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Lovers of sports shoes, representatives of informal youth, teenagers and just connoisseurs of good shoes prefer comfortable, light Converse sneakers. They are worn by people of all ages and gender. Converses are combined with any style of clothing - both with traditional classic costumes, and with skirts, sundresses, shorts and omnipresent jeans. However, no mod can escape the problem, because any bright thing, including white sneakers, quickly get dirty. Today we will tell you how to wash white converse so that it becomes bright and snow-white again.

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History of creation

Converses have not lost their popularity for more than 100 years. Back in 1908, the Marquis Mills Converse created a company for tailoring sports casual shoes for the whole family. Black sneakers were produced in 1917 and immediately became popular among basketball players.

American basketball player Chuck Taylor brought many interesting ideas to the design of shoes and improving the model. It was thanks to the athlete's ideas that the sneakers became soft and flexible, and on the outside - to protect the ankles from damage, they began to stick a round patch with a star. It was this model that was named after Chuck Taylor.

In 1947, Converse began producing white sneakers, which are now very popular. In 1960, the company added seven more different shades of shoes to the production. Since then, Converse sneakers have become an icon of style, a cult name and a fashionable feature of any image.

Important! If you often prefer athletic shoes, you might also be interested in ranking of the best manufacturers of sneakers.

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How to care for conversions?

Sneakers are sports shoes, however, not the most durable. All original sneakers are made of high quality canvas and have a simple rubber sole. Textile material is durable, repels dust, so you can wear sneakers for years. But, like any thing, sneakers need care, and from time to time it is necessary to clean the white converse at home.

In order for the converse to last as long as possible, adhere to the following care rules:

  • Wash the sole after a walk.
  • Do not allow stains to soak into the textile material of the shoe.
  • Remove dirt and stains regularly.
  • Wash your laces periodically.
  • Wash shoes thoroughly before storing.
  • Keep your sneakers out of season. Put them in a cardboard box or bag of breathable fabric.
  • So that during the "rest" sneakers do not lose shape, push paper towels inside the shoe.

Important! Sneakers can be carefully cleaned by hand. It all depends on the nature of the pollution. For example, if you went through the deepest puddles and impassable dirt, then start cleaning quickly so that there are no dark stains and the washing process is effective.

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How to remove white convers?

Proceed as follows:

  1. Wash off any dirt under a stream of water, using a sponge or a soft cloth brush.
  2. Remove all small pebbles from the sole.
  3. Remove the insoles and laces from your shoes.
  4. Prepare a washing solution. Pour water at room temperature into a basin and dissolve a spoonful of washing powder or liquid detergent in it.
  5. Beat the washing solution until foam.
  6. Immerse sneakers along with laces and insoles in a soap solution for 40-60 minutes.
  7. If the water becomes very dirty during soaking, renew the soap solution.
  8. Rinse your sneakers with running water.
  9. Prepare a fresh soapy solution and beat it into foam.
  10. Use a soft cloth brush or sponge to dampen the shoes with soap and water.
  11. Clean the surface of the shoe with a brush. Pay particular attention to heavily soiled areas.
  12. Wipe the insoles with a brush and soap, wash the laces.
  13. Pour clean water into the basin and, using a brush and sponge, wash the remnants of the soap solution.
  14. Rinse the convers well in running water. Do not be lazy to thoroughly rinse the soap out of the shoes so that after drying, yellow stains and stains do not appear on the surface. If you find such, then information from our separate article will help you “On white sneakers, yellow stains after washing”.
  15. Gently squeeze the sneakers.
  16. Dry your sneakers in a well-ventilated area. Fill shoes with paper towels or toilet paper, change them as you soak them with moisture. You can hang sneakers by the laces in a well-blown room, for example, on the balcony.

Important! Do not soak sneakers in hot water so that the sole does not come off and the fabric does not shed.

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How to quickly clean the converse?

If you are not a fan of modern chemicals, then use laundry soap to wash white converse quickly. Soak the sneakers first in cool soapy water, and then gently rub the sneakers with a piece of laundry soap and brush. After cleaning, rinse the shoes thoroughly in cool water.

Helpful hints:

  1. For soaking, you can use a washing powder with a whitening effect or a mixture of ordinary powder with a bleach. When choosing a bleach, make sure that the product does not contain chlorine. Use only “Oxygen” means - from chlorine, the rubber on the sole turns yellow and collapses, and spots appear on the fabric.
  2. Wash white sneakers with stickers, appliqués and other decorative elements in a powder intended for children's items. Instead of powder, you can use baby soap, crushed on a grater.

Important! If the material of your shoe is leather, then you can use as an alternative melamine sponge.

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How to wash white converse without soaking?

It’s also possible to clean white converse sneakers without soaking. Here are some ways to use the tools available for this purpose.

Method number 1. Home mixture:

  1. Instead of washing powder and bleach, prepare a homemade mixture of the following products: 1 tbsp. spoon of soda, 1 tbsp. a spoon of vinegar.
  2. Mix the ingredients until pasty.
  3. Cover the table or floor with several layers of newspapers.
  4. Wear rubber gloves.
  5. Dampen an old toothbrush or cotton swab in the prepared solution.
  6. Apply the mixture to the contaminated surface of the shoe.
  7. Wipe with this mixture and the sole.
  8. Leave on for a few minutes, and then intensively brush the shoes with the same brush.
  9. Be sure to wipe the fabric along the junction of the top and the sole, otherwise - after cleaning this area will be darker than the bleached surface.
  10. Use a clean cotton swab to remove bleach from the shoe.
  11. Rinse the sneakers in running water to completely remove the bleach.
  12. Lightly wring out the sneakers.
  13. Dry your sneakers in a well-ventilated area.
  14. If some spots are visible after drying on the surface of the sneaker, repeat the procedure using a more concentrated home bleach.

