Base Shoes

[mrm21711]

Originally Posted by jkumpire

I will give that a try. It is not so much the leather uppers as it is the rubber edge around the sole I have trouble cleaning.

Does it hurt the finish on shoes? I have the new NB shoes and a couple of pairs of LL'ed shoes, ands I don't want to strip the finish off them.

No - I have both the New Balance 350 base and 450 plate shoes. It does not hurt or strip the finish. In fact, I have used it many times and the shoes appear like new when used with the Scrubbing Bubbles. Its not a bleach or anything like that.

All I do is spray the stuff on and let it sit for about 30-45 seconds. Once it begins to dissolve, Ill take a old, wet toothbrush and scrub finally rinsing the shoes off when I am done. When I worked a regional game I used the scrubbing bubbles on my plate shoes. My crewmates said - wow nice new shoes. I told them the shoes were over a year old but looked new. Try it - you will be surprised how good it is.

[RPatrino]

I use standard sports shoe cleaner on both my NB450 and NB350's. They have that nifty little scrubber top, doubles great as a toothbrush. I do have a peskey little scuff on the toe of my plate shoe where a ball hit it. It rubbed the black off it and now I see a little bit of blue, very strange. Is there a polish that will get rid of that little blue mark?

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by RPatrino

They have that nifty little scrubber top, doubles great as a toothbrush.

"It's a floor wax! It's a dessert topping!"

[UMP25]

Originally Posted by mrm21711

No - I have both the New Balance 350 base and 450 plate shoes. It does not hurt or strip the finish. In fact, I have used it many times and the shoes appear like new when used with the Scrubbing Bubbles. Its not a bleach or anything like that.

All I do is spray the stuff on and let it sit for about 30-45 seconds. Once it begins to dissolve, Ill take a old, wet toothbrush and scrub finally rinsing the shoes off when I am done. When I worked a regional game I used the scrubbing bubbles on my plate shoes. My crewmates said - wow nice new shoes. I told them the shoes were over a year old but looked new. Try it - you will be surprised how good it is.

I rarely use a toothbrush anymore. I spray a muddy shoe with Scrubbing Bubbles and let sit until the stuff dissolves. Then I take my water spray bottle--everyone should have one of these with them, for it makes things easier--and spray the shoes. Everything literally drips right off, dirt and all. The Scrubbing Bubbles dissolves and loosens up the mud while the water further liquifies it and allows it to wash right off.

Go to Walgreen's or some similar place and get one of those $2 plastic garden water spray bottles, the one that has a strong spray and can adjust to a stream by turning the nozzle. It makes cleaning much easier.