Sunday, April 19, 2009

What happens if you put colour-renovating shoe polish on suede shoes?

Has anyone out there ever tried??... I don%26#039;t mind if the suede texture goes completeley flat... (it%26#039;s sort of flat now).


I ruined a brand new pair of pink suede costume shoes by dropping a spot of cooking oil on one them - it cleaned off OK with a suede cleaner, but a bit of colour came off too....


Cannot find fusica pink suede dye on web or ebay search.


I know that renovating leather shoe polish is great for reviving colour on leather shoes and it%26#039;s available in pink - I also found pink satin shoe dye and silk paint... wonder if this might do alternatively?





P.S.


From experience I know that suede shoes never really regain that %26#039;as new%26#039; velvetyness with wire/rubber brush... and yes, I know that suede shoes in a pink shade would go grubby %26amp; manky in time but I haven%26#039;t even worn them yet!! *sniff*


...Feibing do suede shoe dye in red and burgundy ... but I want PINK shoes!!!

What happens if you put colour-renovating shoe polish on suede shoes?
If you use a dye it will soak in and redye the suede. If you use a renovating polish it will sit on the srface. As suede is an open surface the polish may not sit very well on the surface.





There are suede dyes available but fuschia pink will be a hard one to match. it may be advisable to change to brown or black with a dye as the colour change would be more even.





To properly clean suede you need a nubuck cloth. A brush only breaks up the surface pile and does not do any cleaning.


(havin just cleaned an expensive nubuck chair in pale green this has been thoroughly tested)



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