Washing trainers

nicowa

Ok, I think this is the right forum...

I have a nice pair of sketchers that I wore mowing the meadow that our lawn had become while our lawnmower was broken. I had nothing else, I don't own an old pair of runners or anything. Of course they got fairly badly ruined. The grass was a bit wet and, as I said, it was very long. So I want to know, does anyone still wash their runners/trainers in the washing machine and do they come out all right after it?

Is there anything else I can do?

Thank guys!

bfocusd

Last time I washed trainers in the machine they fell apart,I use cif/jif whatever it's called? It's very good and kinda gritty so it wears down the green dye

lorebringer

+ 1 on the Cif. This, a brush and some elbow grease!

Be sure to rinse them really well or you will end up with a powder on them (not a good look!).

alainnbeauty

put your trainers into a pillow case when washing them the in washing machine , it wont damage have done it for years and nothing ever has happened to mine

bfocusd

I washed Reeboks in the machine and they're notorious for falling apart, nearly everyone I know lost a pair to a spin in the machine, great tip though!

lorebringer

I used to wash runners and stuff in the washing machine until my machine broke (for an unrelated reason) and the guy that came to fix it told me that washing shoes leaves the bearings banjaxed because of the uneven weight distribution and the bumping around they do, thus wearing down your machine faster. TBH, you can get runners just as clean with scrubbing them as you can in a washing machine (I think so anyway!)

convert

I've washed quite a few pairs of sketchers (not the leather ones) in the washing machine and they've come out alright. I put them in a pillowcase on a cool and gentle cycle and they were right as rain!

notsurewho

I've washed converse and they have come out perfect!