Avoid permanent damage to your favorite winter shoes with this quick and easy cleaning task.
This salt is especially damaging to leather, which will crack when it’s sapped of moisture.
Fortunately, removing salt stains from shoes is an easy task that doesn’t require specialty cleaning products.
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Read on for instructions on how to remove salt stains from leather, suede, and rubber shoes.
As with the vinegar solution, the cloth should be damp but not dripping wet.
Aftercleaning your leather shoes, apply a thin coating of leather conditioner to the shoe.
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Step 5: Let Dry and Brush Suede Again
Allow the shoes to dry completely.
Once they are dry, use the suede brush or old toothbrush to restore the nap.
Some people like the look and choose not to remove it.
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If you’d like to clean it off, use these instructions for how to remove it.
Working vigorously, buff the salt stains out of the rubber boots, working the cloth in circular motions.
Powdery white patches called bloom occur naturally on rubber.
Work the oil into the bloom in a circular motion.
Then, using a clean section of the cloth, buff the oil off the rubber.
