How to clean white sneakers, so they look as good as new

Training

Before you start the operation to return to the past, running shoes need to prepare. It is simple:

• Dirt and dust with a dry brush, sponge or cloth made of microfiber. Do not put off cleaning for tomorrow, it is better to do it immediately after the walk.
• If you for some reason had to go to the white sneakers on strong dirt, wait until it dries. And then try to the maximum to get rid of messy divorces using conventional brushes, and brushes for suede.
• Remove the laces and insole: they are best washed separately using soap, means for removing stains or bleach.

cleaning hands

A budget option

Toothpaste

Squeeze a small amount of toothpaste from a tube (it is best to use bleach, without inclusions), put on the dirty place and circular movements carefully rub it with a dry toothbrush. Rinse off the paste is necessary soaked in warm water with a napkin or a sponge.

Baking soda

Mix it with water so that it becomes a paste. Put on shoes, rub the toothbrush briefly leave and then rinse with a cloth or sponge. For a more noticeable effect can be soda mix with toothpaste.

Vinegar, baking soda, washing powder, 3 percent hydrogen peroxide

Mix in the following proportions: 2 tablespoons vinegar, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 2 tablespoons detergent powder 1 tablespoon peroxide. The resulting paste rub the surface of the shoe and leave it for 10-15 minutes, then wash with water.

Lemon juice

If the shoe after the above manipulation and did not become snow-white, mix 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice with the same amount of water, wet towel and walk on it surface.

Potato starch and milk

For white leather shoes well suited paste of potato starch, milk diluted in the ratio 1: 1. Spread paste thickly this surface and then wipe cloth soaked in warm water.

Bleaching agents and stain removers on oxygen basis

Their composition is marked Oxi. Suitable for shoes made of cloth. Mix agent with a small amount of water, apply to shoes for 15 minutes, then rinse.

Alternatively put shoes for a couple of hours in the water with the bleach or stain, and then go over the surface and more brush with toothpaste or soda. Finale: Rinse thoroughly.

If your shoes have a mesh, cleaning should be done more carefully: do not use harsh bleach, paper towels tamp shoes that means getting inside.

Acetone and vinegar

Combine acetone and vinegar in equal proportions. Wet mix cotton pad or napkin, walk over the surface of the shoe. After treatment, rinse it with water.

Laundry soap

Dampen the bar, rub them well brush and treat the surface of sneakers. Then rinse thoroughly.

Micellar water

Suitable not only for removing make-up, but also to remove small dirt with white shoes. Moisten a cotton pad in water to thoroughly clean dirty places.

Nail polish remover or "Pemolyuks"

They can be used to clean white sole. Apply the liquid or cleaning agent to the surface, wash after 30 minutes.

That the sole is less soiled, it can be covered with several layers of colorless nail polish.

Safety regulations

• Perform all manipulations in the gloves to protect the skin.
• Do not use cleaning products that are designed for plumbers: they have a whitening effect, but very aggressive and strong smell (as a rule, they are based - chlorine). And because you run the risk of damaging the surface of the shoe.
• Please try using a folk remedy in a small area of ​​sneakers, so as not to risk the favorite pair.

expensive option

Specialized tools are sold in shoe and sports shops. This option is suitable for white shoes made of leather or suede.

Use such means easy: wet brush, apply a remedy and rub on the shoe surface. The resulting foam remove microfibre cloth moistened with water or brush.

Wash machine

• Fabric shoes can be wash in the machine. But only if you are confident in their quality (after washing can peel off base).
• Before you download sneakers into the machine, soak them for a few hours in warm water with bleach or stain remover. Then place the shoes in a white pillowcase or wash with towels.
• Do not use a conventional powder. Better to take a stain remover or liquid soap bleach.
• Well, if there is a regime of "sports shoes" in a washing machine. If not, set the "hand washing", as well as enhanced rinse mode to left yellow streaks. But squeezing and drying must be disabled.

What to do after cleaning or washing shoes

• Thoroughly rinse means that you are using.
• Leather shoes, wipe with a dry cloth. The surface can be treated with a colorless shoe polish.
• Do not put shoes on the battery, do not expose to the sun. Better if they dry themselves in a well-ventilated room or outdoors.
• Inside the shoe, place the white paper towels, which will take away the moisture and give shape sneakers.
• Put in sneakers for a few hours, natural flavorings, e.g. orange or tangerine peel. Also, with an unpleasant smell good at handling a piece of raw potato.