How to Clean Vegan Shoes? [Step-by-Step Guide]

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Cleaning your vegan shoes step-by-step

This part of the article contains a step-by-step guide on how to clean your vegan shoes. This, like other chores, is very important to be done correctly and according to all the rules that will keep your shoes clean and, more important, undamaged by the cleaning process.

Brush the thick mud and dirt

First of all, in order to remove all the big fragments of dirt, mud, and other materials, use a big brush that will remove it without damaging the material. It’s better if you’ll moisten the brush if the mud has already dried out.

Another pro tip for you, don’t press too hard on the brush if the mud is still wet. It will surely remove a part of it. However, the remaining part will enter the material further and it will be very hard to get it out of there.

After you have finished this process, let your shoes dry and rest. Don’t dry them near the radiator, it will cause bigger problems than the wetness or the mud, believe me.

Grab a damp cloth and a little soap

If you surpassed the first step successfully, it’s time to remove smaller particles of dirt as well as the sweating that, no matter the socks, has definitely entered the material of your shoes.

For this step, you’ll need a damp cloth and a little soap. It’s a must that the soap is not colored and does not have any additional odors that will destroy the materials and won’t let them dry correctly. The greatest alternative is a bar of plain soap that only will clean the remaining stains and that’s all.

Now that we have all the ingredients, let’s start our cleaning process. First of all, wet the cloth and apply some soap on it, not on the shoes. With circular motions clean all the dirty parts of the material and repeat until it’s all set. After that, take another piece of cloth and clean all the remaining soap before letting your shoes dry out. If the cloth doesn’t remove all the stains, you can use a soft brush. However, you need to be very careful about it and don’t press to hard because wet material with soft can be very fragile.

Colorless polishing cream or waterproof spray

Depending on the material of the shoes you are cleaning, you can either add colorless polishing cream or waterproof spray in order to consolidate the success of the previous steps.

Colorless polishing cream is usually added to leather and makes it shinier and more beautiful. It also keeps the water away, hence, the life of your pair of vegan leather shoes is getting longer.

The waterproof spray is good for almost every vegan material. After the usage of this spray, the shoes are coated in a thin layer of wax that keeps the water away but lets your feet breathe normally.

Also read: Are vegan shoes waterproof?

How to keep vegan shoes clean longer?

The obvious thing to do is to avoid getting dirt and water on them. However, there are situations where it is inevitable so, we’ll be talking about those ones.

First of all, always add polishing cream or waterproof spray to your shoes. It gives a little protection and, after the shoes get dirty, it will be a lot easier to clean them up.

Another pro tip is the usage of the right shoes in the right conditions. It is a must that you keep at least a pair of waterproof shoes in your car in case it starts raining. If you’ll do that, your shoes won’t ever get dirty.

Final thoughts

Cleaning vegan shoes is not as easy as the non-vegan ones. The materials are more fragile and can be damaged easily. That is why this article provides all the information needed in order for you to complete this kind of work successfully and without any damage to your shoes.