How to Clean Salt Off Leather Shoes
In the wintertime, salt is spread liberally on roads and sidewalks to help melt the ice. While this makes traveling easier, it can create some unsightly stains on leather shoes. Fortunately, these salt stains are a very treatable problem. With just a few household ingredients, you can remove these stains from leather shoes very easily. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Mix equal parts water and white vinegar. For one pair of shoes, a third of a cup of each should be plenty.
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Dip a soft cloth into the vinegar and water solution. Wring out the excess liquid so that the cloth is wet, but not soaking.
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Rub the cloth over the salt stains on the shoes. The vinegar solution should take the stains off very quickly. Dip the cloth into the vinegar solution again if needed to reapply.
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Set the damp shoes in a dry area to dry overnight before wearing them again. This stain removal method can be used repeatedly throughout the winter season as needed.
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Tips & Warnings
Wipe the salt stains off of shoes as soon as possible. In the wintertime, keeping some rags and a mixture of water and vinegar in a spray bottle near the door to treat stains as they come may prevent a closet full of salt stained shoes come springtime.
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Comments
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This worked perfectly! and I'm so glad because I loved these shoes! That's the last time I wear them out around when it's snowing hahah.
