How to erase white conversions?

Fans of sports shoes, representatives of informal youth, teenagers and just lovers of good shoes prefer comfortable, light sneakers "Converse".They are worn by people of all ages and gender. Converses are combined with any style of clothing - both with traditional classical suits, and with skirts, sarafans, shorts and ubiquitous jeans. However, no mod can not avoid the problem, because any bright thing, including white sneakers, quickly get dirty. Today we will tell you how to erase white conversions, so that they again become bright and snow-white.

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History of the

creation The conversions do not lose their popularity for more than 100 years. As early as 1908, Marquis Mills Converse created a company to produce sports casual shoes for the whole family. Black sneakers were produced in 1917 and immediately became popular among basketball players.

American basketball player Chuck Taylor brought a lot of interesting ideas in the design of shoes and improving the model. It was thanks to the ideas of the athlete that the sneakers became soft and flexible, and outside - to protect the ankle from damage, began to glue a round patch with the star. It was this model that was given the name of Chuck Taylor.

In 1947 the company "Converse" began to produce sneakers in white, which are still very popular now. In 1960, the company added seven different shoe shades to production. Since then, the shoes of the company "Converse" have become an icon of style, a cult name and a fashionable feature of any image.

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How to care for conversions?

Sneakers are sports shoes, however, not the most durable. All original sneakers are made of high quality canvas and have a simple rubber sole. Textile material is strong, repels dust, so you can wear sneakers for years. But, like any thing, sneakers need care, and from time to time you need to clean white conversions at home.

To keep the conversions as long as possible, adhere to the following rules of care:

• After the walk, wash the sole.
• Do not allow stains to be absorbed into the textile footwear material.
• Regularly remove dirt and remove stains.
• Periodically wash the shoelaces.
• Wash shoes thoroughly before storage.
• Keep your sneakers in the off-season. Put them in a cardboard box or a bag of breathable fabric.
• So that during the "rest" the sneakers do not lose their shape, push the paper towels inside the shoes.

Important: Keds can be gently cleaned by hand. It all depends on the nature of the contaminants. For example, if you have gone through the deepest puddles and impassable dirt, then proceed to cleaning quickly, so that no dark stains remain and the washing process is effective.

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How to wash white conversions?

Proceed as follows:

1. In a spray of water, with a sponge or a soft cloth, wash off all dirt.
2. Remove all small pebbles from the sole.
3. Remove the insole and shoelaces from the shoe.
4. Prepare the cleaning solution. In the pelvis pour water at room temperature and dissolve in it a spoonful of detergent or liquid detergent.
5. Whip the cleaning solution to foam.
6. Immerse the sneakers with laces and insole in a soapy solution for 40-60 minutes.
7. If during the soaking the water becomes very dirty, then refresh the soap solution.
8. Rinse the sneakers with running water.
9. Prepare a fresh soapy solution and whip it into a foam.
10. With a soft clothes brush or sponge, soak the shoes with soapy water.
11. Clean the surface of the shoe with a brush. Pay special attention to the highly contaminated areas of
12. Brush and soap wipe the insole, wash the shoelaces.
13. Pour clean water into the basin and, using a brush and a sponge, wash the remains of the soap solution.
14. Well rinse the conversions in running water. Do not be lazy to thoroughly rinse the soap out of shoes, so that after drying, yellow stains and stains do not appear on the surface.
15. Gently squeeze out the sneakers.
16. Dry the sneakers in a well-ventilated area. Fill shoes with paper towels or toilet paper, change them as they are absorbed by moisture. You can hang the sneakers by the laces in a well-ventilated room, for example, on the balcony.

Important! Do not soak the sneakers in hot water so that the sole does not peel off and shed no cloth.

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How fast can I clean up my conversions?

If you are not a fan of modern chemicals, then use laundry soap to wash white conversions quickly. First, soak the sneakers in cool soapy water, then thoroughly rub the sneakers with a piece of laundry soap and brush it. After cleaning, rinse shoes thoroughly in cool water.

Useful advices:

1. For soaking, you can use washing powder with whitening effect or a mixture of usual powder with bleach. When choosing a bleach, pay attention to the fact that the product does not contain chlorine. Use only "oxygen" means - from chlorine, the rubber on the sole will turn yellow and break, and stains will appear on the fabric.
2. White sneakers with stickers, appliqués and other decorative elements, wash in powder intended for children's things. Instead of a powder, you can use baby soap grinded on a grater.

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How to wash white conversions without soaking?

Clear white sneakers conversions without soaking is also possible. Here are a few ways to use improvised tools for this purpose.

Method number 1.Home mix:

1. Prepare a home blend of the following products instead of washing powder and bleach: 1 tbsp.a spoonful of soda, 1 tbsp.spoon of vinegar.
2. Mix the ingredients until they are pasty.
3. Cover the table or floor with several layers of newspaper.
4. Wear rubber gloves.
5. Dampen an old toothbrush or cotton swab in the prepared solution.
6. Apply the mixture to the contaminated areas of the shoe surface.
7. Wipe with this mixture and sole.
8. Leave for a few minutes, then intensively brush the shoes with the same brush.
9. Be sure to wipe the fabric along the joint of the top and the sole, otherwise - after cleaning this area will be darker than the bleached surface.
10. Clean the bleach with clean cotton swabs from the shoe surface.
11. Rinse the sneakers in running water to completely remove the bleaching agent.
12. Lightly press the sneakers.
13. Dry the sneakers in a well-ventilated area.
14. If some stains are visible on the surface of the shoe after drying, repeat the procedure using a more concentrated home bleach.

