9 ways to dry sports shoes quickly and effectively

The rainy season comes, making shoes often wet and cleaning shoes more difficult. Let’s see 9 ways to dry sports shoes quickly and effectively below to fix this situation!

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How to dry shoes with machines

Use a shoe dryer

The rainy season comes, making shoes often wet and cleaning shoes is also more difficult, the need to use a shoe dryer therefore also becomes high. A shoe dryer is increasingly necessary, helping to dry shoes on a rainy, humid day, your shoes will be dry quickly, saving time.

Here are instructions for drying shoes with a Deerma shoe dryer:

Step 1 : Put the drying tube into the shoe to proceed with drying

Step 2 : Press the first button to select the appropriate drying mode such as standard drying, leather shoe drying, light drying, socks drying.

Step 3 : Press the second button to select the appropriate drying time such as 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 120 minutes and 180 minutes.

Step 4 : Press the third button to start working

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Use a clothes dryer

Using a clothes dryer to dry shoes saves time, is easy to do, and does not cost any other materials.

However, this method is not applicable to many types of shoes such as suede sneakers, suede western shoes… The high temperature of the dryer can damage and peel off the thick skin.

Step 1 : See the design and material of the shoe

• If your shoes are made of synthetics, cotton and do not have hard soles, gel soles (with air cushion), you can put them in the tumble dryer.
• As for shoes such as leather shoes, clogs, sports shoes, women’s sports shoes, men’s sports shoes with gel soles, it is best not to put them in the clothes dryer.

Step 2 : Clean shoes to remove dirt

You can leave your shoes under running water to remove dirt or use a wet cloth to wipe the surface of the shoes.

Step 3 : Remove the shoelaces but do not remove them all

Remove the shoelaces and remember to leave some space as shown in the picture.

Step 4 : Put some towel or cloth in the tumble dryer

• Putting a towel or cloth in the dryer both helps protect your shoes and avoids knocks that can damage the dryer.
• You can use your washing machine’s clothes drying mode to dry your shoes.

Step 5 : Put the shoes in the dryer

Place the two shoes side by side with the toe facing up, the sole of the shoe pressed against the inside of the dryer door.

You let the shoelaces stick out of the dryer door, then close the dryer door tightly to prevent the laces from slipping back into the machine.

Step 6 : Drying the shoes

After 60 minutes, open the dryer to check if the shoes are dry. If not, then continue drying your shoes.

Use a hair dryer

Hair dryers are often used in drying objects because this is an item that is usually available in every household and easy to make.

How to dry shoes with a hair dryer is very simple, you must first clean the shoes by washing or using bleach to remove the stains. After that, let the shoes dry for about 20 minutes and then use a hair dryer to dry the shoes, drying from the inside until dry and then starting to dry the outside.

However, drying shoes with a hair dryer is only suitable for thin, low-suction fabric shoes. Another minus point is that the heat of the hair dryer is not concentrated, often dissipates quite a lot, which consumes time as well as electricity.

Use a fan

Drying shoes with a fan is a simple yet effective treatment for leather shoes or sports shoes with gel soles. However, this method can take a long time (about more than an hour for the shoes to dry completely).

Step 1 : Check the design of the shoe

If it is leather shoes or sports shoes with gel soles, this method will be extremely effective. However, suede shoes will dry a little slower.

Step 2 : Clean shoes before drying

You put the shoes under the tap to clean the dirt.

Step 3 : Select fan

Find a stand or box fan (desk fan). You should choose fans that are larger in diameter than the shoes and sturdy enough to be able to hang the shoes.

Leave the fan in a dry place, choose a place like outside in the yard or somewhere spacious in the house. Next you need to put a cloth under the base of the fan to absorb water while the shoes dry.

Step 4 : Dry the shoe insoles

At this point, remove the insoles and leave them to dry in the sun or in the dryer on low heat for a few minutes.

Step 5 : Design a shoe hanger

• Take a coat hanger and electric clippers, use pliers to cut the clothespin into 2 pieces about 15cm and bend the zinc piece into the letter S.
• You should bend a small end to hook to the fan cage and a large end to hang shoes. Do the same with the remaining piece of zinc.
• Hook the two small ends to the fan cage and leave the two hooks about 20cm apart so that the shoes don’t touch each other when hanging.

Step 6 : Dry the shoes

Remove the shoelaces and hang the shoes on a large hook, then turn on the fan on medium or high for a few hours to let the shoes dry completely.

How to dry shoes without machine

Use newspaper

This method is very simple, the time is quite fast, anyone can do it and is especially suitable for many types of shoes, from canvas shoes, suede shoes to hard sole shoes.

You need to pay attention to avoid taking newspaper pages with many large letters, images, and bold prints because it will be easy to absorb ink on bright shoes.

Step 1 : Check the design of the shoe

If the shoes are leather or suede, this will be extremely gentle to make the shoes dry quickly. Clogs and hard soles can also do this.

Step 2 : Prepare the newspaper

Prepare a stack of newspaper, should remove the pages with black ink or pictures, because when covering the shoes, the ink will easily seep into the shoes.

Step 3 : Clean the shoes

Clean shoes from dirt by using a damp cloth to wipe the surface of the shoe to remove dust.

Step 4 : Insert newspaper into shoes

Roll the newspaper into a circle and stuff it into the shoe until it’s full.

Step 5 : Roll newspaper around shoes

Wrap some newspaper around the shoe, then use an elastic band in the middle to secure the newspaper.

Step 6 : Dry the shoes

Place the sole of the shoe facing up in a cool or sunny place such as in front of a yard or a window.

After an hour, you check the shoes, if it is still not dry, repeat the process of inserting another newspaper and drying again.

Use granulated salt

Granular salt is very cheap, you can use table salt, fine salt available in the kitchen to use to dry shoes. However, the time for the shoes to reach the desired dryness is quite long.

To make, roast a handful of salt in a pan until the salt is hot, taking care not to let the salt burn yellow and burn. Next, place the roasted salt in two small bags or two clean socks, placing each bag on the side of the shoe. After 1-2 hours, check the dryness of the shoes and continue to put salt bags until the shoes are completely dry.

Use rice

This method is simple, easy to do and especially does not take much time. The more rice you use, the shorter the drying time, so it can be a bit expensive if you want your shoes to dry faster.

The method is very simple, you put your shoes in a plastic bag or cloth bag, continue to pour rice into the bag and then tie the mouth of the bag. Watch the time for about 2 hours, you will see that the shoes are much drier.

Drying shoes near the outdoor air-conditioner

The position of drying shoes near the outdoor unit of the air conditioner will give off a lot of heat to help the shoes dry faster.

However, it is necessary to pay attention to the distance to hang the shoes to match the level of heat emitted. If the temperature is too high, the shoes may become hot, peeling. This method is not used for leather shoes but only for canvas shoes and cotton shoes.

Using candle wax helps prevent shoes from getting wet

Using candle wax is very useful to help prevent shoes from getting wet outside when it rains.

You need to use a little candle wax to rub gently and evenly on the surface of the shoe leather, continue to use a hair dryer to gently heat the candle wax layer to make the wax flow evenly and adhere to the shoe surface. If you need to remove that layer of candle wax, then soak your shoes in hot water about 60-70 degrees Celsius.

Above is the article that tells you 9 ways to dry sports shoes quickly and effectively. Hope you successfully apply the above methods to your shoes!