Cleaning Routine for Shoes
The life of shoes depends a lot on the care and cleaning given them.SHOES respond to good treatment, and if properly looked after will give much longer wear than if they are just treated to an occasional dab of polish.These suggestions for the care of various types of shoes will help to restrict the cost of this expensive wardrobe item.
Leather Shoes: Brush or wipe off the dust immediately they are taken off and polish while the leather is still warm . Put in shoe-trees or stuff the toes with paper before placing away. If shoes are wet, hang them up or lay them on their sides and dry slowly in a cool place, then polish as usual-never dry near heat, or the leather will crack.
Suede: Brush occasionally with a special wire or rubber ( brush, or use a stiff, dry nail brush. Clean with a liquid suede cleaner.
Patent Leather: Rub a little petroleum jelly into the patent leather every now and then before putting away, to prevent cracking and hardening of the leather. Rub off before wearing again, and polish with white shoe cream.
White Canvas or Buckskin: Clean mud off by wiping with cold water, rub with methylated spirit to remove any grass stains, and clean with canvas shoe cleaner.
Satin or Brocade Evening Shoes: These can be cleaned with benzine or with carbon tetrachloride. Gold or silver shoes should always be wrapped in black paper and stored in a dry place. If they tarnish, clean by rubbing with powdered magnesia, or if this does not remove the tarnish try mixing the powder with methylated spirit to make a liquid paste, leave on the shoes until dry, then brush off.
Lizard or Snakeskin: Yellow stains which appear on this type of shoe through wear can be removed with a solution of salts of lemon. Dissolve a teaspoon of salts of lemon in a pint of boiling water, leave until cold, then brush on the shoes. When dry, polish shoes with usual shoe cream.
Rubber Boots:Sponge off mud with a damp cloth and dry away from heat.
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