How To Care For Your Shoes

When we buy new shoes there is always the hope that the pair will last a while. Buying a pair of shoes that give out by the time you wear them the second time is truly disappointing, frustrating, and not to mention embarrassing if they break in public.

Shoes that are poor in quality – workmanship and materials – usually cannot withstand too much stress or wear. When you don’t maintain shoes, this can also increase the speed of their demise. Thus, if you want shoes that last longer, buy quality shoes and regularly maintain them.

There are a number of ways to maintain shoes, especially leather shoes. Below, we discuss a few of them.

Patent leather shoes have a tendency to crack when they become dry, so to guard against cracking, and rub them with a mixture of milk and petroleum jelly or oil. Even if it sounds a little off, try it and see the results for yourself.

Many leather shoes get damaged when they get wet. You can waterproof your leather shoes by rubbing them with boiled linseed oil. Add an extra coating of linseed oil a second time, dry it, and it will be ready to wear again safe from the element of water.

Maintaining white leather shoes can be a little tricky as they tend to get dirty really quick. To keep them clean, rub cleansing milk on them using a cotton wool pad. Let the mixture stay on for 15 minutes before you apply a finishing polish using a dry duster.

For leather boots, keeping their shape is essential to maintaining the quality. You can do this by inserting shoe supports.

Aside from the methods above, there are a lot of more ways to maintain shoes. The most important thing is that you maintain them.

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