How to clean light suede shoes at home?

Many people are interested in cleaning light suede shoes at home. Even a small contaminated area spoils its appearance. There are many ways to clean, but it is better to avoid the need for radical measures. The care depends on the life of the shoes and their condition. Suede requires a very careful attitude, so in this article we will consider suitable tools and tools for cleaning it and those that are absolutely unacceptable.

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Material Features

It is made from leather by special treatment. From suede are excellent boots, sneakers, shoes - the surface is velvety, pleasant to the touch. But this fabric is easily polluted.

Important! This material is good for dry weather. For him, contact with water is undesirable, because unlike smooth skin, it is not protected. If you buy shoes from light suede, be prepared for a careful and careful care.

To extend the life of this shoe, keep in mind the following rules:

• do not use cleaning agents for ordinary shoes - you need a special approach;
• Avoid mechanical action on wet suede - it can be rubbed only when it is dry;
• do not allow a rough mechanical attack - do not rub with pressure;
• should not be painted with ordinary shoe paint;
• spread out with a brush;
• buy special sprays for care of suede;
• Avoid exposure to sunlight and dust.

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How to care?

In order to lesson thoroughly clean light suede shoes, you should follow the following rules.

Rule 1

Clean your shoes only when it dries using a brush, napkin or eraser. If the shoes get wet, you must first dry them:

• Erasers are sold in shoe stores.
• The brush for cleaning suede looks as follows: it has two sides - rubber and metal. Rubber raises villi, it can rub a cleaner or wipe off dirt. Metal will help remove dry dirt and distribute the pile.
• Special cleaners are usually available as a foam.

Important! If you do not have a special brush, you can replace it with a toothbrush with a stiff bristle or a clothing brush.

Rule 2

This material should be treated with a water repellent liquid. Contact with water is harmful, and having processed such a composition of your footwear, you will extend its service life.

Rule 3

Use a special aerosol paint to update the color. This provides a better appearance.

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Dry Cleaning

In the simplest situations with small spot sizes, you can resort to dry cleaning. For it you can use a regular eraser or a piece of toilet soap.

Important! You can also clean it with a bread crumb - it is better in this case to take rye dark bread for shoeing a darker shade.

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Removing serious dirt

Even if you carefully take care of your suede things, this does not guarantee that they will not get serious dirt. If this happens, it may be that dry cleaning will not give the desired results.

Then the following methods will help you:

• you will help the steam bath - it smooths the pile and removes dirt. You need to send hot steam to your shoes. Hold it over the container with the boiling water. Then wipe the dirt with cotton wool or a napkin, and she will leave.
• Effective means - an aqueous solution of peroxide and ammonia. Add in a quarter of a liter of water one spoonful of peroxide and one spoonful of ammonia. Treat this compound with a cloth, then wipe it with a sponge and dry it.
• Dilute 1 tablespoon of vinegar in 1 liter of water. Handle this with your shoes, and the dirt will leave.
• A nice and popular recipe: dilute 2 teaspoons of baking soda and 6-8 teaspoons of ammonia.
• If grease contamination occurs, sprinkle them with tooth powder, ground chalk and talc. Then sweep it all with a brush.
• Special products are sold in the form of foam or aerosol. If you can, buy them in advance and use as needed.
• Buy refined gasoline. Saturate them with a cloth and wipe from the edges to the middle, with gentle movements.

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Ways of cleaning light suede with folk remedies

There are several recipes with the use of improvised tools, suitable for light material of such a delicate nature.

Method 1

To clean the light suede shoes, use milk.

Important! With this product you can clean any of the suede products: clothes, shoes, gloves. Milk removes dirt well, makes the suede structure softer, helps remove greasy stains.

You should follow these rules:

1. In 100 grams of milk, dissolve a teaspoon of soda.
2. Saturate with this compound cotton wool or bandage.
3. Handle dirty places.
4. Take a container of warm water. Take a piece of clean cloth and wipe her suede product.
5. Clean the remaining water with a tissue.
6. After an hour or a half, the material will dry. Then treat it with a brush to finally finish the cleaning.

Important! To combat stale spots, use skim milk. Treat the product with milk, add magnesia, talc and turpentine. Remains of the solution remaining after drying, cleaned with a special brush.

Method 2

To clean light suede shoes against persistent dirt, use an aqueous ammonia solution:

1. Pour ammonia into clean water in a 1: 4 ratio.
2. Add a liquid soap or dish detergent to the ammonia solution.
3. Moisten a sponge, cotton wool or tissue cloth in a solution of ammonia.
4. With gentle pressure, wipe the dirt with a cloth moistened with a solution.
5. Treat the entire surface, change the fabric or cotton swab so as not to dilute the dirt.
6. At the end, with a damp sponge, wipe the entire surface of the product, then with ammonia, then with vinegar, at the end with a dry cloth.

Method 3

To remove old spots:

1. Cover the problem area with a thick mixture of ammonia and potato starch in equal proportions.
2. Leave it for a few minutes.
3. When everything is dry, remove the resulting gruel with a brush.

Suede is not so easy to clean, but it's possible. Remember that this material is undesirable to treat with water, so do not pervade it with a cleaning solution. Do everything quickly, but neatly, suede - rather capricious stuff.