Tips to keep your shoes shiny and comfortable
Here are some tips that will help you keep your shoes in tip top condition and also make them a little more comfortable.
- To make leather shoes waterproof, you can coat them with boiled linseed oil. Do this three times, allowing to dry outdoors between rubbings if possible.
- If your new Cheap Shoes or boots squeak you can solve this problem by rubbing boiled linseed oil into the soles and around the welts
- You can remove scuff marks from patent leather shoes by rubbing with a little egg white. Leave to dry, and then polish as usual.
- New shoes can often cause blisters. To solve this problem, rub the back of your new shoe with soap. This will soften the leather making the shoe a better fit.
- If your suede shoes are looking a little flat you can raise the nap by holding them over a steaming kettle. Once dry raise the nap with a suede brush.
- Cleaning white leather shoes, belts or Designer Handbags cannot be a problem if you applying a little cleansing milk on a pad of cotton wool. Leave for 10 minutes then polish with a dry duster.
- A general tip for cleaning suede is to brush over with lemon juice, then steam for a few seconds. Brush with a suede brush.
- Here are a couple of clever alternatives for cleaning your shoes and put a beautiful shine on them. Rub a banana skin over them. On brown shoes use the pithy side of a lemon.
- Children's shoes can become so badly scuffed that they won't take the polish. If that is the case rub them with a piece of a raw potato, then I apply your regular polish.
- Grease is really hard to remove from light coloured shoes or suede. So never wear good shoes when you are cooking.
- If you have a scratch on your leather you can hide it with a matching crayon.
- If the ends of shoe laces have become frayed, dip them in nail varnish.
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