If there was one outfit of the summer, it was the flowy skirt and white runners combination, and as effortless as this ensemble is to pull off, keeping white runners clean is less easy.
As we all know, keeping white clothes is nearly impossible, so our next best bet is to master cleaning them. This is especially tricky with runners, as anyone who has trekked through a rain-sodden night out in Dublin will know.
Luckily, social media often provides when it comes to cleaning hacks, and one particularly effective one has resurfaced just in time to give your scuffed, stained and streaked runners a new lease of life.
I am a miracle worker pic.twitter.com/BeivqBtdrv
— 𝕔𝕒𝕥 𝕞𝕠𝕞 (@sarahtraceyy) October 15, 2017
Twitter user @sarahtraceyy originally posted a before-and-after series of her well-loved white Converse plimsolls in 2017, but it is doing the rounds once again as people no doubt start Googling how to clean their favourite runners.
After impressing enough people into asking her for advice, she shared her recipe for the cleaning solution, and you probably have the ingredients at home.
ok rinse shoes, mix 1:1.5 of baking soda & detergent, scrub w toothbrush, let it sit for a while, rinse, put in washer, baby powder/dry🌞 https://t.co/D5Skp5ha3x
— 𝕔𝕒𝕥 𝕞𝕠𝕞 (@sarahtraceyy) October 15, 2017
Give the shoes a quick rinse and then mix 1:1.5 baking soda and detergent, scrubbing the formula through the shoes with a clean toothbrush.
Let them sit for a while, rinse again and finish with a toss in the washing machine. Once cleaned, use baby powder to dry them off.
Be sure to read the label on your shoes before cleaning them and make sure the materials are compatible. Suede, for example, will need a special shampoo.
