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Dirty suede trainers - advice please!
janh · 08/09/2003 14:26
We bought DS1 some dead cool (he says) Adidas navy suede trainers a few weeks ago - I did tell him they couldn't be slung in the washer like leather ones and to look after them but he had a brainstorm and wore them to work - washing up/cheffing/cleaning up in wine bar kitchen - and they are FILTHY.
So please can someone recommend a good suede shoe cleaner, or reassure me that they can be scrubbed in the sink or even that they can go in the washer?
TIA.
SamboM · 08/09/2003 14:27
janh, you need a little wire brush to get grot out of suede shoes. Can buy in any cobblers.
Don't try and wash them!
What on earth is cheffing? I dread to think...
WideWebWitch · 08/09/2003 14:30
Cheffing is being a chef I assume SamboM! Janh, agree, use a wire brush and also you could try getting any dry debris off with that and then holding them in the steam over a kettle - although you shouldn't get suede wet steam can rescue it a bit IIRC.
SamboM · 08/09/2003 14:34
Oh yeah, durrrr. Thought it was some strange practise I had not heard of!
janh · 08/09/2003 14:44
Sorry, Sambo - I did think it looked a bit funny when I wrote it! Chef-ing maybe?
It's greasy grot, would the wire brush work on that or should we use the Clarks cleaner and then brush it up? I'll try the steaming first though, and see what happens.
Thanks for tips, ladies, I knew you wouldn't let me down! (Bit sad that I was right about washing though...just for once I would have been pleased to be wrong! )
janh · 08/09/2003 20:27
update - steamed, brushed, cleaned - they look WONDERFUL again now! Thank you!
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