How to look after footwear

How to look after footwear

Daily footwear at sock is exposed to harmful effects of the environment. And, of course, it is necessary to look after footwear surely.

For this purpose it is necessary to use special means. But, that leaving was correct, it is necessary to read the instruction of the acquired means and to pick up the correct means. Experts claim that it is impossible to save on shoe care products. This means has to make up to 10% of the cost of the footwear.

Buying footwear for fall and winter, it is necessary to turn on that that it is made of genuine leather. Such footwear perfectly keeps form, allows leg to breathe and is comfortable at constant sock. It is necessary to look after footwear from the very first days socks. Practically always new leather footwear has thin covering for the best exterior. But it for full protection is not enough. Therefore footwear has to be processed by such means which will increase its wear resistance and moisture resistance. If the sole of footwear is made also of leather, then it is necessary to process also it. After that it is possible to process footwear special shoe cream. After that the procedure on impregnations by protective equipment needs to be performed once a month. And shoe-polish by cream should be carried out once a week. If footwear has parts of dirt, then they should be deleted with dry brush. After that footwear is processed damp fabric. For cleaning the experts recommend to use special shampoos and skin foams, but also normal laundry soap will approach. White leather footwear has to be brushed soft which is moistened in the dissolved laundry detergent. It is impossible to use such means as: gasoline, chloric bleach, acetone.

For hard frosts it is better to buy footwear from suede. As it has much smaller durability, than at normal skin, suede needs to be processed special means which will protect it from salt, moisture and dirt. Primary treatment is carried out in three stages. During each processing when suede is moistened, it needs to dry out well. This procedure is performed in the fall and in the spring during active precipitation. In time it is better not to wear suede shoes as she gets wet and loses the initial color. As a result of similar walks on skin there are whitish spots. And here nubuck is afraid of moisture less, than suede. But at the wrong leaving this skin has unpleasant luster. Nubuck needs to be processed periodically moisture protective equipment. It is contraindicated to use water when cleaning.  

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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