Can I wash kids shoes in the machine?

[lukewarmmama]

DD had a wee accident (literally) and her shoes (leather Clarks jobbies) are soaked through. Can I bung them in the washing machine or would that be an expensive error?
tia

Do you have a special shoes setting on your washer? We do and ive put clarks in there before and they have been ok.

A shoes setting???! No, never heard of that! Do you think a hand wash setting on low spin would do?

I have washed leather trainers and they came up brilliantly. I washed leather slippers though and they were ruined. Sorry not much help but it will bump this if nothing else.

I wash leather trainers on synhetic seitting (30 degrees)and turn the spin speed down to 400.

I've always done it, never think about twice, agree that 30 degrees is best.

Alrighty, thanks all, will let the shoes take the plunge then...

I think if you put them on a cool wash and dont spin them they should be ok. Yes i have a shoes setting its great for trainers, slippers, shoes and DD2s changing bag lol.

Hmmm, do you think I can justify buying a new washing machine with a shoes setting? [ponders cost/benefit ratio, decides probably not]

Haha when my old washing machine broke i actually went looking for one with a shoe setting as I love clean slippers and DS's shoes are always muddy!

I always wash trainers and uggs in the machine but I'd be interested to know what temperature and spin speed is on the "official" shoe setting?

Well, I've put them in on a 30 degree mixed load wash, with lowest spin 600 on.... Fingers crossed....

According to my manual the shoes setting is a 30 wash and a 600rpm spin. You can wash a max of 2 pairs of shoes. So basically if you put it on a wool wash they should be fine :)