Care: Troubleshooting 4
Troubleshooting 4:Help! There’s mold on my shoes!
You took your shoes out of the shoe box for the first time in a while, and there’s something on it ... Is it dust? No! It’s mold! It’s happened to us all. If mold grows, there is no choice but to remove it. Mold often grows roots on leather, and it is not enough to just wipe it off. It is necessary to remove the fungus itself with an alcohol disinfectant. Use a disinfectant to patiently wipe off the mold.
Also, anti-mold measures cannot be done simply by removing mold from the shoes. The environment where mold grows is a problem, and if the environment where you store your shoes is bad, such as having high humidity and poor ventilation, the mold will grow again. At the same time as removing mold from your shoes, try to improve the ventilation of your shoe closet.
Leather shoes with a slight white mold on the surface. At first glance, it looks like dust, but since the mold has roots in the leather, it cannot be removed by just rubbing the surface.
Mold is also lurking between the sole and the bottom.
If you want to eradicate it, remove the sole and wash it completely.
At Brass, when they receive requests to clean moldy shoes, they remove the entire sole and wash it completely. This is because mold often grows between the sole and the bottom, and this is the best way to eradicate mold. If you have deep-rooted mold, ask an expert.