No one can refuse that wet shoes gives an
uncomfortable feeling to the feet. Just imagine walking around with soaking wet
shoes and each squishy step you take. Doesn’t it make you cringe? At the beach,
in heavy rain or from unlooked puddle on the road – it can happen anywhere. And
as soggy shoes can’t be always avoided, you can rest easy knowing that the next
time this happens to you know the trick to dry your shoes faster without
damaging them with excessive heat.
Besides soggy feeling, wet shoes also bring
along some other problems like mildew smell, blisters and some unexpected cost.
Hence we have sorted out a few methods of drying your shoes faster than ever. One
of these safest and fastest DIY options is newspapers.
In fact this trick has been around for
years. As we all know newspapers are not meant to last long as they are party
of ephemera group. Made from wood pulp and recycled matter, finding ways to
repurpose it like drying out wet shoes seems as an even awesome thing to try.
The method is quite simple. Just ball them up and stuff it in your shoes.
Newspapers provide not only information but have good absorbing abilities. It
pulls the moisture and odour and keeps within itself. Hence they are also
capable of getting rid of that bad smell off your shoes.
How to do it?
· Get a couple of newspapers
·
Remove the insole of the shoes to
dry out separately
·
Open up the shoes by loosening the
laces
·
Stuff them in your shoes
·
Place shoes in a dry spot
·
Place them close to a fan or
heater
·
Replace/remove newspaper
Isn’t it super easy? Though this process is
quite slow and may take up to a couple of days and you’ll have to keep
replacing the newspaper every few hours. But your shoes will dry faster than
simply leaving them to the air. Plus it will absorb mildew smell and shoes
won’t shrink. To further keep their shape, consider using shoe trees once they
have dried.
To dry the outer side of the shoes wrap
them with few sheets of newspaper and secure with a rubber band. For speedy
drying place it front of a fan. Weather roll up shoes or any other simply avoid putting
them out in the cold as we just don’t want to get rid of the wet feeling but
also want to take care of our footwear. Instead keep them inside in any room
temperature area with circulating air.
