How to bleach white sneakers at home

Snow-white sneakers and sneakers look bright, elegant and spectacular. With them, you can create a variety of expressive looks in sports and casual styles. But such a surface has one significant drawback: it gets dirty easily. How to wash white sneakers so as not to spoil their appearance and quality?

What can be used to wash white shoes

How to clean a white pair of sneakers properly? To remove dirt, you can use:

• tested household products;
• chemicals (both household and specialized);
• services of professional dry cleaners.

Important! If the washing machine does not have a "sports shoes" mode, washing sneakers and sneakers in it can become an experiment with sad consequences - they can lose their shape. It is safer to wash by hand.

Household products

It is quite realistic to try to wash a white pair of sneakers with the help of budgetary funds available to each hostess:

• Toothpaste (preferably whitening). A little paste is applied to the dirt and rubbed with a dry toothbrush in a circular motion. Wash off with a sponge or napkin dipped in warm water;
• Food soda. Stir in water, get a paste-like substance, lubricate stains, rub gently with a toothbrush, wait a little and rinse;
• An original "cocktail" (you need to use soda, vinegar, hydrogen peroxide (3%) and ordinary laundry powder). Combine 1 tsp. soda, 2 tablespoons each. powder with vinegar, add peroxide - 1 tablespoon, rub the resulting pasty substance into the stained areas, wait 10-12 minutes, then rinse;
• Lemon juice (freshly squeezed, not from a bag!) - dilute with 2 tbsp. juice one to one with water, moisten a tampon, walk through dirty areas;
• A mixture of potato starch and milk in equal parts. Apply thicker to stains, wash with a cloth dampened with water.

Important! The latter is suitable for leather goods.

Sneaker Whitening Products

Whitening can be carried out using chemical household or specialized products. The first method is more economical, but it is less effective if the contamination has penetrated too deeply.

It is recommended to use:

• Laundry soap - moisten a bar, rub a brush, treat dirt, rinse thoroughly to avoid whitish stains;
• With micellar water - a cotton pad moistened with it, it is possible to remove small dirt, a very original way of using a cosmetic;
• Washing powder, diluted with water to the state of a liquid gruel, is suitable for textiles, must be thoroughly rinsed off. A few drops of liquid soap will have a similar effect;
• A mixture of vinegar and acetone 1: 1. Moisten a cotton swab with the resulting "mix", walk on the contaminated surface, rinse thoroughly;
• Oxygen-based stain removers and bleaches (usually labeled Oxi - for example, ACE Oxi Magic). Suitable for textiles. There are options for using these funds. First: mix with water, apply, wait 15 minutes, rinse. The second one is more like washing: white steam is soaked in water containing the agent for 2-3 hours, then "for fidelity" it is cleaned with a brush with toothpaste or soda, thoroughly rinsed;
• Chlorine-based bleaches - but they are only suitable for products with cotton or linen tops, others are easy to ruin.

Important! White mesh sneakers should be gently cleaned. For bleaching, do not use aggressive chemicals, fill the shoes with paper absorbent napkins in advance to neutralize the ingress of moisture and chemicals inside.

A more expensive option for cleansing is the use of specialized shoe care products. Cleaning and hand washing is carried out using:

• cleansers - mousses, sprays, gels;
• stain removers;
• cleaning fluids;
• special shampoos;
• cleaning wipes.

The brands Jason Markk, Tarrago, Crep have proven themselves well.

Professional dry cleaning services

If the appearance of a white pair of sneakers suggests that you will not be able to remove dirt on your own and home remedies will not cope, you can entrust the process to professionals - dry cleaners will guarantee the result.

Dry cleaning:

• provide a variety of services;
• use safe and high-quality shoe cleaning products;
• remove old, complex, stubborn dirt, including from combined products;
• are engaged in surface restoration: tinting, removing scratches and abrasions;
• take care of eliminating unpleasant odors;
• clean the soles to a state close to ideal;
• restore deformed shoes;
• can repair seams, replace laces and insoles.

Dry cleaning saves time.

How to bleach white suede sneakers

Shoes made of white suede look expensive and trendy, but the already soiled material in this color inevitably gets dirty to the point of losing its respectable look. How to bleach white suede sneakers at home? Be patient: suede shoes often need to be cleaned, a process that requires care and attention.

1. Requires 0.2 liters of milk. Dilute soda in it - 1 tbsp.
2. Wet the soft material in the resulting solution.
3. Wipe dirty chamois leather against lint.
4. Dilute a new solution - add vinegar (1 tsp vinegar) to water (1 liter) of water.
5. With a cotton swab moistened with the product, gently blot the washed areas.
6. Dry the surface with dry cloths.

Also, to remove dirt from white suede, a regular eraser from a stationery store is used, but you need to purchase an absolutely clean and white one, otherwise the appearance of dirty or colored stains is inevitable.

To keep the white suede sneakers less dirty, it is recommended to apply a protective spray before going outside - it will create a dirt-repellent film on the surface.

