When did you last clean your shoes?

ixion Our shoe-cleaning box sounds just like yours.

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

Two of ours are on newspaper in the kitchen as I type.
My husband kindly cleaned and polished (with wax, brushes and my dad's velvet pad (!)) two muddy pairs on Friday.

Yes we still do it.

My go to outdoor winter casuals are a pair of leather clogs which I do clean and polish when necessary.

Whenever I prepare to go out.

Our shoe cleaning box is just that, a decades-old wooden box, but it holds such memories!
The red polish, that was for DD's Clarks summer sandals, ditto the blue.
Suede brushes from when we had suede footwear.
That now infamous (and unrepeatable) shade of dark brown.

I looked after my young nieces a few years ago, while their parents were abroad😎.
Requests to locate the 'shoe cleaning box' were met with blank looks. (Ditto 'Have you got a clean hanky?', but that's another story).

My father and DH would clean all the shoes at night and leave them lined up for the school run.
No kit inspection tho'!

In my schooldays I severely hated having to whiten my (scuffed) tennis shoes with this thick white paste stuff that came in a bottle and was a real swine to apply.
It went all over the place, but the shoes looked pristine - until I put them on. This stuff formed a crust as it dried and the moment I took a couple of steps it cracked and flaked mercilessly.
And I was rubbish at tennis.

I never clean them like my mum or dad used to clean ours.

All laid out on newspaper in front of the hearth each Sunday.

Cabbie21

But suede only needs a brush, no polish?

The boots I am about to clean are knee length black leather, they certainly need a Polish.

I never put dirty shoes/boots/trainers back in the downstairs shoe cupboard or in their boxes upstairs.

Have a full shoe cleaning box, complete with brushes, leathers, polish, protection sprays etc.

I wear white leather trainers most of the time (I've awkward feet and they're comfortable). I tend to wash them with saddle soap and put them in the washing machine if they look a bit too sad.

OTH we use traditional shoe polish and ancient, but still serviceable, brushes for all leather footwear. Our small contribution to saving the planet and not filling landfill with plastic..

The shoes I wear these days, most Pavers and Sketchers, don't require the traditional cleaning. I brush them with a stiff brush, and wipe with a wet-wipe when necessary.
I do have one pair of leather boots that still need polishing, so I quite enjoy doing that.

But suede only needs a brush, no polish?

Friday afternoon I cleaned a pair of suede boots.

I am about to clean another pair of boots before I go out for the day.