Suede is a tricky material, but mix it with a vibrant color and it slowly becomes one of the hardest materials to clean. The Orange Lobsters were arguably one of the best releases of 2022, but the possibility for error when cleaning them could cause problems. Lucky for you RESHOEVN8R not only has the best product in the game, but we have all the tips and tricks to match! For today’s Shoe Care Academy we will walk you through exactly how to clean Suede Nike Dunks using the Essential Cleaning Kit.
What you don’t see on camera is the back and forth conversation between keeping this a dry cleaning and using the Dry Suede Kit vs. getting them wet and using the Essential Cleaning Kit. Now that was a battle. With the possibility of color bleeding, color fade and the speckled detail washing off we had a few possibilities for error; not to mention the extremely delicate materials! However, we have faith in the RESHOEVN8R way, so the Essential Kit was a must.
We picked up this pair used on eBay and then Nick had the opportunity to rock them and get them more dirty. Although he hit on retail for his own pair when they dropped… He turned around and sold them for a profit. Was that the right or wrong decision?! After they went through the dirtying process, we got straight to work on the Shoe Care Academy episode!
For the cleaning we used the Essential Cleaning Kit paired with a couple additional products. First step as always is to get the laces out of the sneaker; this allows you to really clean the tongue. Then a crucial step of the cleaning is always to insert the Adjustable Shoe Tree. This helps hold the shape of the sneaker and allows you to put pressure on the toebox.
The cleaning is straight forward start by cleaning the entire uppers using the Soft Bristle Brush. The Soft Brush is the most delicate and breaks down the grime while maintaining the integrity of the sneaker. For this cleaning we cleaned each section little by little while patting it dry with a Microfiber Towel as we go. Since suede is delicate and bleeding was a possibility it is HIGHLY important to not oversaturate the material and to pat the sneaker dry. Once the uppers were clean we moved onto our Medium Bristle Brush to take on the midsole. Since the midsole is black it didn’t need too much work! Finally the Stiff Bristle Brush was used to breakdown the grime on the outsole of the sneaker. Once the pretreatment was done. All that was left allow the sneaker to dry in the Arizona sun.
Here’s a tip… When cleaning suede always allow the shoe to dry evenly to avoid watermarking.
After the sneaker was dried we did notice a little bit of color fading from that vibrant orange. Luckily our Mink Oil was able to bring it back. When applying Mink Oil it takes about 2-3 even coats. Hold the can about 6 inches from the sneaker and spray evenly then rub it into the sneaker using a brush and repeat until you get the desired results! Then you’re all done!
The before and afters speak for themselves! We tried and trusted the process with this cleaning. If you copped a pair of these don’t be afraid to clean them!
Which Lobster SB Dunk is the best?! Let us know in the comments.
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00:00 Introduction
02:02 How to Use Shoe Trees
03:03 Possible Complications of The Cleaning
04:05 How to Clean Suede Uppers
05:43 Benefits The Cleaning Solution
06:35 Medium Brush Tips and Tricks
08:08 How to Clean Shoe Laces
08:26 How to Properly Dry Suede
09:12 Resetting The Nap
09:53 Mink Oil Benefits
11:30 Product Recap
Welcome back to Shoe Care Academy powered by RESHOEVN8R my name is Nick and today we're going To be taking on these Nike X Concepts SB orange
Lobster dunk Lows, now these shoes we picked up From eBay as you can tell they are pretty dirty
they definitely look like they've been used and Abused not terribly but they definitely got some
wear marks on them now to clean these up today We're going to be using a few different products
from RESHOEVN8R, the main product is going to be The RESHOEVN8R Essential Kit also we're going to
pair it with the RESHOEVN8R Brass Bristle Brush Also the RESHOEVN8R Dry Suede Kit and also the
RESHOEVN8R Mink Oil all of these products are Available at reshoevn8r.com and make sure you
use my link down below to help save you guys some Money. Make sure that you like, comment, subscribe,
save, favorite all of the things on this video and I'm going to pick one lucky commenter to receive
a free RESHOEVN8R Essential Kit as well but other Than that let's get into this cleaning. We have our
cleaning station all set up now I went ahead and Picked the RESHOEVN8R Essential Kit to clean this
pair of shoes for a couple different reasons. One I did not want to put this sneaker in the
laundry system because the delicate nubuck And suede materials that are on this shoe also
I'm confident that this shoe is going to bleed Like crazy once we put some solution on there
so I went with the RESHOEVN8R Essential Kit Which includes four ounce solution, our
three brushes soft, medium and stiff as Well as microfiber towel. I also paired
this cleaning with a few other products. They're going to be the drying rack and Bowl
combo the cleaning mat as well as shoe trees. Now for before and after purposes we're only
going to be cleaning the right shoe so we're Going to go ahead and get rid of this left shoe.
