How to restore suede at home?

Suede shoes look very nice and expensive, however, they need careful maintenance and careful to wear. Shoe shops offer shoe repair services using a variety of fats and oils. This procedure is called chamfering and costs a lot of money. Shoes can be reanimated at home using special tools. Before starting work on improving the appearance of shoes, you should find out how to do this in order to get the desired result.

The remaining rules are divided into three subgroups: drying, storage and care tools. It is important to correctly comply with each rule, then you will not have problems with your favorite shoes or sneakers. It is recommended to regularly tidy up your shoes so that there are no problems later. If the case is already running, then the cleaning will take place in several stages.

You can restore the suede and return it to its previous appearance. using the following tools at hand:

• eraser;
• spray;
• brush.

The eraser can be clerical or special for suede, it raises the pile and contributes to a better color recovery. Specialized sprays are of two types: for painting and for protection.The first helps to restore the original appearance of the boots, dyeing them in the right color. The most popular is black, but there are blue and brown shades on sale. The protective agent performs the function of repelling water, the colorless spray creates an invisible, thin film on the surface, which does not allow moisture to penetrate inside.

Brushes vary in material and type of pile. There are metal, rubber and polymer. The first copes with old, shabby shoes. The second two are designed to resuscitate new boots. All brushes raise the pile, thereby giving it a more fresh look, and also clean it of all kinds of contaminants.

For independent, phased restoration of suede shoes, other components may be required. For example, baby soap, baking soda, fat milk, semolina, ethyl alcohol, ammonia, baby powder, a soft piece of cloth, a dishwashing sponge, magnesia and turpentine. All of the above products help to cope with a particular problem.

Suede resuscitation takes place in several steps. With proper observance of all the rules, your shoes will look like after dry cleaning.

The first step is to clean the surface of the shoe by removing dust with a soft rag or sponge. You can also use a soft brush or a school eraser to clean. In the case of a very terrible condition of the shoes, they should be washed with soapy liquid. The sponge is rubbed with household or baby soap, gently rinsed with water and thoroughly foams. That foam will help get rid of dirt under the pile. On the surface you need to carefully walk with a sponge, and then wipe it with a rubber brush. It is important to prevent the suede from getting too wet, otherwise the whole process will be in vain. In the absence of the necessary soap at home, it can be replaced with shower gel or laundry detergent.

In eliminating the spots will help semolina, which perfectly copes even with stubborn dirt. The site is covered with semolina and rubbed with a metal brush. If this tool does not help, you can split the stage into two parts. First you need to hold the shoes over the steam, and then again fall asleep with cereals. In order not to suffer with pots, a steam bath can be arranged above the spout of a boiling kettle. The minus of the pan is that the steam will be supplied from too large a surface, as a result of which you can get a burn.

To remove unpleasant stains, it is enough to sprinkle the desired area with baby powder or talcum powder, leaving for fifteen minutes. After time, you just need to shake off the leftovers. Next, a piece of cloth soaked in alcohol should wipe the dirty area, and then wipe the pile with a special brush. Fat can also be removed with a conventional dishwashing detergent. It is enough to pour a small amount on the boot and rinse with a wet rag after twenty minutes.

A mixture of one teaspoon of baking soda and three tablespoons of milk will help get rid of scuffs. Dip a soft piece of tissue into the resulting mass, carefully squeeze and treat the bald patches with it. Repeat the action after five minutes and leave the boots for half an hour. The main thing is not to wet the shoes too much. After a couple of hours, you can draw on the material with a rubber or rubber brush.

Another way to get rid of scuffs on your own is to treat the shoes with a composition of ammonia and warm water. Mix the components in proportions of one to four and wipe the desired area with liquid. The composition is suitable for the elimination of stubborn stains.

The next step after washing will be thorough drying of the shoes. The first step is to determine the level of wet shoes. If they are thoroughly saturated with moisture, it is recommended to remove the insoles from the inside and dry them separately.So that after drying, the boots do not lose their shape, you need to tightly fill them with unnecessary newspapers, and then put them in the room. In no case should you leave your shoes drying near a battery, stove or outdoors under the scorching sun. It can not only lose its attractiveness, but also crack. Suede shoes dry only at room temperature.

As a color reducing agent, not only specialized sprays can act, but also folk components that are in the arsenal of every housewife. For example, you can use coffee grounds to stain shoes in dark colors. It is applied completely to the entire boot and remains for half a day, after which the shoes should be thoroughly wiped with a brush and left to dry. Another method to restore the shade is to apply a liquid consisting of milk, turpentine, talc and magnesia in equal proportions. The product should be left for twenty-four hours, after which walk on the comb shoes and dry.

On dry boots should be re-walked with a brush and apply a water-repellent spray. When the boots absorb the protective fluid, they can be worn or stored. With the correct conduct of each stage, you will receive almost new shoes that you will be happy to wear.

In order for the suede boots to serve for a long time, it is not enough just to clean them; you still need to learn how to store them properly. It is not recommended to put such shoes in a plastic bag, as inside it can become stained, and the cleaning process will have to be repeated. Suede shoes should only be kept clean in a shoe box or cabinet.

Recommendations below provide unchanged appearance of suede for several seasons.

• It is better to immediately treat a new pair of boots with a water-repellent spray that will save shoes after accidental contact with water.

• It is advisable to eliminate the effects of moisture and store shoes only at room temperature.
• In case of small contaminants, they should be immediately eliminated so that they do not soak in too deep.
• For care it is better to use special means for suede.

• After each stage of care, you need to leave the shoes to dry completely, it may take from fifteen to twenty hours.
• Wipe this surface only with a lint-free cloth. If the material is very worn out, it is better to return the boots to dry cleaning, since it will be very problematic to restore it yourself.

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