Cleaning suede shoes is a process. It requires the proper tools, technique and patience.
Know your sneaker materials
Suede is a type of leather that is made from the underside of the animal's skin, giving it that buttery soft surface. It is usually made from lambskin, but can be produced from other animals such as goat, pigs, calves, deers.
Suede is softer, thinner and not as strong as the traditional full grain leathers. It will appear to have short packed down hairs.
Improper care or maintenance will cause the suede to become stiff or fade. When properly treated, the color and grain can remain the same, but the treatment is keywhen preserving the rich vivid color and soft buttery surface.
3- Step Suede Cleaning Process
We've created an acronym before cleaning any pair of sneakers to get a full
understanding of how to properly maintain your kicks. It's called ASAR!
ASSESS. STRATEGIZE. ATTACK. REASSESS!
1. Assess the soil level, where the heavy dirt areas are, are there sticky residues, tears, or aging on the shoe. Have the kicks been treated prior?
2. Strategize what tools you will be using, and how.
3. Implement your strategy while constantly assessing the effectiveness of the tool/solution. (Suede can be easily damaged, you don't want to get in too deep with the tool if it is damaging the integrity of the material)
4. Reassess your results. Can you pretreat the area better? Would more Just Suede help revive the color? Did you effectively post treat to bring back the luster of the shoe?
These are all part of our conceptual thinking when cleaning any pair of kicks. Keep this in mind when you are live in the process.
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