fFrst step we have to do is remove these laces Laces are removed we're just going to drop them
in our bowl of water for this entire cleaning to Help get them nice and clean. Next we're going
to grab our adjustable shoe tree and adjust it To size now the great thing about the shoe trees
it helps reshape the sneaker as well as gives you A nice hard toe box to really get in to get all
this dirt and grime off. Next we're going to add Two squirts of solution to the bowl of water now
that we've got the solution in the bowl before we Go ahead and just start soaping up the sneaker and
getting it super wet. What I want to do is take our Soft Bristle Brush I'm just going to dry brush
to try to get as much of this dirt and debris And stuff off the sneakers I possibly can. Now the
fact that this sneaker is a premium nubuck sneaker You might be able to get by with just doing a dry
cleaning I don't know how much of this stuff is Going to come off with dry cleaning that's why
we're going to use the solution depending on how Dirty the shoe is it's really going to determine
if you need to use a wet cleaning or not. Now also We don't want to put this sneaker in the laundry
because of how delicate this premium suede is this Orange is going to bleed the reason why I know
that is because I can already see on the sock Liner as well as on the interior of the shoe and
on the tongue it's already got orange bleeding
Just from wearing the sneaker as well as the
laces were orange too so you want to be very Careful with how much solution and water you
put onto the sneaker that's why we're going to Do it with the dry brush method first and then
from there we will lightly start soaping it up. Dry brushing is all complete it didn't do a
lot but it definitely took that top surface Dirt off of the sneaker which is good because
you don't want to take that dirt and just shove It down into the material now anytime you're
cleaning suedes, nubucks, premium materials Something super soft like this normally you'd
want to do an inconspicuous test somewhere on The sneaker you know typically like on
the back heel area maybe on the inside A little bit of the shoe a little bit with
the solution to check to see how bad the Sneaker is going to bleed or not. I already
know this sneaker is going to bleed so I Don't need to do that so what I'm going to
do is just very lightly dampen the shoe rub It around and then use our microfiber towel
and quickly pat dry as I move around the shoe. Now whenever you wet one of these panels you
want to make sure that you wet the entire panel So that way you can also try and dry the panel
as evenly as possible that's the biggest thing When you're working with suedes and nubucks is
letting it dry so you really want to try to make Sure that every panel that you're getting wet
you're getting the entire panel wet so that way It can dry all at the same time and as evenly as
possible. Alright I finished my first pass using The Soft Bristle Brush on the uppers of this
sneaker. Now the Soft Bristle Brush is great Because it really breaks down all of that top
surface dirt as well as gives you a nice soapy Surface to really be able to clean the inside
of the sneaker. Now I've gone over it one time And I've really just lightly gone over it with
a little bit of water because you don't want to Over saturate the material I can still see there's
some dirt and debris and stuff still kind of all Around the toe box area also along the the back
heel cup area so what I'm going to do is I'm just Going to grab the soft bristle brush again and just
lightly go over it one more time and being sure That I don't over saturate the material or let
the water really sit for a long period of time. Alright I went ahead and did the uppers
for a second time I also hit the tongue a Whole bunch of times as well as the inside
sock liner using our soft bristle brush to Really get it as clean as I possibly can. Now
one of the benefits of using this solution is It's got a lot of great oils and natural like
degreasers and and grime kind of like killers To really get that stuff off of the sneaker
typically with like a leather sneaker or some Other materials you may let it just sit to
really break down that grime and dirt and Soot and everything else that's on the sneakers
but since this is a premium nubuck and suede we Don't want to do that that's why you might have
to do it a couple of times and just lightly go Over it and just really break down the layers
of the dirt on the sneaker. Now after I've got
Done doing the uppers as well as the tongue
and the sock liner we're going to move on to Our insoles and then from here we're going
to move on to the midsoles and the outsoles. Insoles cleaned up put back in the shoe. Shoe
tree's been reinserted to make sure that the Form of the sneaker gets reset. Next we're
going to be moving on to the midsoles of These sneakers now I'm going to be using the
Medium Bristle Brush which is great for any Of your hard rubbers some of your leathers and
other natural type materials you want to stay Away from using the medium bristle brush
on any sort of delicate or soft materials Such as suedes, nubucks some premium tumbled
Leathers even with the medium bristle brush Will really rub it off and also some painted
surfaces but we're going to hit the midsole With the medium bristle brush and we're going
to pay close attention to try to avoid getting Any of the upper materials wet and also I'm
