[Dirty]

some bicarb
some vanish/oxy clean stain remover (powdered)
and some boiling water
take a sturdy bristle brush (toothbrush takes too long)
and some elbow grease

seems to do the trick!
fc

Is bicarb the same as baking soda? I should know this as I just took a chem class but i hate chemistry!

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Just a lil heads up for anybody with supes that are a lil snug around the toes, I picked up a pair of those cheap looking two way shoe stretchers off the bay and tried them out last night and I think they actually work. I have some patents that were really tight around the toes, I stuck a stretcher in each and really cranked down on them and left em in overnight. When I tried em on this morning there is defiantly more room in em. I dont know if they will shrink back to normal but I will report back in a few days if they do!

[streak]

Yes it is Dirty..

[The Marine]

are they made in each size, or are they one size and can be adjusted to fit your shoe size?
wonder if we have anything like this is aus? awesome idea

Fits size 8-11 US. Has some spring mechanism. Sure they make 11-?? too....

Damn Marine, that really makes my "scrunched up old plastic bags stuffed inside" technique seem totally ghetto.

Haha, scrunched up plastic bags. I was using scrunched up paper before

Hmm we have a costco near me!!might need to visit i need some of those meself.
Nice one marine

Very welcome. Glad to be of service

Marine,
Those are frackin awesome! One problem though, if I were to use these for all my kicks, even at $9.95 a box, that would still cost me $696.50 (I imagine that the shipping costes to get them sent to the UK would be quite a bit as well.!)

$696.50 by $9.95 = 70.... So 70 X 2 pairs a box = 140 pairs of shoes

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!! Thats allot of shoes Sneakerphile

[Funke]

Marine,
Those are frackin awesome! One problem though, if I were to use these for all my kicks, even at $9.95 a box, that would still cost me $696.50 (I imagine that the shipping costes to get them sent to the UK would be quite a bit as well.!)

$696.50 by $9.95 = 70.... So 70 X 2 pairs a box = 140 pairs of shoes

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!! Thats allot of shoes Sneakerphile

yeah, and all of them are awesome...
dam you Sneakerphile!!! =p

[mr.pure]

How is everybody cleaning the outsole and does it require nuff chemical cleaners cos I just discovered a way to clean them using nothing but some water, maybe a little hand cleanser and a toothbrush, without using the bristle end !
Personally, I'm well chuffed !

[Samo]

I tend to use a bit of warm soapy water and a toothbrush, how are you doing it Pure?

[Lorrie]

The bathroom soap here at work tends to work pretty well with a toothbrush. Anyone want to post me some US12 soops I'll be happy to clean them for you.

[mr.pure]

Maybe I'm not being specific enough.
You know when there's really old dirt and discolouring on the sole.
I'd gone over these with soap and a toothbrush and though they were definitely cleaner, they were still dirty.
I'll put up some pictures in half hour or so.

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Right, this is how they started.
I bought them about 5 years ago, secondhand and they were this dirty when they turned up.
I wasn't overly taken with them as, as we have seen, the true colours don't show up in photos and I thought they were bluer than they actually are.
Dug 'em out of my old flat and decided to clean them.

As they were with 6 year old dirt ground in.



After scrubbing the left hand side with a toothbrush and some hand cleanser for 5 minutes.



Then further cleaning the far left with the butt of the toothbrush and just a little soapy water for about 30 seconds.



Then cleaning the original dirty patch for about 1 minute with the butt of the toothbrush only and some soapy water, leaving the 5 minute scrub in the middle for comparison.



Definitely seems to get them cleaner for less effort, no chemicals and gets the edges clean without over soaking the uppers or endless scrubbing for the edge near the sole.
Still well happy with the discovery.
Do watcha like !

[jam]

I wanna see the rest of em, they look nice!

[mr.pure]

Violet and yellow Nylons.
Everybody's wearin' 'em.

[cracky]

^ Yeh, i wish

[mr.pure]

Hence the laughing.



Has anybody else got any really dirty Superstars they need to clean cos I want someone else to try this method and tell me it fucking rocks !



Use the wrong end of the toothbrush like you're scratching DICKHEAD's gas guzzler with a screwdriver, then turn it on it's side to do the bottom edge.
Push quite hard and for some reason, it gets the soles well clean.

[Lorrie]

so what your saying is take the tooth brush and hold it by the bristle end as though you were in prison and about to shiv someone cause you didn't want to be his bitch or he owed you cigarettes from a dice game or...

Hmmm, that seem's a bit crazy.

[mr.pure]

Not for chivving, more like the way you'd hold a lighter or push the button on a ball point pen, then scrub.
If you've got any really dirty beaters, try it.
It doesn't damage the rubber as it's meant to give and uses no chemicals which definitely do hurt rubber.

[pokey27]

I've got abit of ground in dirt stuff on afew pairs so ill give that method a go on my day off.
Seems like it works a treat judging by them pics pure nice 1 fella.