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What’s the best way to clean my running shoes?

First of all we don't recommend using a washing machine to clean your shoes, machine washing is very hard on the glues and materials and can damage or shrink your shoes.  You can remove the laces and insoles and machine wash these separately if you wish. The best method of cleaning is to give the shoes a scrub with some soapy water. Rinse them well, stuff them with newspaper and then let them dry naturally, you may need to change the newspaper a couple of times. Again, don't use a drier or force dry them in any way for the same reasons as mentioned above.

There are specially designed 'shoe shampoo' products available and these are good to give the outside of the shoes a quick clean. The above method is better for giving them a thorough clean, particularly if they have developed a slightly offensive odour.

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