SUEDE SHOES IN WET WEATHER.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19260, 26 August 1924, Page 5

SUEDE SHOES IN WET WEATHER.

Wot, weather has brought to premature shabbinoss to many a pair of suede shoos which wo had fondly hoped would outlaM the year. H 'is most, important to allow mud stains to pet completely dry before any attempt is made to brusn them out. otherwise an uplv stain will bo rubbed into the leather, which it is almost impossible to remove afterwards. The trouble with most mud is the amount of grease it contains, and this grease. of course, is more destructive than anythin s else.

Petrol and an old tooth brush are the weapons against it, though please do not forget that petrol is inflammable, and must be used in the open air. . After the application of the petrol the pile of the suedo is apt to look a bit flat, but careful rubbing with sandpaper will restore it. The above advice refers to all the more usual shades of suede, but petrol should not bo applied to delicate of highly-coloured leathers, for it is apt to leave “high tide marks,” so to speak, and thus give (he shoos a patchy appearance. In such cases a little glasspapcr will remove most stains, and for the res-t, the wire brush-—or preferably a rubber bristled brush—must bo relied upon. Li is important to dry suedo shoes upon tr'cos, and failing them, they must be stuffed with newspaper. Never, of course, dry them near a fire.