How to clean shoe laces that have become grey and stained over time. Dirty laces make shoes or sneakers look unattractive. Some people use bleach, but it turns the laces yellow. How to restore the laces to their original whiteness. Discover 10 tips to wash your white shoe laces.
Whitening white shoe laces : 10 tips
Whiten the laces by hand
Remove the laces and soak them for 2 to 3 hours in the sink or bowl with :
1 - Sodium Bicarbonate
Soak your laces in hot soapy water in which you have dissolved 250 g of baking soda.
After 2 or 3 hours, rub the laces with a nail brush.
2 - Whitening
If the result is not satisfactory, if the laces are not white enough, soak them for a long time in a bath of very hot water with added whitening product, adding boiling water regularly so that the water remains very hot.
Scrub then rinse.
3 - Soda crystals
Let the laces soak in warm water + the contents of a cup of soda crystals for at least 2 hours.
Rub the laces.
4 - Boiling water, lye and cut lemon or lemon juice
Soak the laces in a basin or filled with hot water and lemon slices.
5 - Hydrogen peroxide
Add one glass of hydrogen peroxide (30%) to the soapy water in the bowl.
6 - Dishwasher detergent
Wash the laces by soaking them in hot water with a tablet or dishwasher detergent powder.
Scrub and rinse under the tap.
7- Sodium percarbonate
This white powder, composed of both sodium carbonate and hydrogen peroxide, nicknamed solid hydrogen peroxide, restores shine to greying or yellowing white linen.
To whiten the laces, soak them for at least 2 hours in hot water and percarbonate (1 measuring spoonful for 5 litres of hot water).
Machine washing of white laces
Machine washing the laces will clean them but will not whiten them.
To bleach the laces, enclose them in a laundry net, then turn the machine on by adding to the laundry tub :
8 - Lemon
Blanch the laces by adding the juice of one lemon to the laundry tray.
9 - Soda crystals
Add 1/2 cup (125 ml) of soda crystals to each wash to make the white whiter and the colors brighter, while reducing limescale deposits in the machine.
10 - Salt of sorrel
A crystalline, odourless and colourless powder, sorrel salt, called oxalic acid, restores whiteness to greying tissues.
Pour one tablespoon of sorrel salt into the washing machine's wash tub.
Dry the laces
Place the wet laces on a terry towel in the open air or hang them in the sun.
The sun is an excellent whitening agent.
yellow, green and red laces spread out
How to clean color shoe laces
Avoid hydrogen peroxide, bicarbonate, soda crystals and percarbonate of soda, which can cause the laces to fade.
- Hot soapy water and vinegar
Soak them in a solution of hot water and white vinegar by half by adding a drop of liquid detergent, brush them, then rinse under running water.
Dry them in the open air, but not in the sun, as the laces may discolour.
Problems with your shoe laces
Fraying laces
If your laces start to fray at the end, apply a coat of clear nail polish.
- Or to keep your shoelaces from slipping out of your shoes longer, reinforce them by machine stitching a few seams along each laces.
Shoelaces that untie often
Spray the laces with a little cold water before tying them.
- Or wipe them in wax or soap.
No more losing the shoelaces in the machine
Machine wash them in a net.
Read also : How To Remove Stubborn Stains After Washing.
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