How to care for shoes made of nubuck?

Many consider Nubuck to be rather capricious and difficult material to care for, although it always looks worthy. This opinion is erroneous for the simple reason that many simply do not know how to care for shoes made of nubuck. All that needs to be done in such shoes while wearing so that they serve for a long time and maintain their beautiful appearance, you will learn from this article.

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Shoe care

Proper maintenance is always a guarantee that the product will last much longer. The simplest actions that you can perform to maintain the external purity of your beloved couple are as follows:

1. To clean shoes from nubuck need morning and evening. Use for this special brushes.
2. Apply special protective aerosols regularly.

Important! Creams and cleaners for leather products are not suitable, we need special funds for nubuck and suede.

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How to clean nubuck shoes?

The entire cleaning procedure is not complicated. If you follow the sequence of actions proposed below, it will take you no more than 5-10 minutes of close attention.

Important! In addition to nubuck, there is another popular material that is often confused with it - suede. If you are interested to know what is the difference between them and how to distinguish them, what are the varieties, click on the link to Comparative review of suede and nubuck.

Instruction:

1. Dry if going outside in the rain or in high humidity.

Important! Do not use any heating appliances when drying. It must be natural.

2. Take a special brush.
3. Remove dust and dirt with it.
4. Use a damp cloth to remove the white streaks.
5. Apply special creams matched to the shade of the product.
6. Wait a while.
7. Spray water repellent spray.

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Nubuck Cleaners

Nowadays, a lot of money is sold in hardware stores, so it’s easy to decide how to clean a nubuck. It all depends on the number of pairs in your wardrobe, on the amount of money and time that you are willing to spend on accessories for the care of nubuck shoes.

Brushes

You will have to choose the right one from a 3 or 4-sided model. The latter - give more options and a better effect, but also cost a little more. But in any case, any high-quality nubuck brush should have a metal pile and rubberized side. This makes it possible not only to clean off the main dirt, but also to grind the surface of the material, to even out the pile.

Eraser

A special eraser for cleaning small contaminants is also sold in hardware stores. They are good at cleaning dirt and dust on shoes. It has a very delicate effect on the material, but will have to spend more time if you need to clean size 47 shoes, since the processing area of ​​such a device is small.

Care products

From a series of nubuck shoe care products of various manufacturers, you can choose:

• Liquid products for painting surfaces of various colors;
• Shampoos for very gentle cleaning;
• Liquid cleaners;
• Stain removers;
• Aerosol dyes;
• 3-in-1 gels, which include impregnation, cleaning and regenerative care;
• Deodorants for shoes.

What to give preference to - determine, based on what season you wear such shoes or boots and how carefully you walk along the street.

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How to wash shoes from nubuck?

It is extremely undesirable to wash shoes from nubuck, as it becomes rough and acquires an ugly appearance. But then you can do wet cleaning.

For her, you need the following ingredients:

• Ammonia;
• Flannel Napkin
• Special rubber brush.

Follow the instructions:

1. Take a deep bowl.
2. Pour in warm water.
3. Add ammonia - a few drops.
4. Dampen a tissue.
5. Wipe the nubuck surface with it.
6. Take a brush.
7. Remove dirt.
8. Set to dry, but this should only happen in vivo.

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How to restore nubuck?

If, over time, you need to restore your nubuck shoes so that they are in perfect shape, do this in one of the following ways.

Steam:

1. Boil the kettle.
2. Take the desired nubuck product.
3. Keep it under steam for some time. household steamer or steam cleaner.
4. Dry it.
5. Take a special brush.
6. Take a walk on shoes.
7. Apply a special cream.
8. Treat with a water-repellent spray.

Dry cleaning

In order not to take up your time for cleaning, you can entrust the product to specialists from dry cleaning, who will not only clean, but remove all types of stains. But they will do all this for a decent payment. To understand more what exactly such service centers offer, how they carry out work on the restoration of shoes from fleecy materials, click on the link to our separate review Dry Cleaning Suede Shoes.

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Use the above tips and your nubuck products will always have the perfect look, and you will look perfect.