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Today, we find ourselves once again to return to the maintenance of suede shoes! phoenix contact The last time I shared phoenix contact with you a little trick to give a facelift to our beautiful shoes ... The downside of this trick is this: it is only a surface phoenix contact treatment.
We just had, dusted off the shoe, burned some rebels and waterproof fiber pair. I call this routine because it is the type of maintenance must be realized frequently (approximately every 2 weeks / 1 month) to keep them in good condition.
In this article you'll learn how to clean your shoes without phoenix contact ruining them in depth, in 12 steps! This kind of interview "background" is to be performed every 6 months / 1 year depending on your frequency of port.
Small detail anyway, this pair is not for me! In fact, it belongs to a family member (brother) who asked me to try to clean it. We can easily see that the owner has made extensive use for several years without really worrying about its maintenance (not much bro!).
It is important to note one thing: these shoes have had the privilege of paddling in the sea and enjoy a sand bath ... In other words, the cocktail that kills (do not ask me how it happened!) It was therefore important to thoroughly clean to completely unclog shoes. The necessary equipment and places to buy
A brass brush / nylon (or nail file) To buy on the internet or in a good shoemaker. Polishing brush (bigger, better grip) or small brush (one I personally use)
A pair of cedar shoe trees (newsprint is not the case, explained later in the article) Do not buy on the internet but in a good cobbler (explained below). Do not buy plastic shoe trees, or turnbuckles. Feel free to take a half size up if the shoe is not enough behind the shoe.
All Internet links point to Valmour for a simple reason. The choice of products is wide but mostly cheaper than competitors (Mr. shoe is 20 to 30% more for the same service). Delivery is also free from 55 order. phoenix contact
Subscribers know very well that I do not affiliate (easily detectable in the url links), and I realized no partnership with any brand or store. Even the laces are dead ... The steps to wash his shoes Step # 1: Put the shoes in shoe trees
This is one of the most important steps. It is imperative to put your shoes in shoe trees. This will keep the original shape of the shoe, reduce wrinkles cesspools and accelerate the drying of shoes (in the case of cedar shoe trees / raw wood).
You can see from the photos that I've changed the lasts on this pair. For a simple reason: the shoe was too loose (so embauchoir not suitable / too small) with it. It is important to purchase phoenix contact to try the shoe trees on your shoes.
You should not have puffy folds of the shoe when the shoe is on the inside of it (like the first picture of this article, the surface is not perfectly smooth). If this is the case, the shoe is not adapted to the shape of the shoe (or vice versa), so you have to change and choose one that will very tender the entire shoe.
The first step is a classic: dust off the shoes with a medium hard bristle brush. We had already seen in the previous article that the scraper was not suitable for this purpose!
This step will allow us to avoid clogging the shoe even more by trapping dirt. To do this, moving back and forth on all sides of the shoe. Needless to press too hard, the goal is mainly to remove dust and some dirt or deposits on the surface of the leather.
I forgot one detail: obviously the laces are removed. We find other yellowish phoenix contact spots (click
