I have washed shoes on gentle before with success. Technique, I put them in a pillowcase that closes first to keep laces from tangling
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I assume that's an old pillowcase?
Why not just take the shoelaces out?
I've washed shoes in the washing machine a few times, using the setting for delicate clothes. So far no damage to be seen and they come out clean.
Probably not something that should be done every other day, but once in a while seems fine.
Did it once after some cats pissed on them, and they started smelling 1% worse than they did from my feet alone. They ended up bent and unusable.
Note: This was probably my own fault. It was before I learned how to properly use a washing machine, so it wouldn't surprise me if I selected too high of a temperature. I also dumble dried them, and I have no idea if that was good for them either.
you'd think it doesn't need to be said because it's obvious, but i speak from experience that it does need to be said: make sure you don't put them into an agitation based washer; impeller or tumble washers ONLY!
(or atleast use a laundry bag if you have only have access to an agitation washer)
and air dry them IN THE SUN!!!
Shoeshiners exist for a reason. There's a science to cleaning shoes.
that reason is not sneakers
I thought sneakers were shoes.
Airplanes are vehicles, yet it won't do you much good to take them to a car mechanic.
Yeah, but airplanes aren't cars. Sneakers are still shoes though, so the expectation is/was there.
Shoe shiners:
- Are exceedingly rare in the modern era, and
- Shine shoes. They do not clean sneakers.
I thought sneakers were shoes.
Would you try to shine sneakers?
If they were as the OP describes, yes. Or whatever the equivalent to sneakers are. I just didn't know it was vastly different or that they could go in the washer without side effects as I've always failed.