How do you clean football boots?

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I see now why people have a boot room.

No utility, just kitchen.

Wait for the mud to dry.
Wave them out the back door and bang together - most of the dry mud and grassy lumps fall off.
Attack with old washing up brush to get the rest off.
If really bad, and still muddy after that, bowl of water and some kitchen roll.
My approach to rugby boots - but I'm sure they are similar
My initial thought was to give them back to DS and let him deal with them, but I couldn't face the state of the utility room afterwards.

I don't. The person who wears them does. Outside.

My ds hoses them off in the garden

If I do them, I soak them in about a cm of warm water in a bowl and all the mud drops off. Then a quick going over with a dish brush and a wipe with a cloth. I chuck the muddy water in the garden.

I have tried he letting them dry method and kicking the dirt off, but we have heavy clay soil and the mud seems to weld itself to the boots

The person who wears them goes outside with an old kitchen knife and a bucket and removes the 'heavy mud' as soon as they get home. They are then allowed to dry on news paper. Before they go back in the boot bag they are banged together (outside hopefully) to get the dry mud off. If there is time in between uses the DC clean them properly with a damp cloth and an old tooth brush.

Cricket boots are worse because if they are left wet in the kitbag the spikes go rusty and stain the rest of the kit.

As other posters have said, banged together to get all the loose stuff off then scrubbed with a magic eraser. my ds thought white boots would be a good idea

Had an awful experience once. Attempted to use handheld steam cleaner. This resulted in very clean boots but the kitchen sink COVERED in mud. Epic fail

Get old mud off with knife, scrub under hot tap. Onto radiator to dry.

Wait for mud to dry then bang off in the garden, away from the back door DS! Then baby wipes.

The owner of the boots is responsible for cleaning them. It is not at all the done thing to let your wife or mum clean them.

Show him this.

After banging off the loose dry mud, if they are not leather, they can be thrown in a bucket of water and scrubbed, then hung up in a cool airy place to dry (if they are hung in a warm place they will go mouldy). Buy him a cheap washing-up brush.

Take them outside whilst the mud is still damp and brush them off with a stiff outdoor broom, takes 2 mins and is very effective.

Avoid getting them soaking wet if at all possible- it increases the already deeply unpleasant smell! And if they are used often (5 times a week in ds's case) they never get properly dry- once again, the smell!!!!!!!!

Thank you kindly.

I do intend to make DS clean them but needed to check how first .

I tried the banging together dry, then went over them with a scoury sponge.

Will get a cheap dish brush and a washing up bowl!

i know the smell well, bloody awful, i was blaming the cats for pissing in the under stairs cupboard and it was the boots. wonder what it is they put in them to make that smell, and why

wearer keeps putting them back in waitrose back after each wear until he can no longer lift them due to amount of mud clinging to them ..then he bangs and scrapes in a major huff

I know- why do the smell of cat pee? Bizarre!

Dos has a Boots carrier bag- because he thinks it's funny- every single time."Where are your boots, ds?" "In the Boots bag, in the boot"

Tiny things, as they say, please tiny minds.