Important! Dry your suede shoes thoroughly before cleaning. It is impossible to clean wet suede, especially white suede: this way the dirt will be absorbed into the material even more. Dry it at room temperature - no hair dryers, heaters, or batteries!

How to clean textile sneakers

White shoes with a cloth surface are usually worn during the warm season - but this does not save them from contamination with dust, grass sap and ordinary dirt when the weather suddenly worsens. How to bleach textile sneakers?

You can simply hand wash such shoes. It is imperative to make sure that the water is of a moderate temperature: too hot water can cause the fabric to "shrink", and too cold weakly washes away the dirt. Household products will help for cleaning:

• vinegar is mixed with baking soda, this foaming mixture is applied to textiles, then washed off with water at room temperature;
• mix vinegar with washing powder and hydrogen peroxide 1: 1: 1, apply the solution to the brush and try to wash the cloth with it.

It is optimal to air dry white textile sneakers, automatic drying in a dryer or washing machine will negatively affect the shape of the product.

Important! When washing with a machine, put the steam in a white cloth bag or the same pillowcase (so that the shoes hit the drum less), turn off the spin and dry modes, and do not use bleach containing bleach. Then the shape and surface of the product will be safe.

Sole whitening

The white and light sole of the sneaker, in contact with the ground, inevitably changes color - yellowish or dirty gray shades appear.

Clean it correctly and effectively with:

• Powder for linen (0.5 cups per basin of moderately warm water, hold the sole in it for half an hour, use a brush, rinse);
• Vinegar (in 0.2 liters of warm water pour 2 tbsp. L. Vinegar essence or vinegar, wipe the sole with a cloth with a solution);
• Baking soda (1 tbsp. L. Pour on a wet cloth, wipe the contaminated surface with it). Be careful if the shoes themselves are colored - soda bleaches and can leave whitish spots;
• Laundry soap - it will perfectly wash the rubber if you use a brush;
• Starch mixed with milk 1: 1;
• Toothpaste and brushes;
• Eraser, similar to a melamine sponge;
• Fresh lemon juice applied to a cloth or cotton swab;
• Vaseline (use a brush, avoid contact with textiles);
• Bleach - immerse the soles in a container of water and bleach for 60 minutes. Use liquid bleach to moisten surfaces and rub gently;
• Pemolux kitchen product and brushes;
• Acetone or any acetone-containing cosmetic liquids - the effectiveness of these products is high, they easily eliminate the problem, but can harm - they are pre-tested on a small area.

Important! To make the sole less likely to get dirty, it is covered with transparent nail varnish (2-3 layers) and dried thoroughly.

How to bleach laces

The laces of sneakers that are gray from dust or blackened from dirt can be easily washed with powder for white fabrics, if necessary, repeat the procedure 2-3 times. The laces can be washed without harm in the washing machine, but you need to put them in a cloth bag (it's just easier to find them!).

Drying your sneakers

First of all, you must thoroughly rinse the applied product. Then follow the recommendations:

1. Wipe off the steam from the leather with a dry cloth, you can grease with shoe cream (colorless).
2. Neither heating appliances nor the sun are suitable for drying shoes. Dry it in the shade outdoors or in a well-ventilated area.
3. Crumpled newspapers or napkins should be tightly stuffed inside the shoes (the paper will absorb excess moisture and retain the shape of the drying material).
4. In the presence of an unpleasant odor, branded refreshing capsules or natural flavors - citrus peels will help. Dry baking soda and cut raw potatoes can also help eliminate it.

Sneaker care rules

To keep your snow-white athletic shoes clean longer, it is recommended to take proper care of them:

1. Storing white sneakers separately from dark boots and boots is surprising, but often storing them interspersed with dark vapors can result in stains on white.
2. If you need long-term storage, after getting wet and drying, you need to use wooden blocks or crumpled newspapers to maintain shape.
3. Avoid situations that threaten excessive pollution - bad weather, long walks along routes unknown in advance.
4. Before the first outing in a new pair of white sneakers, it needs to be treated with a water-repellent spray and not to be forgotten afterwards.
5. You should not wear sneakers without socks, even if it is fashionable.
6. It is necessary to use special deodorants for shoes that kill fungus and eliminate specific "odors".
7. Do not forget about regularly checking the cleanliness of the sole and be sure to remove dirt and foreign bodies (pebbles, gravel) from the tread relief, they can deform the sole.
8. You should always have a tube of toothpaste for cleaning shoes made of leatherette, leather and textiles and a white eraser for suede surfaces. Branded cleansing wipes will also be useful.

Important! You should never wear sneakers and sneakers if they are not perfectly dry from the inside - in this case, an unpleasant smell in the shoes is guaranteed.

Getting rid of dirt on your white sneakers isn't too difficult. In extreme cases, there is a dry cleaning service. But it is easier to regularly and properly care for your shoes so that the need for total cleaning arises as rarely as possible.

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