How To Clean White Converse Shoes? 7 Ways

Today You Will Learn

• 7 Best Ways to Clean White Converse Shoes
• Why Do We Need to Clean White Converse Shoes Often?
• Frequently Asked Questions

Hi, my dear glow-uppers! Imagine the situation: you want to go on a date, putting on the best sweater and pants you found in your wardrobe. You’re excited and ready to enter the heart of a person you love. You’re looking for your shoes, and find only a pair of dirty white Converse shoes. Even worse, it’s the only suitable pair of shoes you have to accomplish your look. Of course, after seeing this, you will think about how to clean the white Converse  shoes you have. And it’s essential to do it since you need to look the best for your date or any other occasion you’re wearing white Converse for.

Well, you can forget about the sadness you feel, because in this article we will speak about how to clean white Converse shoes and make them shine for the rest of the day. I will also tell you how often you should clean them.

Before we start, check my articles about why polyester shrinks and chino pants. With the knowledge you’ll have after reading them, you will look way better, and this is something we want. Am I right, guys?

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Let’s finally go to the next section and take a look at the 7 best ways to clean your white Converse shoes.

7 Best Ways to Clean White Converse Shoes

1. Hand Washing with Soap and Water

A standard way to do it, it’s just using regular soap and water. It doesn’t require plenty of other things to buy. You just have to have a basin, fill it with warm water, adding a few little drops of mild laundry detergent or just common dish soap. 

What do we do next? We’ll scrub the shoes gently using a soft brush or cloth. The most important thing to understand here is that we should focus on the dirtiest and most hard-to-access areas when working with a brush.

After you did it, rinse the shoes with clean water and let them air dry. Using this method, you’ll be able to get rid of the most of dirt. But keep in mind that if you haven’t cleaned your shoes for a long time, it might be challenging to clean some areas since they will have dry dirt in the areas that are hard to access by just using a brush or a piece of cloth.

2. Baking Soda and Vinegar

Yet another interesting and very effective method that makes your cleaning process a bit easier, is that with the compound made of regular baking soda and vinegar, you will then have to cover them with this mixture and let them sit for 30 minutes or so. Then just rinse it away and let your pretty white Converse air dry.

Why is it effective? Soda and vinegar have components that are great for eliminating dirt from your shoes. Sounds good, I’m sure you’ll agree with me!

3. Magic Eraser

Actually, this method might be a bit confusing, because not everyone knows what is Magic Eraser. It’s similar to a melamine foam sponge, and it can be an extremely effective way to finally get rid of those stains that mess up the look of your beautiful Converse shoes.

Firstly, wet the Magic Eraser with water and gently scrub the areas you see stains on. Of course, you need to rinse the shoes after you get this work done. That’s it essentially, nothing else to do. Pretty simple and fast, so I really recommend you use this method since this is one of the best!

4. Bleach Solution

Now we can try something different but still interesting and effective. Bleach is great for fixing your stained shoes, so what do you do? First things first, take your bleach and mix one part of it with 5 parts of water, and here we are, our compound to make its work done!

Now dip your brush into this mixture and get rid of stains using it, scrub those areas with the brush carefully, and you will get the desired result. Don’t forget to rinse the shoes as always, and let them air dry. The method is extremely easy as other methods in this article! Now, we’re moving to the next way.

5. Washing Machine

This is not the best method to do for your shoes’ lifetime. They will be feeling good for a longer time if you don’t toss them into a washing machine. However, no one can stop us from doing it.  If you are trying to clean white Converse shoes by using this way once or just rarely in general, you will be good with the result, and you will not even have to get any work done. The main benefit of this method is time, which you don’t need to spend on cleaning the shoes up.

The only thing you have to consider when doing it is to place your white shoes in a pillowcase or laundry bag. Then wash them with cold water, and as always then should air dry.

6. Toothpaste

We all hear about impressive toothpaste’s cleaning abilities. It can efficiently get rid of any stain, and we can also use it for our today’s purpose, which is cleaning white Converse shoes. So, how do we do it?

Let’s apply a small amount of white toothpaste and gently scrub the stains on the shoes. You will notice that they will disappear pretty quickly. Then just wash the past away from the shoes and just let them air dry. 

7. Lemon Juice

Lemon juice is pretty acidic and effective in fighting stains and dirt in general. For getting rid of dirt, we have to mix equal parts of lemon juice and water and use a small brush to scrub the stains. 

Once you’ve done it, rinse the shoes with water and you can finally enjoy your white Converse shoes all day long! 

Why Do We Need to Clean White Converse Shoes Often?

Now that we finally learned the best ways for cleaning white Converse, we’ve got to understand how frequently to clean them. Should we do it every day, or cleaning them once a month is going to be enough? 

Firstly, let’s talk a bit about the shoes themselves. They have a white color, which attracts a lot of dirt to the, and if you're not walking carefully, making every step consciously (as no one does), you have to understand that your shoes will be dirty, and this is inevitable. Want it or not, frequent cleaning is essential, so make sure you’re cleaning your shoes at least once a week, but if you’re not lazy, doing it every day will be a great option. This process doesn’t take plenty of time if doing it frequently, because you will not have plenty of dirt and dirty stains on the shoes. 

Let’s recap everything to refresh our information before we move to our FAQ section. Firstly, in my opinion, the best way of cleaning your shoes is by using soda and vinegar, because it easily removes every stain on your shoes, this is also not hard to prepare for. This is because everyone has vinegar and baking soda at home, but if you don’t – I really recommend you buy them, because cooking also requires those products. 

Secondly, we talked about a bit of a bad effect of using a washing machine for cleaning your white Converse. This saves you time, but doing it regularly will not lead you to desired results either. Find a balance and don’t overuse this method.

Now, we’re moving to FAQs!

FAQs

Q: Can I use a hairdryer to speed up the drying process after cleaning my white Converse shoes?

Don’t do it! It’s always best to air dry your shoes because any direct heat source might cause our canvas material to shrink, as we discuss in this article. Don’t make mistakes, because they will lead your shoes to the trash bin.

Generally, don’t dry your clothes with a hairdryer, it’s not good for any type of fabric either. Be careful with ideas that you come up with, as they might lead you too spoiled clothing.

Q: Should I use a stain-repellent spray on my white Converse shoes to prevent stains?

Yes and no. Everything depends on your purpose. Stain-repellent sprays will help you to get rid defend the Converse shoes from getting too many stains and make them clean up easier. But you can easily clean them even without that spray, it will not be bad to not use it. 

Also, make sure you’re choosing the right stain-repellent spray that is designed specifically for canvas shoes. You should also follow the application instructions carefully!

Q: How often should I clean my white Converse shoes?

As I said before, cleaning them once a week would be a great idea, though you can do it as soon as you see stains. Or every day you wear them. The frequency generally depends on how dirty they are, so if you don’t see any dirt, maybe there’s no any reason to clean them.

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