The very simple trick to make dirty sneakers sparkling white again – and the results are so good they look “photoshopped”

  • A thrifty mum shared how she cleaned her white trainers to look like new
  • The woman started by scrubbing the shoes with water and a stain remover spray
  • She then left them to soak in a bucket of water with dissolved denture tablets.
  • Mom ended up putting them in the wash cycle and letting them dry in the sun
  • Hundreds of people were so amazed by the results that some thought she faked them.

By Louise Allingham for Daily Mail Australia

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A smart mum has revealed how she gave her family’s dirty white trainers a new look.

In a Publish to the Mums Who Clean Facebook group, Victoria’s wife shared her tips for getting “satisfying” results.

She said she wanted to throw away her daughter’s dirty Converse sneakers, but after giving them a few scrubs with stain remover and soaking them in water with denture tablets, they came out sparkling clean .

A thrifty Aussie mum has revealed the cleaning tricks she used to make her family’s dirt-stained white trainers look brand new

She said she rinsed the shoes, then cleaned the dirt with warm water and Vanish Oxi Action stain remover spray and left them to soak in a bucket of water with denture tablets.

She said she rinsed the shoes, then cleaned the dirt with warm water and Vanish Oxi Action stain remover spray and left them to soak in a bucket of water with denture tablets.

How to Make Dirty White Sneakers Look New

What you will need

Stain remover aerosol

Sponge or scrub brush

What to do

  1. Rinse the shoes with lukewarm water.
  2. Spray them with the stain remover and scrub with a damp brush or sponge to remove excess dirt.
  3. Let them sit for half an hour, then scrub and rinse a few more times until most of the dirt is gone.
  4. Fill a bucket with water and add four denture tablets for each pair of shoes.
  5. Put the shoes in the water with the tablets and let them soak until most of the stains are gone.
  6. Give them another rinse and scrub.
  7. Put them in a normal wash cycle with your usual detergent or powder.
  8. Let them dry in the sun.

Source: moms who clean

“I honestly didn’t think they would come out this good, especially with the Converse. My daughter wouldn’t let me throw them away so I had to make them,” the mum wrote.

She said she rinsed the shoes then cleaned the dirt off with warm water and Vanish Oxi Action stain remover spray.

Mom let them soak for half an hour then rinsed and scrubbed them several times.

She then soaked them in a bucket of warm water with four denture tablets for each pair of shoes.

Once the dirt spots were “almost gone,” she put them in the washing machine on a cycle with clothes and normal detergent or powder, then let them dry in the sun.

After all the dirt spots were “almost gone,” she put them in the washing machine on a cycle with clothes and normal detergent or powder, then let them dry in the sun.

After all the dirt spots were “almost gone,” she put them in the washing machine on a cycle with clothes and normal detergent or powder, then let them dry in the sun.

With a bit of “hard work”, the grimy trainers came out so beautiful that some group members in the comments thought the mom had “photoshopped” the results.

“I need to know what kind of sorcery this is without having to buy new shoes!” one woman said while another wrote: “This is amazing!

“These photos must have been taken upside down. I used all the tricks in the book and they never come out that way. Never,” one skeptic commented.

Others have shared their own tips and tricks for cleaning white sneakers.

‘I get mine the same way using Vanish soap and a nail brush. Give them a good amount of soap, a five minute scrub and then a 40C wash,” one member suggested.

‘I use toothpaste on my shoes and they come out sparkling white!! Just wet the shoe, apply toothpaste (white), use an old toothbrush to scrub it and let it sit for about an hour, then wash it normally,” a second explained.

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