Am I the Only One…

June 12th, 2010

…who’s never heard of (before now, at least!) putting your sneakers in the washing machine?

In my experience, we always wear our shoes until they get dirty, maybe scrub the white parts with a wet paper towel, and continue wearing them until they fall apart and it’s times to buy new ones, and the process starts all over again! Not until a few months ago had I ever heard of throwing one’s shoes in the wash. What a strange practice! I used to think it was a Southern thing, but was proven wrong on that theory.

Have you ever cleaned your shoes in this way? Maybe I should give it a try one of these days…

:-D

-Kasie

Here there be comments...

  • Leah

    June 12, 2010 at 5:47 pm

    Ba ha ha! Now we’re going to have everyone in an uproar over this :-S What have I started?

  • Kasie

    June 12, 2010 at 8:51 pm

    @Leah
    LOL. :-P

  • Faith

    June 13, 2010 at 6:39 am

    When I threw in three pair together it took me a half hour to untangle all the shoelaces I’d undone so they be nice and bright white again.

    It had been a while. I don’t think I’ll undo the laces again. ;oP

    ~Faith

  • Sheila Delson

    June 13, 2010 at 7:38 am

    Hi Kasie,
    I’ve been doing this for years. One must remove laces first (ah-ha)! Laces can be hand washed or simply replaced. Putting them into the dryer is noisey; best to air dry to avoid shrinkage. Just think of all the money you’ll be saving (and germs you’ll be avoiding) (~.~)

  • Cindy

    June 13, 2010 at 9:16 pm

    We have a dryer with a rack on which you can set shoes or a “lay flat” sweater. It works really nice…a lot better than newspapers that leave your insides full of newsprint to blacken your socks!

  • Emily Marsh

    June 14, 2010 at 6:59 am

    Kasie, I have ALWAYS put my tennis shoes in the washer and dryer. They get really nasty otherwise!

  • Esther

    June 15, 2010 at 8:03 pm

    Its strange that you never heard of it before! lol not that i do it to often but still i have heard of it!

  • Kasie

    June 16, 2010 at 1:05 pm

    Wow – this is hilarious! Washing our shoes in the machine is just something our family has never ever done. Strange that I should never have heard of it! LOL


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