What do I do with tidepool'd shoes?

If they are canvass just wash ‘em in a washer….

I love tidepools and can spend hours looking at them…

What kind of shoes are they? If they’re mostly canvass, washer and dryer after a good dunk in a bucket to get the sand out. If they’re a little more “solid” with a lot of plasticky or rubbery parts, I’d hose them off (maybe do some hand scrubbing if they got really gunky) and then put them out in the sun for a day. You could try the dryer, too, but not on high.

Ahh, the things I’ve learned being a fish biologist. One time I dunked my entire foot in a lake by accident. A very very cold Alaskan lake. I had to go into a Fred Meyer wearing hip waders cause I had no other dry footwear… reeeal classy!

I’d hose them well and put them in the sun with newspaper stuffed in them.
It’s how the Dutch dry ‘em and they know their wet shoes! :D

If they are typical sneakers or canvass like others are saying I always through them in the washer. But I typically dry outside of the dryer. Putting newspaper in them is a good idea.

I’m not really sure what material they are, I guess canvas sounds right, though I’m not certain. They’re just standard shoes, not really special in any way.

@Sarcasm Are they sneakers/tennis shoes?

I imagine sneakers/tennis shoe to be athletic shoes like these, if that’s what you meant, no.
The best I can think of to call them would be skate shoes, they’re Vans.

I think (I hope) they’ll be able to handle the washer and dryer. They’re fairly sturdy.

Ya Vans you can wash. Just might let them sun dry with the newspapers in them.
Just wash on Cold. They can probably handle hot water and dryer but I prefer to be ‘safe than sorry’.

To be even “safer” you should take out laces and wash them separately (with bleach if white) in the sink. And you should wash on gentle cycle.

Okay so i know i’m posting obsessively here but i’m bored.
I looked it up. Says not to dry in dryer because of many possible “issues”. Guess you could try it if you really want to..

Thanks. I guess I’ll just sun-dry with newspaper to be safe.

Well my shoes are constantly getting wet with saltwater. One day i tried to wash them and it ended up messing them up. The toe got all hard and stiff.

So now i just let them go. They have white blotches all over them from the dried salt :P

Oh, come on – how much could a new pair of shoes cost? Look at the Charity thrift store, they have every size for very low prices.

@YARNLADY They’re perfectly good shoes, it’s not like they got ripped in half or anything. They’re just wet and sandy. They’ve worked fine for the past 4 years and they’ll continue to work fine for a while more

It takes about 2 days for everything to dry out. If your insoles come out, take them out and dry them separately so the inside of the shoe gets completely dry

@Sarcasm OK – hourly wage = $8 minum; shoe cleaning = two hours, minimum shoe value is now $16. For me that equals new shoes.

Remove insoles from shoes, throw in washer with towels, stuff with newspapers. Time investment: 15 minutes maximum. New pair of Vans—$40. You won’t find them used, at least not without a lot of effort.

@PandoraBoxx Ok, I see. I don’t pay that kind of money for my shoes.

@YARNLADY Shoes that fit properly and are high-functioning are more important than pure price.

@avvooooooo haha, I’m not the one to know much about shoes, I hardly ever wear them. I bought 6 pairs of canvas deck shoes on sale at RiteAid a few years back for $3 each and when one wears out, I pull out another. I have two pair left now. I make my own moccasins. I bought one paid of driving shoes for half price at Payless for $6 about 6 years ago.

My daughter loves Vans. When hers get nasty we wash them in the washing machine on cold, and then set them out to dry. She is still wearing all of her various pairs and they all look good.

@YARNLADY Well this particular brand of shoes is actually not very cheap. Of course one could switch to a cheaper brand of shoes and many of us choose to do that. But If I had a nice stylish shoe I would try and save them as well. In fact I’ve taken a couple of good pairs to shoe repair shops to get them fixed so I wouldn’t have to trash them.

Edit: sorry i see others have said the same