Leather shoes are an indispensable item in modern life. However, even the best quality leather shoes also need maintenance. If you don't know how to maintain them, a pair of leather shoes that can be worn for many years may be scrapped at once.
A good pair of leather shoes requires good daily care so that they can last longer.
How to develop the correct shoe-wearing habit:
1. Leather shoes should be worn every other day because the sweat of the feet can easily make the shoes wet; the leather shoes can be placed for a period of time so that the upper leather can be stretched and maintained normally.
2. When putting on and taking off shoes, use the shoehorn and do not step on the heel, so as to avoid the phenomenon of detachment and cracking of the pile heel and the heel sleeve.
3. When not in use, please store it in a dry and ventilated space, do a good job of cleaning and maintenance, and blow dry to prevent the breeding of bacteria.
4. If necessary, it can be placed in a place with sunlight without direct sunlight for about 30 minutes, and the sterilization effect is better.
5. Avoid wearing leather shoes in the following inappropriate situations: rainy days, sports, mountain climbing, snow, sand, slippery ground, and rough ground.
To clean a pair of leather shoes, you need to prepare 4 kinds of brushes: the big horse hair brush, the sole brush, and the shoe edge brush.
It should be noted that if you usually maintain your shoes regularly, you should prepare one for each of these four types of brushes.
If you have several pairs of shoes of different colors, you will also need a pony hair brush for each pair of shoes in order to apply different colors of shoe cream.
The pony hair brush is mainly used to remove the dust accumulation on the upper, and this brush is the most commonly used, so the texture of the brush should be softer.
The second most commonly used brush is the sole brush, which is used to remove small stones stuck in the gaps in the sole. Therefore, the bristles should be shorter and harder to use. This brush does not need to be expensive, it is durable.
As mentioned earlier, the pony hair brush is mainly used to brush the shoe cream; the shoe edge brush is mainly used to deal with the upper and sole seams and some small places. The bristles of these two brushes are also very soft and have a slightly better texture.
In fact, there is no set of ways to maintain leather shoes that can be called completely correct. On the contrary, because of the different types of leather, there are even different types of leather shoe maintenance styles in various countries.
From the most basic only need to dust, and moisturize to adding color and waxing, there are many small skills in each step, as long as you have a little understanding and develop the habit of maintaining leather shoes, not only can the leather shoes be worn longer, even wear Five or six years old and still look as good as new shoes!