Cleaning Footwear

The blade of a shoe can only retain its softness, elasticity and shine if it receives proper care. Shoes that is badly cared for just dries up and cracks (mainly in places where it bends) and eventually cracking. Unkempt Shoes have a relatively short life.

The meticulous care becomes an enjoyable routine for the owner of the shoe, provided you have suitable equipment. And although you have all the necessary tools, you must also take into account the correct order of cleaning.

You must have at least one brush to remove mud, ox bristle, horse or pig are also very popular brush pita fiber, the flexible tissues of the leaves of a South American species of agave. With coarse bristles of these brushes one can eliminate dried mud and other similar types of soil.

You need a brush for each color application. Usually these are made with soft horse hair. Avoid using a single brush for application of all colors because the dried color remains can be mixed and cause irregularities in tone, or they may give rise to completely different colors. Leather shoes and different colors combined to complicate the cleaning process. If for example you have a model Spectator, you will need two brushes only for this model: a black brush for black skin and a white for white skin. If necessary can be replaced by an application brush, toothbrush or a cloth.

The amount of cleaning products (polishes, liquid) should be the same as the application brushes. Clearly, the most exclusive shoes, cleaning requires first-class match exactly the color of the blade, unless you intentionally want the blade to acquire the look of an "old" shoe quickly. In such case, burgundy, dark burgundy, cognac for a clear, light or dark brown, and brown, black bitumen. Apply a thin layer and regular cleaning products on the skin. Then, wait about 10 minutes to let it penetrate well.

Another important piece of equipment in cleaning are polish brushes, which are made with horse hair or hair from the horse's tail. Depending on the number of colors, you need a larger or smaller number of them. Serve to refine the bitumen applied to the blade. As a substitute for polishing brush you can use a soft cloth. In fact, in the case of shoes with a thin blade, it is strongly recommended to use a very fine cloth to prevent wear.