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Shoe restoration

27/07/2022

Let's just say that it is necessary to clean leather shoes from dust and dirt immediately after a walk, without postponing the matter for the next weekend. The skin, not protected by special compounds, has the property of adsorbing, deeply absorbing various substances. Even if your shoes are just standing in the hallway, once a week they should be dusted.

For proper cleaning of leather shoes at home, it is necessary to have a small set of tools and materials on the farm:

brush with soft bristles made of horse or goat hair,
a brush with bristles is tougher - for cleaning the sole,
a velour sponge,
flaps of soft fabric,
pieces of felt (non-woven felt-type material rolled from soft wool or animal down).
As for shoe brushes, sponges and various "rags", there are not many of them. The more of this stuff in the shoe cabinet, the better...

27/07/2022

The fact that a thrifty owner always has a small set of shoe care products at home is not even discussed. Slight scuffing and small scratches can always be "retouched" with shoe cream of the desired color. For minor repairs at home, more serious damage is enough to have a set of simple tools and materials:

A hammer
is not necessarily a shoemaker, although a professional tool looks very nice;

A shoemaker's knife
is also suitable for a large "mock-up" with replaceable blades;

Scissors
We need sharp, strong scissors for cutting leather, rubber and dense synthetic fabrics used in the manufacture of shoes and bags;

Ticks
Small, with sharp lips. Suddenly, you have to pull the nails out of the pads...

Ideally, the awl is a shoemaker's awl, with a hole in the tip (ear) for holding threads;

The thick needle
is strong enough, with a large ear;

Strong threads
used to be popular "harsh", thick cotton, now modern threads of different colors are preferred in shoe workshops - nylon, polyester;

Waterproof glue for leather, rubber, fabric, plastic ...
Ordinary superglue may do, but it's better to find a special quick-fix shoe glue (nairitov or polyurethane);

Liquid skin
A modern polymer material for repairing damage to leather products (jackets, bags, shoes) and its artificial substitutes, but this is a topic of a separate conversation ...
If you want and try, you can cope with any task.
One question: where to store all these things so that they are at hand at the right moment ..?

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So, what kind of shoe damage is most often encountered by an ordinary pedestrian? These are the usual defects formed during the active wearing of shoes:

scuffing, cracks, creases of the material,
worn sole or heel,
damage to the zipper on the boots,
damage to the stitches,
the lag of the sole from the upper part of the shoe ...
The main thing to remember: before repairing shoes, it needs to be completely cleaned of any dirt and remnants of old, once applied, care products. Ideally, it should be washed qualitatively (outside and inside) and dried.

27/07/2022

What is, what does modern footwear consist of?
In order to avoid misunderstandings between the Customer and the shoe workshop specialist in determining the nature and scope of shoe repair work, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with the basic terms and concepts adopted in the shoe industry...

Types of shoes for the purpose and materials of production
Construction, elements of modern shoes
How to quickly find out the terms and cost of shoe repair?

27/07/2022

What is shoe restoration?
The concept of "restoration", in relation to shoes, bags and any things, always means one thing: a complete restoration of the presentation and consumer properties.

Capital shoe cleaning
Repair, restoration of shoes
Finishing treatment, protective impregnation of shoes
Restoration of shoes and bags in the workshop

27/07/2022

Shoe restoration works include a set of procedures aimed at improving the external data and functional components of shoes. The procedure is appropriate for expensive shoes. The specialist entrusted with the restoration of branded shoes made of natural materials knows how to give worn shoes the look of a new thing.

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