Drying Shoes

galantvr4

Definately let them dry naturally, DH dried DS's leather shoes in front of the fire and they shrank and went really hard, had to stuff them with wet newspaper and let them dry slowly and they turned out ok

tallulah_beaulah

I swear by stuffing shoes with newspaper, then leaving them upside down somewhere warm (not hot) to dry out. It should take at least over night for them to dry.

Quasar

Yes I agree with all the above. Stuff them with newspaper to absorb as much water as possible, then when they are still damp, put shoetrees in them - that way they will dry completely while staying in shape. I do this with my best fine leather shoes after being in the rain all day, and they still look fairly new.

nitnurse-not!

Stuff with paper and put near the radiator or in the airing cupboard. Hope the thread holds the sequins!
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bigfoot125

any tips please

VickyA_2

scrunch up newspaper, put it inside the trainers and then pop them under the radiator.

luxor4t

Stuff with newspaper and hang in a warm place, pref close to but not actually on a heat source - eg in an airing cupboard or close to a cooker, (an aga is magnificent for this).
Replace the paper regularly as it is meant to draw the dampness out of the shoes.

Snap!

Pink.

Hi bigfoot,

There's an older thread with more suggestions so I've added your thread to it to keep all the ideas together.

Pink

mattogier

Rice!

Fill up an old sock with dry rice and pop this into the shoe - rice is natures silica gel (the small packet you get in electronic and other stuff) - it will absorb a huge quantity of moisture. If you can pop the shoe into another large sock and then cover this with rice too. When it's done it's job I'd ditch the rice!

Rice is also a great first response if you drop anything electrical into water (phone, camera etc...) - before turning it on pop it in a sock into a large tub of rice and leave as long as possible - a mate managed to drop his phone into the WC (Don't ask) and this did the trick for him!