Cleaning ballet shoes?

Question

I have got loads of black marks on my satin block ballet shoes. Any ideas on how to clean them? thanks

Answer 1

my teacher would yell at me when I came in with the same ballet shoes but clean and he said the black marks will help you not slip or something like that but at discount dance suppy .com might have some thing to clean your shoes=^..^=

Answer 2

in my opinion, u should get a tissue ora rag or somethin, wet it and wipe ur shoes gently

Answer 3

just use water and  soap clean them b4 recital

Answer 4

they make a type of paint that you can put on them to cover up marks, i think you can get it from discount dance

Answer 5

Slightly damp cloth with warm water and detergent and dab lightly. If you are not doing a show or exam I wouldn't bother cleaning them. You are risking watermarks if the cloth is too damp.

Answer 6

This is what I've heard from people that use satin shoes, I haven't tried it myself though. They cut the crusts off white broad, squish it up into a ball and then rub over the shoe.

Who would have thought lol? It sounds pretty harmless though!

Answer 7

Easiest way is to wash in your mum's machine: warm wash cycle (c 40c) and NO FABRIC softener.

I wash my daughter's shoes at lest once per pair (she does a lot of dancing so she actually wears them out).

You can stuff them with clean paper (NO NEWSPAPER - stains with black marks) if you want to, but just hang them on the line in sunshine to dry! Stretch them out firmly with your hands if you are a bit worried they might shrink - (but I have never ever had a pair of blochs satin shrink for me).

Easy, simple and volia clean shoes.

Answer 8

Hmm... my ballet teacher told me white spirit should do the trick. Gently, though. You don't want to saturate the shoe, obviously.

Answer 9

just wipe them with a damp cloth, stuff them with newspaper or kitchen towels and leave them somewhere warm to dry.