How To Preserve and Store Your Shoes

You can make your shoes last months after you buy them by taking steps to help preserve them. It does take some time but it is worth it. There are shoes with different materials that will need different ways in which to take care of them but they will look like as if you bought them the day prior and will help you keep them longer. There are a couple household materials that you can use and some products that you have to buy. I have seen YouTube videos of people making potions, as I like to call them, when they mix many ingredients to make the same solution that an item may already have at the store. I do not like to so this because it is very time consuming and It may not work as well as the products offered at the shelve at a store. White shoes I think are the toughest to keep clean, for obvious reasons, and there are times that the weather may be bad and you should not wear them but there are also products to help keep them crispy clean. There are also products that help keep your shoes from creasing where your foot naturally bends in the front.
Let us begin with how you can help preserve before you even wear the shoe. You can purchase shoe tress to help the shoe keep its shape and so that they do not lose their shape over time when you are not wearing them. You can easily find these online for cheap or go to a shoe store. I have found them at IKEA as well. I also like to keep the shoe box but some people get rid of them and put them in clear plastic containers. This helps keep them clean and dust free when they are stored and you can easily see where the pair of shoes are, rather than in a box, if you do not remember the name of the shoe. When purchasing a shoe, especially one with leather material, at the register or around the store they usually have ForceFields. ForceFields prevent creases where your foot bends in the front. These help tremendously because leather shoes over time tend to crease much easier than other materials. These do take a bit of room in the shoe so I would suggest maybe going a half size bigger so that you are not uncomfortable walking with extra padding on your shoe. I know this from experience because I made the mistake of buying my regular shoe size and putting the ForceFields in and it was uncomfortable to even walk a couple steps. I had to loosen up the laces and that still was not enough to be comfortable.
Moreover, you should also consider buying a soft and a hard brush, for different materials. Materials like the PrimeKnit on the Adidas NMD need a soft brush because the texture is extremely delicate and you can ruin it if you use a hard brush. Another problem you may encounter, if you have a sweaty foot, is the shoe might start to smell a little funny. Therefore, it is important to buy shoes that help your foot breathe but there are ways to help keep the smell from penetrating your shoes. You can start by taking the soles out and putting a fragrance on them. You can also find a product like this at the shoe store. This is important because you do not want to walk around and your shoes are smelling like a locker room. In addition, a way to protect your shoes if you know you will be walking on dirt or in the rain is to buy the Crep shoe cleaner. This will help any type of material by repelling any liquid and will help prevent stains on your shoes because it is an invisible coat. Once again, they usually have these in the store when you are purchasing your shoes.