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Suede Shoes - HELP

cafc-4-life
cafc-4-life Posts: 1,326
edited July 2011 in Not Sports Related
I have just bought some Suede shoes from Burtons, I wore them out last night to a party and one is now fluffy from what I believe is alcohol being splashed on them by dancing. Does anyone know how to make them get back in to original state or as good as? It's like that it has gone fluffy now on one of them and it has made them ugly, they are Grey desert boots.

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  • NathanPrior
    NathanPrior Posts: 3,577
    You can dance?
  • cafc-4-life
    cafc-4-life Posts: 1,326
    More bump and grind! haha
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,292
    Boil the kettle, keep it boilingand put the shoes over it then brush it all the same way
  • cafc-4-life
    cafc-4-life Posts: 1,326
    I tried that but it doesn't make it as good as the other one plus my kettle will stop steaming (couple seconds later) after it's finished boiling.
  • NathanPrior
    NathanPrior Posts: 3,577
    Steal some hubcaps?
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    edited July 2011

    Serves you right for shopping at Burtons.

    Get a suede block and follow the instructions - essentially rub on and then brush off. Also buy a suede spray and treat the surface before wearing them again - an ounce of prevention and all that. Test this on a small non-visible bit of your shoe first.

  • C.Walsh'sLoveChild
    C.Walsh'sLoveChild Posts: 3,339
    People actually buy suede shoes?
  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,827
    I've got a pair of suedes, most comfortable pair of shoes I've ever had. BFR is right though, get the block and clean up. The prevention spray works a treat, follow the instructions exactly as they say. Had many spillages on mine and not a mark on them.
  • cafc-4-life
    cafc-4-life Posts: 1,326
    Where can I get this protection spray from?
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,799
    Thought this might have been a link to an Elvis/Beatles re-mix..............:-(

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  • fatrob
    fatrob Posts: 861
    Go into your local shoe repairers and get a can of suede shampoo
  • Deadred
    Deadred Posts: 1,514
    tangoflash said

    Thought this might have been a link to an Elvis/Beatles re-mix.............

    'Thank you' 'Thank you very much'
  • LoOkOuT
    LoOkOuT Posts: 10,926
    Does the suede shampoo help with mould too? Everytime I put my suedes in the closet, they turn into a science experiment. It's very humid here.
  • fatrob
    fatrob Posts: 861
    Give it a go
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    Give it a go
    Mate you should explain that you were a cobbler, and not some boring old bstd who knows about Suede shoes
  • Floyd Montana
    Floyd Montana Posts: 3,730
    Does the suede shampoo help with mould too? Everytime I put my suedes in the closet, they turn into a science experiment. It's very humid here.
    Maybe put them in the closet without all the ahem 'special' plants in?
  • PaulCAFC
    PaulCAFC Posts: 857

    Whilst on the subject of Elvis and Blue Suede Shoe, my wife said to me 'Wish you were more like Elvis', I said 'What do you mean - a little less converstion and a bit more action?' - she said ' No, dead'............

  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,174
    You can do anything.....
  • hawksmoor
    hawksmoor Posts: 2,609
    Get yourself a proper pair of Clarks Originals (Desert Treks, Ashcotts, Wallabees). Sorted.
  • Riscardo
    Riscardo Posts: 2,338
    It's actually Burton ....

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  • Stu_of_Kunming
    Stu_of_Kunming Posts: 17,153
    plus my kettle will stop steaming (couple seconds later) after it's finished boiling.



    That's how kettles work, when they fill up with steam they know the water has boiled and therefore turn off.

    Simple way around this is to take the lid off the kettle so all the steam escapes and doesnt fill the kettle, so the kettle stays on and the steam keeps pouring out, onto your shoes, watch out though, gets pretty hot!

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