Best Practices To Care For Your Footwear

Managing your footwear and maintaining them throughout the times you wear them will allow you to protect your investment with various shoe care products and water repellant agents. Today we’ll go through various types of boots, shoes, heels and flats that your local shoe repair shop near Shoreview, Moundsview and Blaine can help you with.

 

Keeping Your Footwear Clean

Keeping your shoes clean helps prevent the dirt, grime and nature from damaging your shoes. Shoe care will provide you longer comfort. Here is a list of items we’ve put together for you to follow for example on Alden or Allen Edmond shoes:

 

• Store your shoes if they’re leather, with moisture-absorbing cedar shoe trees inside. This prevents the leather from cracking along with potential creasing where the toes bend.

• When putting on your shoes, use a shoe horn to prevent the back from breaking down and creasing. 

• If your leather shoes did get damp or wet make sure you do not use heat to dry them. Allow them to dry naturally. 

• If the shoes need polishing or cleaning – bring them into your best local shoe store for cleaning.  We also carry Made in the USA handmade wooden shoe shine boxes for your boot and shoe care products.

• Purchase a shoe stretcher for your shoes or boots for maximum comfort these may take between 8 – 48 hours for a comfortable fit. Stretching is not guaranteed but we have seen great results.

 

Visit your local shoe repair shop to have the Red Wing, Danner and work boots or Alden or Allen Edmonds dress shoes recrafted, refurbished and repaired!

 

Here are some tips to keep your streetwear clean

Ever sneaker is different, you may have them match that perfect look. Make sure you take care of them.

• Remove and dislodge any dirt from the bottom of your shoes, and wipe it down with a damp cloth. For some scoff marks that may be on the top try to gently wipe those off as well.

• Review the seams on the shoe and check the various areas that would have been glued to see if there needs to be any repairs to the stitch lines to prevent future tears.

• Laces help your sneakers appear fresher. Removal of these laces with new ones would be best, these may be purchased at a shoe store nearby. If you’re not able to purchase new ones, soak them in washing detergent and into a garment bag for a hot machine wash that will remove all the stains.

• Always allow your sneakers to dry naturally – afterwards if any parts of the shoe are broken have it repaired at a George’s Shoe and Repair then add on stain and water repellent to the top of the shoes. 

• Storing your shoes with dryer sheets to prevent moisture and help makes your next walk a little more fresh.

 

Heel Care Tip To Managing Your Heels

Heels are generally an investment and meant for those special occasions. Whether they are luxury or designer shoes.

 

• If your stilettos have a plastic heel tip made of plastic bring it in to your local shoe repair store near Lauderdale, Minnesota to have a rubber durable equivalent placed in. If this piece is damaged into the metal portion it may be more difficult to fix.

• Always review your heels after a night out. Don’t just kick them off at home, check and review for scratched, blemishes, dirt or grime prior to storing them away. So take those heels off properly. 

• Other simple tips are very similar to the men’s footwear, use a shoe tree and store them in a quality shoe bag with proper temperature and humidity to prevent leathers from cracking.

 

So before you slip on your shoes, heels or red wing boots take good care of them to prevent future wear and tear. Prevention is key, bring them into a nearby shoe store for care.