How to dry sneakers quickly 🥝

Even if you wear the most expensive and fashionable branded shoes, it is unlikely to avoid a situation where your feet are wet. And if this is also your favorite everyday couple, the question arises sharply, how to quickly dry sneakers? It is with this situation that we will help you sort this article out.

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General rules for drying shoes

Everyone can quickly dry sneakers from fabric or sneakers, but here you can do it with any shoe as soon as possible and correctly so as not to spoil the product - here you already need to clearly know how to proceed. To get started, take yourself the following rules:

• In no case do not give in to the temptation to dry wet shoes quickly, especially leather and membrane shoes, directly on the battery or near a heater. From this, they can change shape, color and your beloved couple will be unrecognizable. This happens because, near a given heat source, the shoes dry out unevenly. Moisture evaporates only outside, the material begins to change its shape, crack, and glued parts can completely disappear.
• Rubber boots feel great near an electric heater or on a battery. If the heat source is excessively hot, bridge a plank under the shoes. Only remove the insulation from the shoe and place it separately on the battery.
• If you decide to use a hairdryer, you must select the correct temperature. It certainly should be only a cold airflow.
• Drying sneakers and sneakers after washing is advised not in automatic drying, but in a natural way.
• Suede shoes dry only at room temperature.

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• Place the wet leather sole so that the air approaches it completely freely. You can put the boot on its side or hang it on the laces.
• Before drying wet shoes, be sure to wipe the shoes inside and out with a damp cloth from dirt.
• Suede shoes - on the contrary, it is necessary to dry to begin with, and only then remove the adhering dirt with a special shoe brush.
• If you want to dry the insoles quickly, just take them out of your wet shoes and place them on the battery.

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Safe Drying Methods

In addition to the above rules, there are some tools and secrets with which you can competently speed up the whole process and quickly dry sneakers or any other shoe.

Old newspaper:

1. Cram the crumpled newspaper inside the wet shoes.
2. Wrap the shoes on the outside with newsprint and secure with elastic; change wet newspapers as often as possible.

In this way, finicky suede and membrane shoes can be dried. And if you want to spend a minimum of time at all taking care of shoes, which you have quite a lot in your wardrobe, think about buying a special device - electric shoe shine.

In addition, this method is the most effective and proven by many generations. If the shoes are light, take toilet paper, as wet newspapers leave ink on the shoe surface, which is very poorly wiped off.

Important! Wet genuine leather is extremely vulnerable, which is why do not push too much paper into shoes made from such leather so as not to stretch or change the shape of the products.

Salt

Normal table salt will help you quickly cope with the task:

1. Heat the salt, for example, in a clean pan or baking sheet.
2. Pour it into a tight sock.
3. Carefully and accurately distribute inside the boot or boot.
4. If the salt has cooled, but the moisture inside the shoe remains - repeat the procedure again.

With this method, you can quickly dry sneakers, boots, boots and any other shoes.

Important! If it is improper to wear and dry shoes, often an unpleasant amber begins to appear from it. Find out how to fix such a situation andwhat to do if shoes stink for different reasons.

Silica gel

After you have washed your sneakers or sneakers, silica gel will help to dry them quickly. This is a great method to dry even suede shoes.

You need to act like this:

1. Put the bags of balls inside the shoe.
2. Wait a few hours.

Important! Such a mini-dryer can even be worn for work. In this case, you just have to change shoes after the rain in dry shoes and put silica gel, for example, in wet shoes. Until the end of your working day, all moisture will disappear. Do not forget to dry these bags with the filler at home on the battery in order to reuse these balls as intended.

A vacuum cleaner

In this method, everything is extremely simple: attach the hose of your vacuum cleaner to a special blow hole and place the tube in wet shoes.

Important! When the vacuum cleaner works to suck in air, it removes all excess moisture, thereby, it can quickly dry sneakers, sneakers or boots from the inside. Dry each product in this way for at least 15 minutes.

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How to choose an electric dryer?

Modern electrical appliances can perform various functions. Including appeared on the market and special devices to speed up the drying process of various wet shoes. Whatever type of electric dryer you choose, pay attention to such important points during the purchase:

1. The material from which the device is made must be of high quality. This you can determine even by appearance.
2. Absolutely all parts must be tightly twisted so that there are no cracks, no backlashes, no traces of glue, no burrs.
3. The power cord must be double insulated, flexible, too thin and protected at the very base. Check the length of the power cord: if it turns out to be very short, you may have to buy an extension cord.
4. It is good when the heating element is made of ceramic - in this case, the drying is safe and fast.
5. There must be holes in the dryer body so that the air inside can freely circulate, and thus the shoes dry faster
6. The time during which the electric dryer is heated is usually indicated in the instructions. The shorter the heating time for the dryer, the better. The optimal time is considered to be 15 minutes. If the heating time is more than 20-30 minutes - it is too long.
7. The ideal heating temperature should be in the range of 50-60 C. At higher temperature values, shoes may deteriorate. By the way, the higher the heating temperature, the greater the energy consumption.
8. An extremely important parameter is the size of the dryer, because it must be placed inside the shoe. If there are children in your house, choose a dryer that has small blocks or an option with heaters that look like wires - they can be bent, thereby reducing the size of the work item.

Important! If the purchase of such a device is currently not affordable, you can go an alternative way. Learn some practical ideas. how to make a shoe dryer.

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We hope that all of the above methods and tips will significantly extend the life of your shoes and keep them dry in cold and wet seasons.