Tips for Keeping Your Kids' School Shoes Clean
Ever wonder why kids' school shoes get filthy so fast? You can answer that question if you know your child and are aware of their activities. For example, keeping their school shoes clean is essential to keep them a while longer and maintain healthy feet.
A build-up of dirt looks ugly and ages the footwear quickly because of the acidity and salt in the muck.
Your child also needs to maintain good hygiene and impressions. For example, damp shoes can create an environment that breeds bacterial growth, causing a foul odour.
More importantly, you don't want classmates to remember your child as someone with a neatly pressed uniform but grubby footwear.
With all these in mind, knowing how to keep their school shoes clean can be a lifesaver! You can preserve your child's health and image and save because you don't have to keep buying new footwear!
Our Spendless New Zealand team gathered all the information you need to keep the footwear spotless! Please read on to learn more!
How to Clean Black Footwear
Black is the most common colour for school shoes. Learning institutions typically prefer black for their dress code requirements. However, this colour can be one of the hardest to keep clean. While challenging, cleaning kids' shoes in this colour are possible.
Rule of thumb: Leather school shoes should never go into the washing machine. More stubborn stains require a more "advanced" cleaning item – a toothbrush! Scrub away but keep force level at a minimum to avoid destroying the footwear.
Air dry the shoes, keeping them from a direct heat source. Then, apply a leather balm or oil to stop them from cracking or ageing. The same rule applies to suede kids school shoes: never put them in the washing machine!
Instead, wipe away the dirt with a damp, lint-free cloth covered in vinegar or alcohol.
After completely drying the shoes, fluff the fabric with a soft brush. We guarantee it will give new life to the footwear!
How to Clean Touch-Fastening Straps
Touch-fastening straps are one of the three fasteners available at Spendless New
Zealand. It's a straightforward way to secure the kids' school shoes. However, it's also as quick to get dirty.
Because of the adhesion, several materials stick to it, which can deteriorate its capacity to press together. As such, it's critical always to keep them spic and span.
You don't have to spend at all keeping the touch-fastening straps of the school shoes because most of the tools are household items.
The first one is tweezers. Pick on the more prominent and noticeable dirt attached to the strap. Be amazed at how it quickly pulls the dirt away. As for smaller ones you can't pull out, use a lint remover, and roll it over the touch-fastening straps.
The last household item you can use is duct tape. Like the lint remover, stick the duct tape on the straps and pull away to see if the dirt came off. Repeat the process on the touch-fastening straps of the shoes until you remove all the debris.
How to Clean Laces
Laces are the only fastening independent of the footwear, meaning you can replace and clean them without touching the shoes. Sometimes, cleaning laces is enough to make the footwear look clean.
But, if you're feeling lazy, replacing them is another way. Add laces to your cart before checking out.
Let's go back to how you can keep the laces of the kids school shoes. The simplest way is to add them to your washing machine load. Better if you have a mesh bag for them.
Prep them first by removing dirt stuck on them via warm water. Once done, skip the dryer and allow them to air dry.
Another way to clean the laces of the kids' school shoes is by handwashing. All you need is dish soap, warm water, and a bowl. Remove the laces from the shoes and place them in a bowl of warm water with dish soap.
Submerge the laces and soak them for 20 minutes, moving them around with your hand. Scrub the remaining dirt with a toothbrush before rinsing. Hang to dry afterwards.
How to Keep Footwear Clean
The best way to clean the kids' school shoes is with a protective spray, which creates a waterproof, invisible layer. This spray is most useful in the winter to prevent watermarks and salt stains.
Additional suggestions for maintaining the pristine condition of your children's school footwear:
Utilise newspapers because they can maintain the shape of the footwear. Scrunch them up and put them in before storing them. Newspapers are good moisture absorbers, so stuff wet kids' school shoes and allow them to do the trick!
If you want the footwear to dry faster, replace the newspaper hourly.
Keep the kids' school shoes away from heat because heat can destroy the footwear, cause cracks on the shoes, and dry out their soles.
Tell your kid to always wear socks while wearing school shoes. Cotton socks help maintain the freshness of the footwear. It also protects the feet from sores and blisters caused by constant rubbing with their school footwear.
Durable Kids Schools' Shoes That Can Withstand Wear and Tear
Kids' shoes from Spendless New Zealand are durable and can withstand the harsh weather in the country. While that is a big plus, you still need to do your part in keeping your child's footwear fresh and clean.
Doing so will prolong the footwear's life, keep your child's feet healthy, and protect your child's image!
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