What can not you find on the shelves and clothes hangers. And necessarily among all the variety there will be several things from suede. Usually it's shoes, gloves and handbags, as there are jackets and capes hats. It is quite a beautiful and pleasant material, with a noble and rich view. Usually products from it look much better, and more effective than the same models of leather. But there is one "but". Suede requires more care, and if it does not, it quickly loses its appearance. Then why prepare, buying a suede product, and how to clean it at home?
About suede
Before you buy a lot of care products in addition to a new pair of shoes, you should determine which suede is used in this product? It can be natural or artificial. Usually they are not very different in appearance, and the main difference is the strength of the material. This will determine your further actions concerning care and cleaning at home.
Remember that suede does not like moisture. And usually, before determining the available cleaning methods, exclude everything that contains the wet cleaning condition. After contact with water, because of its finely ground surface and the ability to absorb water, it usually swells, and after it turns hard. Therefore, it is advised to choose only dry cleaning for suede, and before going somewhere to go it is necessary to treat it with a special water-repellent spray.
How to clean suede?
Usually the greatest amount of contamination falls on shoes and gloves. And they wear out much faster. Therefore, and the means to care for these items is much more than, for example, for a coat or caps.
To remove small dirt it is recommended to purchase a special eraser. These are sold in places where there are means to care for shoes. In extreme cases, you can use the regular school eraser. He's also not bad at cleaning up the cleaning function. Another recipe for cleaning suede from more complex contaminants is the treatment of contaminated areas with a prepared at home solution. To do this you will need half a liter of skim milk, as well as half a teaspoon of soda, or the same amount of ammonia. Such a mixture must be applied to a dry and clean weave and rub her shoes, gloves or jacket. After cleaning, it is necessary to "wash off" the remnants of the solution, for this use a swab dipped in clean water. In the absence of milk, it can be replaced with ordinary water, adding there four teaspoons of ammonia. And use as in the same way as written above.
For cleaning, especially suede gloves, this method is also perfect. First, take a dry toilet soap, and a brush. To make it easier for you to put gloves on your hands. Next, rub gloves with soap, and brush them well. After this, gently rinse the soap with warm water. Do not forget to leave the gloves in the open state. Since suede tend to become rough after contact with water, it is necessary to restore its former softness. To do this, simply knead it with your hands until the product becomes soft. The final stage of cleaning should be the treatment of the product with a dry, fleecy brush. This is done in order to raise the villi suede, which can often stick together. It is interesting that some craftsmen thought of raising the stitched villi on suede things with a brush of a vacuum cleaner. And the main thing is that they did it well. Perhaps you should try?
Be careful when handling water. Usually, after that, suede can not only become stiff, but also tighten. Of course, this happens rarely, but this fact takes place. Therefore, you should not wash suede products, and limit yourself to using suede during the rainy season and slush. If you are sloppy in handling, especially suede shoes, or other products, then as a result you will not just have to knead them, but stretch them.
It also happens that they protected your thing as best they could, but there were glossy, greasy spots on it. Accordingly, the thing lost its appearance, although it could still be suitable for wearing. With such a small nuisance, ordinary starch will best cope. Apply it in a thin layer and leave it on for a while. After this, remove the formed plaque with a brush. Sometimes it is best to use a mixture of starch and ammonia to clean highly contaminated suede products. Use this mixture is necessary, as well as conventional starch, adjusted for the duration of drying mixture.
Uniform and with a picture, is there a difference?
In modern fashion, the rapid pace included products not only from monophonic, but also from suede with various patterns. From what you prefer for your own product, care will also depend.
For example, things made from monochrome suede can be washed, but not washed. To wash it is necessary in the expanded kind, applying a warm solution of special washing-up liquids. If this is not the case, you can use the means for delicate fabrics or wool. After treatment with detergent it is usually rinsed under clean water, the moisture remains are removed with a towel and left to dry in a straightened form. To clean the suede with a pattern, this method is not the best. It is better to choose more gentle methods of cleaning suede at home. So for products with drawings it is better to use foaming agents, and to clean the product directly with foam and brush. Remains of foam are not washed away, and cleaned with a dry and clean cloth.
Shoes and suede products should be worn with pleasure, take care of it, and do it right. Then suede will last you long.