The very many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XXIII
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It really depends on what kid of shoe it is. I wouldn't risk it with expensive leather dress shoes, or with really cheap shoes that use low quality glue. It is probably fine for most athletic shoes though.
The washing and drying process will likely make them shrink slightly, but if you can still fit them on your feet they should stretch back to the way they were after wearing them for a few days.
The washing and drying process will likely make them shrink slightly, but if you can still fit them on your feet they should stretch back to the way they were after wearing them for a few days.
No leather shoes, but hiking boots. With 50 not too cheap, so don't want to ruin them.
They have metal hooks on the outside for the shoe strings, so I really think it's a bad idea to throw them into the machine.
They have metal hooks on the outside for the shoe strings, so I really think it's a bad idea to throw them into the machine.
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They are hiking boots so if a little soap or water rusts the string holders then they weren't worth 50euros to begin with...
You can always handwash them as well but really a gentle cycle in the wash should be ok.
That stuff is inside the cloth itself, so that will not work.
I rather fear damaging he washing machine :/.
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slip them inside a pillow case
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hahaha fair point
Hey, is it your washing machine or a campus washing machine? If the latter, I'd just do it and if damage results I'd just walk away...
Boots get soaking wet and survive all the time. No problem there. Take the laces out and take a wet soapy cloth and wash out everything you can reach. Then rinse them out and hang them out to dry. If you don't have a good place to dry them, lie them on their sides and aim a fan at them.
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Yea, Cutlass has that right. you could soak them for several minutes in a bucket of very lightly soapy water if you really think you didn't get all the food out of the inside with the rag. Bonus cool points if you just take a hose to them, but too much pressure might screw up the linings on the inside.
Guess I might do that, seems like a better solution than the washing machine.
The idea with the pillow case is a good one, but then again, I don't really have any old pillow cases lying around, but only stuff which I really need/use.
Belongs to the university, but we have exactly 1 per dorm floor, so...er...yeah, no.
The idea with the pillow case is a good one, but then again, I don't really have any old pillow cases lying around, but only stuff which I really need/use.
Belongs to the university, but we have exactly 1 per dorm floor, so...er...yeah, no.
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