Important! Do not use metal objects during the preparation of the home mixture, as the metal oxidizes under the influence of vinegar.

Method number 2. Toothpaste

You can bleach Converse sneakers without washing.To do this, use toothpaste. It is not necessary to use an expensive preparation with a whitening effect, since all toothpastes perfectly clean the tissue. The only thing that can not be done is to use a paste of bright color or containing interspersed. An ideal option is a tooth powder diluted with water.

Use toothpaste as follows:

  1. Wear rubber gloves.
  2. Take a foam sponge or washcloth.
  3. Apply toothpaste evenly to yellowed sneakers.
  4. On the inside, also treat with toothpaste, since shoes need to be whitened both externally and internally.
  5. Leave the treated shoes for half an hour.
  6. Wipe the paste thoroughly with a clean foam sponge.

Important! To enhance the effect, add a few drops of lemon juice to the tooth powder. After cleaning, keep white sneakers out in the sun to provide extra whitening.

Method number 3. Stein stick

For heavily soiled areas, use a special pencil with detergent. Read the instructions before use - usually the stick does not require pre-soaking shoes. After removing stains with a stick, wash the sneakers with soap suds.

Important! Once they are dry, you can experiment a bit with the design. Find out, how to tie shoelaces in an original way.

Method number 4. Magic eraser

Use an eraser if you do not want to use chemicals to clean the white converse. The magic eraser is a grinding foam, which includes melamine polymer. Before using the eraser, wet your shoes with cold water and clean them by scraping the dirt with physical force. After cleaning the shoes, rinse with running water.

Method number 5. The strongest ingredient available

You can use this tool when other measures have not helped. It will help to clean white converse sneakers of any dirt and stains.

Proceed as follows:

  1. In a ceramic dish (not metal or plastic) mix hydrogen peroxide, table vinegar, lemon juice in equal proportions.
  2. Pour a tablespoon of washing powder into the prepared mixture.
  3. Stir the ingredients until a uniform consistency of thick sour cream.
  4. Using a toothbrush or foam sponge, apply whitening paste to stains and areas around the dirt. The procedure is carried out in rubber gloves.
  5. Leave the shoes for 5-7 minutes - no more so that the bleached fabric does not differ in color from the main shade of the shoe.
  6. Wipe off with a paper towel.
  7. Rinse the sneakers thoroughly with running water and dry.

Important! Never use gasoline, kerosene or other oily liquids to clean shoes. Instead of bleaching, these products can leave indelible spots on the fabric surface.

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Can I wash the converse in the washing machine?

Most manufacturers do not recommend washing sneakers in a washing machine. Even the highest quality products may not withstand the intensive washing and spin cycle, and the sole may peel off the top.

Important! First of all, we recommend that you make sure that you are the owner of the original shoes, and not a Chinese fake, otherwise - such sneakers are unlikely to survive the test of washing.

If you decide to wash the “Converse” sneakers in the washing machine, then use the following rules and recommendations:

  1. First of all, inspect your sneakers for loose parts that might get stuck in the car and break the drum.
  2. Machine wash only textiles or high-quality leather.
  3. Before loading shoes into the machine, clean it by hand from coarse dirt and stones on the sole.
  4. If there are complex stains on the fabric top, treat them with a stain remover.
  5. Free shoes from laces and insoles. Wash them by hand. If the laces are very dirty with poorly leaching substances, then they are easier to replace with new ones than to wash.
  6. Put your shoes in special laundry bagto soften the beat of the sneaker on the drum. If you don’t have such a bag, use the old pillowcase or wash the old blanket with your sneakers.
  7. Select a delicate wash mode. Well, if your machine has the function of washing cashmere, silk, select this delicate gentle mode.
  8. The temperature regime should be 30-40 degrees.
  9. If you wash black and color converse, then fill in the washing gel for colored laundry. For light shades, use white gel.
  10. It is not recommended to wring out the converse by machine. If you want to use such a function, then select the spin at reduced speeds (not more than 500).
  11. Dry the converse in vivo. Do not expose sneakers in the sun, do not dry near heating appliances, as hot air will lead to deformation of the shoes.

Important! Consider the following nuances, which are of particular importance if you decide wash white converse in a washing machine:

  • After washing, the water-repellent coating weakens or completely disappears. To regain stamina, usewater-repellent impregnation for shoes.
  • Do not use newspapers to dry white sneakers, as they may stain the inside.

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How to remove yellow stains on white conversions?

If after washing on the sneakers there are yellow stains, then use one of the following tips:

  1. Wash shoes in a washing machine without using gel or detergent. Perhaps, during the last wash, the detergent particles were not completely rinsed from the fabric, and when dried, they turned yellow.
  2. Use a glass cleaner, such as Mr. Muscle. Apply and wipe the sneakers with a brush, and then rinse. Repeat two to three times.
  3. When drying, place wrinkled paper or dry towels inside the shoe so that all stains remain on them, not on the fabric.

Important! Remember that sneakers love cold water, cool drying and gentle washing, but do not like chlorine bleach and bright sun.

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Follow the rules for caring for conversions and they will serve you for many years, but do not forget that canvas shoes are not designed for walking through puddles and mud, otherwise, no bleach and lemons will save white shoes from stains.

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