Important! When preparing a home blend, do not use metal objects, because under the influence of vinegar, the metal is oxidized.

Method number 2.Toothpaste

You can whiten the "Converse" sneakers without washing. To do this, use toothpaste. It is not necessary to use an expensive drug with a whitening effect, since all toothpastes perfectly clean the tissue. The only thing you can not do is apply a paste of bright color or containing inclusions. The ideal option is tooth powder, diluted with water.

Use toothpaste as follows:

1. Wear rubber gloves.
2. Take a foam sponge or washcloth.
3. Evenly apply toothpaste on the yellowed sneakers.
4. On the inside, also treat toothpaste, since it is necessary to whiten shoes both from the outside and from the inside.
5. Leave the treated shoes for half an hour.
6. Thoroughly clean the paste with a clean foam sponge.

Important! To strengthen the effect, add a few drops of lemon juice to the tooth powder. After cleaning, hold the white sneakers in the sun to provide additional bleaching.

Method number 3.Stein-stick

For highly contaminated areas, use a special pencil with detergent. Read the instructions before use - usually the stick does not require pre-wetting of the shoes. After removing stains with a stick, wash the sneakers using soapy foam.

Method # 4.Magic eraser

Use eraser if you do not want to use chemicals to clean white conversions. Magic eraser is a grinding foam, which includes melamine polymer. Before using the eraser, the shoes should be dampened with cold water and cleaned using the scraping method using physical strength. After cleaning, shake the sneakers with running water.

Method number 5.The strongest tool from the handy ingredients of

You can use this tool when other measures have not helped. It will help to clean high quality white sneakers from any dirt and stains.

Proceed as follows:

1. In ceramic dishes( not metal and not plastic) mix hydrogen peroxide, table vinegar, lemon juice in the same proportions.
2. Put a tablespoon of detergent into the prepared mixture.
3. Mix the ingredients until a smooth consistency of thick sour cream is obtained.
4. With a toothbrush or foam rubber sponge, apply whitening paste to stains and areas around the contaminants. The procedure is carried out in rubber gloves.
5. Leave the shoes for 5-7 minutes - no more so that the bleached fabric in color does not differ from the basic shade of the shoe.
6. Clean with a paper towel.
7. Thoroughly rinse the sneakers with running water and dry.

Important! Never use gasoline, kerosene and other oily fluids to clean shoes. Instead of bleaching, these agents can leave indelible stains on the tissue surface.

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Can I erase conversions in the washing machine?

Most manufacturers do not recommend washing the sneakers in a washing machine. Even the best quality products can not withstand intensive washing and spinning, and the sole can peel off from the top.

Important! First of all, we recommend to make sure that you are the owner of the original shoes, not the Chinese counterfeit, otherwise - such sneakers are unlikely to survive the test wash.

If you decide to wash the Converse shoes in the washing machine, then use the following rules and guidelines:

1. First of all, inspect the sneakers, there are no detachable parts that can get stuck in the car and break the drum.
2. Wash in the machine only models made of textiles.
3. Before loading shoes into the machine, clean it by hand from large dirt and stones on the sole.
4. If there are complex spots on the fabric top, then treat them with a stain remover.
5. Remove the shoes from the laces and insoles. Erase them manually. If the laces are strongly dirty with poorly washed substances, then it is easier to replace them with new ones than wash them.
6. Put the shoes in a special laundry bag to soften the beating of the shoe against the drum. If you do not have such a bag, then use an old pillowcase or, together with the sneakers, wash the old blanket.
7. Choose a delicate wash program. Well, if your machine has a function of washing cashmere, silk, choose this delicate gentle mode.
8. The temperature should be 30-40 degrees.
9. If you erase black and colored conversions, pour in the washing gel for colored linen. For light color conversions, use a gel for white linen.
10. It is not recommended to press machine-assisted conversions. If you want to use this function, select the spin at low speed( no more than 500).
11. Dry the conversions in vivo. Do not expose the sneakers to the sun, do not dry it near the heating devices, as hot air will deform the shoes.

Important! Take into account the following nuances that are of particular importance if you decide to wash the white conversions in the washing machine :

• After washing, the water repellent coating weakens or comes off completely. To restore the old stamina, use a special protective spray.
• Do not use newspapers to dry the white sneakers, since they can stain the inside surface.

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How to remove yellow stains on white conversions?

If after washing on the sneakers were left yellow stains, then use one of the following tips:

1. Wash your shoes in the washing machine without using a gel or detergent. Perhaps during the last wash, the detergent particles were not completely rinsed out of the fabric, but when turned yellow, they turned yellow.
2. Use a glass cleaner, for example "Mr. Muscle".Apply the tool and wipe the shoes with a brush, and then rinse. Repeat two or three times.
3. When drying, place crumpled paper or dry towels inside the shoe so that all stains remain on them, not on the fabric.

Important! Remember that sneakers love cold water, cool drying and gentle washing, but they do not like chlorine bleach and bright sun.

Follow the rules of care of conversions and they will serve you for many years, but do not forget that canvas sneakers are not designed for walks in puddles and mud, otherwise - no bleaches and lemons will save white shoes from stains.

Wear conversions and be stylish!