How to clean suede shoes at home - the rules of care for boots, sneakers and shoes

Practice shows that only a limited number of people know how to care for suede shoes, what techniques to use to quickly put in order your favorite comfortable sneakers or elegant shoes.

Ignoring the basic rules, the owners of suede products use aggressive means, trying to eliminate traces of stains, salt deposits and scuffs, which significantly shortens the service life of things and leads to a deterioration in their external attractiveness. Some even try to wash suede, although you just need to correctly apply specialized tools and tools, which today are presented in a wide range.

Features of the care of shoes from suede, the observance of which will allow full and long use of products

Quality care for suede shoes begins already during the trip to the store. Together with the liked pair it is recommended to get a special brush and protective aerosol for soft skin. To begin with, this can be limited, suede boots, shoes and sneakers are easily cleaned of dirt by improvised means.

At home, the products need to be inspected once again, dust off the new brush with dust if it has settled on the skin during the fitting process. Immediately after this, the first layer of water-repellent aerosol is applied. After it dries, a second layer is applied and a few minutes later a third layer is applied.

This method will protect sneakers from stains, shoes from scuffs, boots from moisture. Due to the presence of a film, dirt can not penetrate into the fabric structure, it can be easily washed without damaging the fibers.

What if my suede shoes get wet or stained?

People who have learned from their own experience how difficult it is to clean suede shoes covered with damp, wet dirt, remember for a lifetime that such products are not intended for wearing in wet weather. But even if this rule was neglected, you can still put things in order.

The sequence of manipulations will be as follows:

1. It is useless to clean the damp suede from the mud, and certainly not to wash the shoes in a typewriter or soak in soapy water, the stains will only smudge and become deeper. First, the injured sneakers or shoes will have to be dried;
2. Ideally, you need to take special pads, they allow the product to keep its shape and not shrink. At home, toilet paper or paper towels will cope with this task. In light shoes you need to stuff items only white;
3. As the product dries, the filler can be changed several times, this will speed up the process. Exposure to heat sources is prohibited! Sun rays, a battery, a hair dryer, an iron and other appliances will dry the skin unevenly, its surface will go in waves;
4. Before you clean the suede shoes, you need to make sure that it is dried, for this we soak it in several places with paper napkins;
5. Next, you need to clean the suede shoes with a special brush with a stiff bristle. If the surface is heavily soiled, we apply a foam cleaner, then we process the material with a tool with rubber fibers.

Tip: Despite the significant differences in the texture of synthetic and natural soft leather, it is necessary to perform all the same manipulations to clean the artificial suede. In a sense, synthetics responds even more to external stimuli and requires more patience.

Special attention should be paid to the questions of how to clean suede from salt and stains. Here in the course will go not only specialized care products, but also folk techniques.

You can put the products in order in one of the following ways:

• Greasy stains and greasy stains covering shoes or sneakers, it is recommended to wash with an ordinary eraser. The same result will be obtained by brushing the material with rubber or rubber teeth. To qualitatively brush suede boots at home and eliminate traces of fat, it is better to use talc. You need to sprinkle it on the stains, wait for a good soaking and then you can wash the composition with a stiff brush;
• Pieces of grime should be soaked first. You can not wash suede shoes, but steam is allowed. The contaminated leg or sneaker is simply held above the steam from the spout of the kettle for one minute, then proceed to the zone with a rubber brush. Before you clean the suede boots in this way, you will need to perform a preliminary mechanical cleaning of the stain. Soft suede bootleg very quickly becomes wet under the influence of steam, so the exposure time is reduced to half a minute;
• In extreme cases, intensive care for suede shoes reduces to the use of self-made cleaning foam. In a glass of warm water we put on a tablespoon of liquid soap and ammonia. Beat the product in foam. We soak a clean cloth in it and process the stain. Then the zone needs to be washed with weak acetic water, but not allowing the wetting of the material. So it is recommended to clean the sneakers and shoes with a dense surface from dirt and sand.

Light suede can be cleaned with a mixture of milk and soda. The product is applied to the skin with a clean cloth, after a few minutes the stain can be washed with a rubber brush.

How to choose the right tools for the care of suede products?

A full care for suede shoes requires the purchase of a brush, although some prefer to do with an eraser. The optimum option will be a tool with a rubber pile on one side and hard metal bristles on the other. Additionally, soft formations may be present on the sides.

• Rubber formulations can distribute a cleaner on the surface, eliminate greasy stains, raise the villi of the skin;
• The metal part is designed for dry cleaning. If you act correctly, you can easily remove pieces of clinging and already dried mud;
• On some brushes, instead of a metal part, there is a serpent( in the form of waves).It helps to wash excess particles very gently, improving the texture of the material;
• An additional advantage is the presence of a side wheel. With its help, cleaned sewn sneakers, removing sand from the seams.

It is necessary not only to know how to care for suede shoes, but also to comply with these recommendations. Let it be troublesome, but it is better to resort to these tips than to succumb to the temptation to wash your favorite boots, trying to ease your life.