Care of artificial leather

Not everyone can afford expensive shoes made of genuine leather, and the range of such products is much poorer than the footwear made of synthetic material. If you have learned to choose quality footwear and love the variety, a pair of dozens of shoes, sandals, boots and boots from leatherette have already picked up in your wardrobe, the question of what care should be taken for artificial skin has probably already appeared more than once. To ensure that the products have served you as long as possible, and you feel confident even in inexpensive shoes, we suggest you familiarize yourself with all the rules of how to monitor leatherette.

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Possible problems with footwear made of artificial leather

Proper care of footwear from leatherette is necessary for the reason that in the process of wearing some troubles may arise. These include:

• rapid wear of material and loss of the original attractiveness;
• deformation of the product when exposed to temperature, moisture;
• on the feet;
• unpleasant odor - both the shoes themselves and the skin of the feet.

Important! To avoid such problems, and even better - to warn them, when choosing shoes, make sure that the lining, the insole were made of quality materials, and the seams are not glued, but stitched.

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Care for artificial leather

Shoes from similar materials are actually extremely convenient in operation in that you do not have to spend a lot of money and your own time to keep it clean. The use of creams, waxes and various oily aerosols, in contrast to products made of genuine leather, is not only not recommended, but undesirable.

Thanks to this, the entire care of the artificial skin is as follows:

1. Wipe the surface of the wardrobe with a slightly damp cloth or foam sponge after coming home.
2. If heavily soiled, you can use a not very concentrated soap solution instead of regular water. But its remnants after cleaning the shoe will have to be carefully removed, so that no stains will form.
3. Drying is allowed only in natural conditions - never put products on radiators, coils in the bathroom, under direct sunlight or near other sources of intense heat.
4. To protect from moisture, periodically polish the material with a soft flannel cloth with a small amount of glycerin.
5. Handle at least 1 time per week with a daily wearing of the inside of such shoes with a deodorant or a means for preventing fungus.

Important! In points of care for shoes made of artificial leather, you can also include the stretching procedure, if in the first cases of socks you feel discomfort. For this purpose, modern sprays for stretching the material are best.

The method of their application is extremely simple:

• Spray the product on the surface.
• Pull the material slightly in the places where the shoes are tight, or insert special mold holders.
• Wait until the foam is absorbed and dried.

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Thorough cleaning of footwear from leatherette

. As if we did not aspire to follow the manufacturers' recommendations regarding the season and the weather, we will never be able to foresee all the tricks of nature.

Therefore, if you had to walk through puddles, mud or snow melt in shoes from leatherette, when arriving home do the following:

1. Equip with suitable tools and tools. It will take a medium softness brush with natural nap, shampoo for hair, moisture protection agent, soft cloth, spray from drying and cracking.
2. Clean the main dirt from the surface with a soft cloth.
3. Remove the dried dirt with a brush.
4. Wipe shoes or shoes with a rag, moistening it in a diluted shampoo with water.
5. Wipe and dry the product well.
6. Apply impregnations to protect the material from various adverse factors.

Important! Be sure to finish with antistatic, so that leatherette is less attracted by dust and dirt.

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How to recover the material?

If you have a surface abrasion, to the standard procedure for the care of shoes from leatherette, add the staining procedure. But for this purpose, choose a quality tool to paint the paint exactly and the whole surface turned out to be the same tone.

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What not to do with artificial leather shoes:

1. Never wash shoes from a leather substitute in a washing machine.
2. If you need to wash a large amount of dirt, only slightly bring the product under the open stream of warm water of a small head. Do not submerge the shoe in a basin of water.
3. Do not use organic solvents such as acetone or alcohol.
4. Do not dry clean the shoe - it will completely ruin it.

Now, knowing all the rules of care for artificial skin, you will not be difficult to keep all the models of your shoes in a proper way. Look always interesting, diverse and beautiful, and then your mood will also be on top!