Help to clean my shoes.

PerfectCreature
PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
edited October 2010 in The Clubhouse
Okay, scouted the interwebs, nothing short of don't do this do that crap.
So, asking for anyone who has ever really looked at their once bright white shoes and saw they were as black as the pair of work shoes sitting next to them.

Anyway, I have a pair of cloth white shoes. They are really dirty from mud and dirt.
Wondering the best way to bring them back to white; I don't need them all the way white, but at least whiter than they are now.

Any tricks or whatever to clean a cloth shoe? I have done leathery like ones with tooth brush and tooth paste and stuff like that, but am not sure how that would work with cloth shoes?
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited October 2010
    you serious? Washing machine, detergent, bleach. Air dry.
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  • PerfectCreature
    PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
    edited October 2010
    The sites I read up on said that would shrink the shoes or something like that.
    Our work just went to all solid color shoes, and those shoes are the most comfortable shoes I have, they are just really dirty.
    I thought about washing them in the machine....but is is kind of cold.
    Could I just stick them in the dryer with like cold air to them to not shrink?
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited October 2010
    Don't do wash machines. Mix some detergent, tad bit of bleach with warm water. Using a brush ( scud brush preferrably new or very clean)dip it into your cleaning agent and scrub hard. This should remove any and all dirt while also cleaning the soles making them new-like again. Remove any cleaning agent from the shoe with a clean towel and allow them to air dry. I have been using this method since I was a Marine. If you have white strings place them in the water and allow them to soak. Once your shoes are done, remove the strings from the water, wash them in your hands in a back and forth motion as if you were washing your hands. Rinse under warm water and let dry. You can toss them in the dryer afterward also.
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  • PerfectCreature
    PerfectCreature Posts: 1,456
    edited October 2010
    Okay, yeah I think i will do that.
    So the dryer won't shrink them or melt the foam or what have you?
    Thanks.

    It is getting cold up here in Maine, so air drying would take days.. haha.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,212
    edited October 2010
    You have some of the weirdest post's..:)

    You might need this as well..

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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,999
    edited October 2010
    Try a white eraser The good kind, if not try a magic eraser (Mr clean). So far, it has worked for me to remove any dark scuffs from my white runners
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  • cstmar01
    cstmar01 Posts: 4,424
    edited October 2010
    I've taken some white slip ons from vanns and thrown them in the washer and never had problems. otherwise when I had to do stunts and had comps we always had to have the cleanest shoes possible, those we would clean with hand and buff out any scrapes and crap on them as we were also check over by the staff and the meets to make sure we didn't bring crap onto the floor.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited October 2010
    A washer on the gentle cycle will not hurt white cloth shoes....a dryer with heat will shrink them a bit in my experiences.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited October 2010
    Trash can.
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited October 2010
    Wash them with detergent in the washing machine and leave them in front of your fridge to dry. I've always done this and never had any shrinkage problems.
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  • jimmydep
    jimmydep Posts: 1,305
    edited October 2010
    Try Oxy-Clean with a soft bristle brush, it works well for most stains and general grime.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited October 2010
    +1^^^^
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,697
    edited October 2010
    If you were married, you wouldn't have to bother yourself with these issues.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited October 2010
    mrbigbluelight wrote: »
    If you were married, you wouldn't have to bother yourself with these issues.

    LMAO....brilliant!
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    decal Posts: 3,205
    edited October 2010
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  • wz2p7j
    wz2p7j Posts: 840
    edited October 2010
    I thought he was married? Unless the black belt, ex-marine guy finally stole her away. Maybe she's cleaning his shoes?

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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited October 2010
    Dude, a lot of us FOG's grew up wearing Converse All Stars, and when they got too dirty for our mom's to tolerate, they went into the washing machine.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,212
    edited October 2010
    Knucklehead wrote: »
    LMAO....brilliant!


    That was great!!!! +++ 1000
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,953
    edited October 2010
    Dude, wouldn't it had been easier to just google a fix for your problem ?
    Airing all these little woes of yours isn't doing yourself any favors. Be it as it may, I would have never bought white cloth shoes to truck around the dirt in to begin with. Just sayin' is all. Toss 'em.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited October 2010
    Unbelievable, dude!
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  • kawizx9r
    kawizx9r Posts: 5,150
    edited October 2010
    I'd use the 'significant other' to do the dirty deed :D;):D lol
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  • BeRad
    BeRad Posts: 736
    edited October 2010
    Ajax mixed with warm water and lightly scrub with a soft brush. Gonna have to get them soaking wet. Rinse VERY well and let air dry. This has always worked for me.
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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,849
    edited October 2010
    Now that its getting cold out I can see your next post.....how do I get the stuck jacket out of the zipper......
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited October 2010
    NotaSuv wrote: »
    Now that its getting cold out I can see your next post.....how do I get the stuck jacket out of the zipper......

    No way man, it's going to be "I lost a mitten, does anyone know how to find a lost mitten?"
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited October 2010
    Wear clear rubbers over them! . . . NO NOT THAT KIND YOU PREVERTS!
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,697
    edited October 2010
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Wear clear rubbers over them! . . . NO NOT THAT KIND YOU PREVERTS!


    Oh ...... I should have read your entire post before proceeding ........... :o








    .......... good thing they weren't really clean ............ I guess ...............



    Well, at least my shoes are white ! :eek:
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,751
    edited October 2010
    Buy some new freakin' shoes....
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited October 2010
    mrbigbluelight wrote: »
    Oh ...... I should have read your entire post before proceeding ........... :o








    .......... good thing they weren't really clean ............ I guess ...............



    Well, at least my shoes are white ! :eek:

    White from what!?! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!:eek: EEEEEWWWWWW!!!!
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