When did you last clean your shoes?

Yesterday I cleaned four pairs of long riding boots and my Dubarry's. The riding boots hadn't been worn since I had my accident and were covered in cobwebs but they all have lots of life in them (one pair was nearly new) so now I've given up riding I've decided to sell them. tbh I felt really sad. I've still got my competition gear and that needs to go too, end of an era! Cleaning muddy boots covered in grease from a horse's coat has been a regular job but sadly no more.

Cleaning shoes is one of those little pleasure, or at least it used to be. Left hand is not behaving itself these days.
I had a couple of tins that had dried up and cracked, so I put the opened tin on a diffuser, on top of the gas ring, and gently melted it, let it cool and it was revitalised. Waste not, want not.

I think my neighbours have a shoe cleaning session once a week. In my downstairs loo I can often smell whatever they are cooking, as their kitchen vent comes out near my loo vent. Sunday night is curry night, but Friday night the smell is of shoe polish.

I clean mud off shoes/trainers/boots but then spray suede ones, or use the sponge tip creams for the leather ones.
I’m a bit idle and want the easiest way (or I wouldn’t do them often at all).
Can’t remember last time I ‘blacked’ any shoes or boots but my dad did it weekly.

I cleaned two pairs of my boots just last night😃cleaned any dirt off then rubbed in neutral wax polish then buffed.

I only have two pairs of leather shoes - both black and I don’t wear either of them often but they both had an outing over Christmas so were properly cleaned with Kiwi wax and buffed up with an old wadded pair of tights. I remember the hours spent “bulling” parade shoes when in the Army until the leather shone like patent. It took weeks to get them like that. They were stored away in two layers of old tights to stop them getting scratched.

Trainers and Skechers go in the washing machine and walking shoes and boots are cleaned and proofed with NikWax products.

That takes me back!

Dubbin for waterproofing the walking boots and polish in a tube for leather shoes.
I have five pairs of shoes in total and try to keep them for as long as I can as they are so expensive to start with.

OH polishes his black leather shoes every week, usually on a Sunday, though no longer because he’s getting ready for work on a Monday. 🙂

I cleaned my trainers today. They were muddy. I used Elbow Grease which I got from Poundland. It cleans almost anything. It's miraculous.

This also reminds me of that playground rhyme when choosing something or someone in a game. your shoes are dirty, please go home and change them 😀

J52

Quite regularly. My DF was ex army, shoes had to be polished the night before school and set near the kitchen fire.
I do notice unpolished shoes.

Same. Fortunately MrA polishes all our shoes and boots on a fairly regular basis.

Neither of us wears plastic, apart from parts of our hiking boots. Some of our boots are about 20 years old but still going strong with regular heeling and polishing. Plus they fit like a glove now so really comfy.

Babs03

I only ever wear Skechers, and if they get really messy I stick them in the washing machine.

Me too

My dad cleaned all the shoes in the house and my husband,who is almost paranoid about his shoes does mine too.I have a lot of boots and he,s great at checking them for me ,takes them for heeling and polishes them regularly .Its one job he enjoys .

The truth is I really can't remember! My dad (ex-Army) was a stickler for shoe-cleaning. He spit-&-polished his shoes every Saturday morning and expected me to do the same with mine (I admit I was a bit hit-or-miss). Nowadays, I give my shoes a quick sponge-over if I'm going somewhere special but, otherwise, they sit by the front door in their un-buffed glory, ready for when I'm "popping out for a minute". Bad girl, naughty girl, go to your room at once! ;>

I polished my black leather boots on Friday. I didn't notice the polish was leaking. I had to scrub the floor! 🤬

when i was off over christmas

I don’t wear my leather boots often.

I do brush my Ugg boots wit a suede brush occasionally all my Skechers can go in the washing machine I wear my leather boots very often can’t remember the last time they needed cleaning. I brush and wipe my walking shoes if they get mucky. Never need Polish.

I’ve still got a full kit in a draw-string bag. Several small brushes to get polish in every nook and cranny and bigger ones to polish.
I like Renapur to feed the leather, so I think I’ll treat my Barbour boots after lunch.

Pascal ‘go in’ the washing machine
Gin would go down the throat 🤣🤣🤣
NY resolution …Must proof read, even one liners

BlueBelle

I wear trainers and the gin the washing machine

tonic and lemon as well??

Cleaned mine half an hour ago. We’re off to a very fancy restaurant for lunch, so thought I’d better. It’s not a usual occurrence!

We have a shoe cleaning box filled with all sorts of brushes and tins of polish but we don’t use them much now.
We used to buy our gc shoes from specialist shops because of the width of their feet, very expensive but they never were cleaned and always looked scuffed and dirty.
I asked about cleaning shoes and was looked at in astonishment.😠 .

I usually give my grubby leather boots a quick wipe with the floor cloth but occasionally give them a proper polish. It makes me think of my Dad, who cleaned my school shoes every day.

I wear trainers and the gin the washing machine