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Clean shoe cloth

justsayno

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How do you effectively clean and remove the wax or cream residue on your shoe cloth ?

Do you hand wash them? And if so, in what solution?
 

Sterling Gillette

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Which cloth? The one for (a) applying cream and polish or the one for (b) shining your shoes?

(a) it should be linen => machine wash hot, hang dry
(b) roughed cotton => machine wash warm, tumble dry

Adding a little soda powder to the wash can help as it is made to make fat water-solvent.
 

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Originally Posted by Pengranger
Err... I don't...
+1 I applly with a colour spesific brush AE have nice smal horshair aplication brushes. I use thick cotton flanell for polishing pre brush and final shine. Also there colour spesific, for travel I have some cloths that are trimed and I use one side for each colour. Its either the same colour or worn out ... So no cleaning
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But old cotton tshirts etc also work.
 

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Old cotton socks (I wear through toes at an alarming rate, so always have a supply).
 

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