Additional protection measures. Immediately after buying a new pair of shoes to bring home and cleaning the surface with a soft flannel cloth or a brush for suede, apply a protective agent on it. The use of special products for the care of suede shoes will help for a long time to maintain an attractive look of shoes.

Important! The protective equipment has a different purpose. For example:

  • for a summer or spring pair it is appropriate to choose aerosols that repel dust and create an antistatic effect;
  • for winter - best suited are products with protection against moisture, salt, as well as special spray paint.
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How to clean suede shoes from dirt at home?

To suede shoes always looked well-groomed and attractive, clean it from dirt after every exit "into the light."Often, specialized means for caring for suede can be ineffective or simply for some reason inaccessible. The lovers of this gentle material have the secrets of caring for suede shoes at home.

Wash suede shoes

When our hands get dirty and dusty shoes, there is a desire to wash it. But immediately the question arises, how to wash suede shoes and whether it is possible to do it at all?

Of course, with a strong desire, you can follow some tips and wash the product of this material.

Important! Shoes of poor quality or shoes made from expensive suede can not survive experiments and deteriorate. Proceeding from this, before you resort to such care for suede as a sink, think carefully, it may be better to give preference to more delicate means.

But if you decide to wash, then adhere to the following rules:

  1. In a warm water tank designed for washing shoes, add a little detergent. Stir until a small foam appears.
  2. In the resulting foam, drip a bit of ammonia.
  3. Lightly moisten the brush for cleaning suede in soap and ammonia solution.
  4. Thoroughly wash the contaminated surface, without excessive pressure and intensive movements in different directions.
  5. Gently wash the product under cold running water or even better - wipe with a soft sponge soaked in clean water. So care will be more sparing, then - suede shoes will last longer.
  6. Already washed shoes get wet with a damp soft napkin( best if it is made of flannel).Wipe dry with a dry cloth of the same material.
  7. Leave the shoes to dry.

Important! Remember that you can not keep suede in close proximity to sources of heat. Therefore, take care that the product is kept as far away from the battery or heaters.

Steam cleaning

Perfect way to wash suede shoes safely - treat it with water vapor. This option of cleaning was used by our grandmothers when special means for suede shoes did not exist.

To get a really good result and not to damage the delicate material, follow these rules:

  1. Within a few minutes, stand the shoes over the steam jet from the boiling kettle. For uniform processing, always turn the product by rotating the movements.
  2. Carry out cleaning by combing the wool, with a hard metal brush with frequent bristles, in one direction.
  3. Wipe the surface with a warm damp cloth from the flannel and leave the shoes to dry in a natural room temperature, not under direct sunlight.

Important! In case you notice the sagging of the pile on some of the sites, to restore the suede shoes it is necessary to process the places of subsidence by ammonia. Apply and rub it most conveniently with a rubber brush. To raise shiny wool it is possible usual school eraser.

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Restoring the color of suede shoes

Sometimes it happens that our favorite shoes after a long life can change the shade or lose their brightness. There are some practical tips for restoring the color of suede shoes:

  1. If you are the lucky owner of black or dark suede products, you can use coffee grounds to express the color and make the surface not lighten. Slightly coffee mass carefully rubbed into the surface, and after drying dry it with a dry cloth.
  2. In winter, white precipitations from salt can appear on the surface, which can be easily removed with acetic acid. Moisten a soft brush in a 6% solution of vinegar and smoothly dispose of the plaque.
  3. If the shoe has already served you for several years and has lost its color due to time, then a special coloring aerosol will help in the restoration. Spray the paint on the surface with a uniform layer, after drying, raise the colored pile with a rubberized brush or a conventional eraser.

Follow these instructions and advice, thanks to which you will always look very attractive.