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Cleaning shoes.

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zapadelic
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Hey Ns, Tries search baring it and Couldn't find anything. Basically I have a pair of white canvas shoes and I'm trying to figure out an easy way to clean them mostly for dye from jeans bleeding into the fabric. I have used a old toothbrush with a little bit of soap on it it clean off dirt but I'm pretty sure that just spread out the die more along the side. I was wondering of anyone on here had any methods for cleaning shoes since Nsers seem to really like their shoes. Thanks +k for help
Sep 18 2012 9:41PM
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Round-Four
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bleach will work fine on white canvas.
Sep 18 2012 9:43PM
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zapadelic
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How much bleach?
Sep 18 2012 9:44PM
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Round-Four
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buy a bleach pen or pour some over a rag and dab at the surface until the stain is gone.
Sep 18 2012 9:48PM
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mmallender.
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grab some spray-n-wash/resolve/shout stain remover, a small cup with a bit of warm water in it, and a toothbrush.

spray a few sprays of your stain remover into the warm water, soak the toothbrush in your mixture, and scrub the shit out of your shoes. if its not working enough, try add some more stain remover. careful with leather though, it will dry it out a lot and make cracks in the leather.

rinse the toothbrush throughly, grab a new cup of warm water, give the shoes another little scrub to get any remaining dirt and excess stain remover out
Sep 18 2012 9:50PM
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mmallender.
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dont use the toothbrush for your teeth ever again, or do. im not your mom, just some guy on the internet. youd be setting yourself up for a golden wheelchair/darwin award though, just sayin





seriously dont though
Sep 18 2012 9:51PM
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zapadelic
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It worked a bit but I don't think I used enough oxy, ended up just spreading the die although I can not tell yet as most of the white looks a little blue when wet but I cant tell if it worked until its dry.
Sep 18 2012 10:18PM
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mmallender.
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go over it a few times. jean dye is easily the hardest to get out.
Sep 18 2012 10:44PM
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zapadelic
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Ya it's a pain in the ass but I think I may have just made it 100x worse definitely going to go with colored shoes now. Thanks though!
Sep 18 2012 10:51PM
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RileyZap
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Use camel piss.
Sep 18 2012 10:57PM
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CheddarJack
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Click for larger image seriously this is the best solution. it works like nothing else ive ever tired.
Sep 18 2012 10:59PM
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zapadelic
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Those are amazing for the sides near the sole. Do you they work well on fabric too?
Sep 18 2012 11:03PM
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CheddarJack
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Not sure... I haven't tried it. Coud give it a whirl though, it wouldn't hurt it I'm sure.
Sep 18 2012 11:05PM
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zapadelic
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Can't be worse then why I just happened
Sep 18 2012 11:08PM
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Chundr
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I'm skeptical about this solution
Sep 18 2012 11:09PM
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zapadelic
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Mobile just raped that post. What* instead of why i
Sep 18 2012 11:27PM
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BeefiestExpert
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Magic eraser is awesome but try the brand Shout! wipes. There like called swipe and go wipes but they will help alot
Sep 19 2012 12:07AM
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