Cleaning shoes

dag_on_a_bike
dag_on_a_bike Posts: 581
edited February 2013 in The cake stop
Not sure of the best place to post this, but over a cake stop seems as good as any.

Tips please, what's the most effective way of cleaning my white Specialized shoes?
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  • ben@31
    ben@31 Posts: 2,327
    Bucket of soapy water, a sponge, a brush and a lot of elbow grease. Repeat many times.
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  • fish156
    fish156 Posts: 496
    The dishwasher. Seriously.
  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    ben@31 wrote:
    Bucket of soapy water, a sponge, a brush and a lot of elbow grease. Repeat many times.

    indeedy - doing it by hand stops the water leaking too.
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  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    Wrap a shoe in a towel, stick the towel and shoe in a pillow case, chuck them in the washing machine at 30C on a short wash. The towel is there to stop the shoes from making a racket.
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    the most effective way of cleaning white shoes is to stop being a tart and buy black shoes :D

    not helpful, I know.
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  • clickrumble
    clickrumble Posts: 304
    White shoes! Ooh get you.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,503
    My Sidi's were victim of something I ate sometime before a TT. I went off a little too quick and the Velcro got covered in... well, you know. They have not been right since, its all jammed into the velcro.
    Mind you, my mate did the same in a race and then offered me his seatpost cheap. The acid from the regurtitation caused a distinct oxidisation and mis-colouring of a once beautiful fluted alloy campag seat post. I gave him a fiver and spent the next 4 hours polishing the damn thing. It came up good.
    I'm going to try Bompingtons idea - see us Scots? We know a way around everything. Except Vanessa Feltz.
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    ben@31 wrote:
    Bucket of soapy water, a sponge, a brush and a lot of elbow grease. Repeat many times.

    +1 on that & I use an old toothbrush too.

    You could if they are pretty clean & just need a touch up use some baby wipes are pretty good at cleaning most things.
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  • canbakay
    canbakay Posts: 282
    as above, dishwasher. tried and trued.
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  • dag_on_a_bike
    dag_on_a_bike Posts: 581
    team47b wrote:
    the most effective way of cleaning white shoes is to stop being a tart and buy black shoes :D

    not helpful, I know.

    I can go with that, but the price was right.
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  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    Quick wipe over with a wet wipe does the job nicely.

    It also means that you can go and look at preggers burds' norks in Boots when buying them.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,503
    canbakay wrote:
    as above, dishwasher. tried and trued.

    What, you straightened out your dishwasher with a spoke key ? Confused.
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