White felt boots

Valenoks are the traditional winter shoes of Russian people. Nowadays, felt boots have become fashionable again. In modern felt boots not only warm and comfortable, they look very beautiful. White boots look especially interesting. In order for white boots to please their beauty longer and retain their original appearance, you need to be able to properly care for and clean them.

Representatives of the fair half of humanity, as well as children, usually prefer to wear this type of winter shoe. Due to its positive properties, it is warm in felt boots in the winter, and they protect the feet from slush, as they absorb moisture.

Modern designers offer children's and female models with a variety of decor, which makes it easy to choose a model for every taste. So, embroidery or applique is used to decorate this winter shoe, some boots are decorated with rhinestones and stones, there are models with fur. The color scheme of boots is no longer limited to boring gray and black colors. Today you can find shoes for winter walks of absolutely any color, but felt boots of white and gray-white are at the peak of popularity today.

In order not to trouble yourself with cleaning, you should properly care for the white boots and thereby prevent possible contamination. A few recommendations for daily care for winter felted shoes:

• Coming home, you need to dry your shoes every time. However, in no case should boots be dried near the battery or heater, as this can lead to a change in the shape of the shoe. It is also unacceptable to use an electric shoe dryer and, moreover, to dry felt boots near an open flame. For effective drying at room temperature, you can put a crumpled piece of paper or newspaper inside each felt boot that absorbs excess moisture.

• For washing boots you can use only cool water. From hot and even warm water, felt boots can be reduced in size, moreover, the appearance can be damaged.

• The use of special moisture-proofing impregnation for felt will help not to stain and not wet shoes.

• To store felt boots, you can use bags made of fabric, and you also need to invest moth protection there.

If, nevertheless, it was not possible to avoid pollution, especially this can happen with children's shoes, then you need to properly clean the shoes so as not to spoil it. In addition, at the end of the season, you need to prepare white boots for long-term storage and wash them.

• First you need to dry the boots. Then with a brush with a hard or rubber pile, you should clean the dried up large lumps of dirt.

• Next, to clean the white boots, you need to prepare a special solution in cold water. As a cleaning component, you can use carpet cleaner, which must then be removed with a vacuum cleaner. You can also use washing powder, which includes bleach. Such a tool will not only get rid of dirt, but also help make the coat a little lighter.

• When using soap or powder, rinse the boots well under running cold water.

• Some wash white boots in the washing machine, but you must definitely choose a delicate washing mode. In addition, for washing, you need to use a fabric shoe cover. When washing boots in the machine, it is advisable to add a softening conditioner. It is better to squeeze out felt boots manually to avoid possible deformation of shoes.

• During drying, to maintain the shape of the felt boots, the newspaper should be filled rather tightly, but not to allow them to stretch. Instead of newspapers, toilet paper or cat litter is also used. The contents of the boots should be periodically changed as they get wet.

In addition to using household chemicals, improvised tools can be used to clean boots. Some use semolina, tooth powder, or starch to clean their white felt boots. Fresh dirt can be cleaned with ordinary flour. Instead of a brush, you can also use sandpaper, but not very hard, or pumice.