Best way to clean White Skate Shoes?

[Ben]

I've seen lots of you sporting nice clean White shoes out at Meets, how do you keep your whites their whitest :tongue:

Is there a trick to washing shoes?

I've heard throwing them in a Pillow Case and putting them in the Laundry machine works, can you dry clean them?

Any help would be appreciated, My DC's are a bit dirty from this weather.

[bigboom]

just throw em in the washer with a laundry bag and they come out clean, make sure you use cold water though, hot ruins it. or you can go to a shoe store and purchase a cleaner and u just scrub that off and it gets it clean

[Melinda]

Depends on the material...shoe polish or a suede cleaner usually works really well

[hjr]

on my shoes i just used paper towel and spray nine or some product like that. cleaned then right up. Now if its real leather, im not sure. suede is tough. water ruins, but im not sure what else does. how well does the suede cleaner work on suede?

[A_3]

Yeah you can pick up a pretty solid cleaner at athletes world or champs... thats what i use, keeps mine pretty nice

[Chester]

i got this stuff from foot locker that works really good, its like some foam

[Ben]

They dont have suede, just Leather and that Vented cloth material (polyester most likely)

I'll try the washing Machine dealy

[Firecracker]

just a plain white eraser actually helps a bunch sometimes, depends on the shoes and whats on them.

[eur0]

washing machine works like a charm, i do it to all my white skate shoes and they come out lookin new...it works

[R-Audi]

I have never used a laundry bag, just thrown them right in the washing machine, and never had any problems. I do however take the laces and insoles out, but they are still thrown right in with everything else. I have had a problem with my laces getting wrapped around the middle washer part, so now I leave them in two holes......

[nismodrifter]

washign machine???? I prefer good old hand washin, soak them for a bit, scrub them down with some good soap and a brush.......let them dry on heat vent or put them in the sun if its a nice day....look like brand new

[Kona9]

VIM kicks ass Ben. Toothbrush and vim.

[ryder_23]

How you guys dry them?? sorry for jumping in ben, but i have same problem. just toss in dryer like washer?

[Dave P]

a mixture of crest complete and polydent does a pretty good job

[nex]

just use the shout spray stain remover just spray it on and wipe off. Then your done in like 30 seconds!

[FiveFreshFish]

Originally posted by ryder_23
How you guys dry them?? sorry for jumping in ben, but i have same problem. just toss in dryer like washer?

I just prop them up over a heat vent.

[Kamen]

I forgot what it was called, but at Canadian Tire they sell this WD-8 or whatever crap. It looks like a toothepaste thing and the stuff, rub it onto your shoes like polish and they will be whiter than new. My cousin and I use this for our retro kicks and it doesn't ruin the leather or anything.
But for skate shoes they wouldn't be leather would they? Fabric? Well...I don't know hah :D

[Ajay]

I've got about a billion pairs of basketball shoes and quite a few of them are white.

I never use the washing machine on my shoes cause it wears them out alot quicker in my opinon. As long as you have a good sneaker shampoo you'll be fine.

I have a pair of Steve Francis "Franchise" shoes from Reebok that I bought last Sept and they still look as new as they did when I took them outta the box.

[Redlyne_mr2]

Windex man it kicks ass

[04blackMAX]

hey benny, after you wash them out them in the dryer on the igest heat possible, followed by ironing the soles:poosie:

[THE GOVERNATOR]

hey benny they sell the stuff at the mission skateshops and west49 hope that helps

[GTS Jeff]

Originally posted by R-Audi
I have never used a laundry bag, just thrown them right in the washing machine, and never had any problems. I do however take the laces and insoles out, but they are still thrown right in with everything else. I have had a problem with my laces getting wrapped around the middle washer part, so now I leave them in two holes...... i did that and half my soles are MIA now

[-bUtTeRcUp-]

Armoral (sp?) wipes work really good too :thumbsup:

[polishprincess]

I work for Aldo, and we sell cleaner for white shoes, they have to be leather or synthetic, but it works like a charm. If you get it, just make sure not to spray it directly on the shoe first, or it will wreck them, spay on a cloth. Its called spotless :D

[TalonVelocity]

use a mr. clean magic brush

[ninspeed]

Spray Nine Germicidal Cleaner is the best... Crappy Tire sells a bottle for 7.99... not much this product does not clean.... I sugest you wear gloves if you plan on doing a lot of cleaing with it though..

[Mckenzie]

Windex and Paper Towel.:thumbsup:

[nosegrindR]

Originally posted by Kona9
VIM kicks ass Ben. Toothbrush and vim.

:thumbsup:
Works best for white shoes

[elimit]

i buy new ones when mine get dirty

[TalonVelocity]

whoa hollywood over here

[rio_rex]

I have a can of athletic shoe soap i bought at sport check. Its like a like a spray can with a brush on top. It works real good!!

[SunshineGirl]

yeah get the "shoe shampoo" stuff from like payless shoes or wherever..thats what i use on my white running shoes and they look brand new after i use it