Here is a round up of tips and home remedies for cleaning shoes of all varieties, including running and tennis shoes, and those made of leather, suede, canvas and cloth.
Do you spend a lot of time cleaning your home and possessions? If so, you can use some good tips to help you get these chores done, so you can have some fun!
Here are tips I've collected from readers like you, and from around the web to help you with these tasks.
This includes removing stuff from the bottom of shoes, cleaning the tops and sides of shoes, as well as ways to polish them.
Here are the best tips submitted so far:
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How To Remove Gum |
Make Shoe Polish Using Olive Oil |
Remove Scuff Marks With Toothpaste |
Use Mr. Clean Magic Eraser |
Bar Keepers Friend On Leather Uppers Of Tennis Shoes |
Shine Up Your Dress Shoes Plus Freshen Inside With Dryer Sheets |
Baby Wipes To Clean Up Muddy & Dirty Ones |
Use Toothbrush To Clean In Crevices |
Use Toothpaste |
Remove Grass Stains With Ammonia |
7 Ways To Prevent Shoe Odor |
Our shoes, just by virtue of where we wear them, can become some of the dirtiest accessories we wear.
You can either step into or get splashed with all kinds of nasty stuff, plus get scuffs and scrapes all over them.
In addition, along with them getting dirty from the environment around you, they can get stinky or smelly from your own feet!
Some shoes are quite expensive, while others are cheap, so the care and attention we pay to them partially depends on how much they cost us, and what materials they're made of.
This, of course, also effects the methods we can use to get them ready for more wear and presentable again.
If you've got tips or tricks for getting your footwear cleaned up, I'd love to hear them. Tell me below!
Have you discovered a great way to clean your footwear quickly or easily?
If so I would love to hear your tips below.
Just tell me what type of shoe it was, such as leather, suede, canvas, running or other athletic shoes, etc., what made it dirty (oil, dirt, mud, grass, etc.) and how you cleaned them.
Make sure to give enough details that someone else could follow your instructions themselves.
You can also tell us what homemade or commercial cleaning products you used to get the item clean as well.
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Hi, I'm Taylor, a busy mom with 3 kids, so I have lots of hands on experience with house cleaning, laundry and my fair share of spots, spills and other messy catastrophes. Thanks for visiting my site.
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