going to be using the towel as we go along to Just really help wipe up any of that excess
moisture and suds that we have right away. Just finished hitting the midsoles using our
medium bristle brush next we're going to tackle These outsoles using our stiff bristle brush. Stiff Bristle Brush is excellent for hitting Any of these hard rubber outsole materials as
well as any of the deeper stubborn staining or Marks around the midsole areas and now some of
these like outer edges on the outsoles also I'm Going to be very mindful while I'm cleaning this
I don't want any of the soap to go back over and Saturate the uppers of the shoe again so I'm
going to try to let gravity be my friend and I'm going to try to position the shoe so that
way as I'm cleaning the soap will continue To run down and hit onto our cleaning mat and
hopefully not get the upper saturated anymore. Music That's going to do it for the stiff bristle brush
and the outsoles of these sneakers next we need to Go ahead and Tackle these laces that have been
sitting in the bowl of water this entire time. Now since these laces are super fat and
all the SB laces are they hold a lot of Water in them so I'm just pulling them
through the towel to help get any of The excess moisture out of them before we
take the shoe and the laces outside to dry. Music We've let the sneakers sit outside it's completely
dried now one thing I wanted to remind you guys is When you are cleaning these delicate materials
as I was cleaning it you watch me pat dry the Sneaker and I didn't also overly saturate each of
the panels that we were cleaning we just lightly Cleaned them so that way the shoe is evenly dried
there's no water marks there's no water stains or Anything it looks like there doesn't appear to be
any water damage but the sneaker is pretty dried Out now since we did wash it. Our solution does
have natural oils in them that helps clean and Condition the materials but it also does dry out
the suede a little bit so for that we typically
Would be using our Dry Suede Kit like I said in
the beginning of this video but this material Isn't that bad and as it sits it actually cleaned
up very nicely so I don't think we need to use the Dry Suede Kit which includes the eraser and the
brush so I already have my medium bristle brush Out from our Essential Kit to go ahead and reset
the nap on this suede because it is a little bit Dry and it's not as smooth or as buttery soft
texture as it was prior to cleaning. Alright We've reset the nap on this sneaker it's looking
and feeling great now one thing we did notice was The extreme color bleed of this shoe as I was
scrubbing it earlier I don't know if you guys Could see it on camera but all of the soap
and the bubbles was turning orange my brush Was turning orange I had some orange on my towel
so the sneaker's looking a little bit dull and a Little bit dingy, but that's okay we talked about
this product earlier in the video and that is Mink Oil it works great on all your suedes, nubucks,
leathers and other soft delicate materials or Anything that's been dyed what happens is this
stuff just adds a little bit more life back into It to make it looking vibrant. Now typically
you want to spray this outside or in a well Ventilated area hold the sneaker a few inches away
from you and you want to spray a couple even coats And just evenly coat the sneaker lightly all the
way around and then we're going to use the medium Bristle brush from our Essential Kit and we're
just going to kind of brush it in sometimes that Might take one or two coats to get the vibrancy
back into the life of your sneaker. Shoe is looking Great now that we've added a couple coats of Mink
Oil to it and got it all nice and brushed in it's Back to that nice bright vibrant orange that it
was when they first released all we have left To do now is just lace them up. Now these shoes
dropped back in December I actually remember when These dropped because I was sitting in this exact
chair when I got the email from Concepts that says My draw entry had been selected. I literally sat
right here pulled my phone out and got saw the Notification boom bang boom hit on the special
box got them in if you go to my Instagram you Can see I've got a whole bunch of unboxings with
the special box pair which came with the special Lobster phone uh collector's box it also came
with the 400 Bearbrick, the shoes came with two Pairs of laces and then also the black bands let
me know what you guys think about the Concepts Lobster series. What's your favorite colorway? And then also let me know do you guys like Regular Dunks or SB Dunks over one or
the other I'm personally a big fan of SBS Um just the the fit the comfort and everything
else I really like them also make sure if you Guys got SBS make sure you lace them right. Number
one alright anyways so that's gonna wrap up This cleaning. Let's talk about which products we
used to get these sneakers clean firstly we used The RESHOEVN8R Essential Kit it is essential
in providing the greatest clean for your Sneakers it includes four ounce solution, three
brushes and your microfiber towel next we used Drying Rack and Bowl combo this thing comes in
clutch great spot to keep your brushes dry as
Well as have a nice bowl to put your solution
and water in and the Cleaning Mat this thing's Great it provides you a nice place to clean your
sneakers without worrying about getting your table Top your surface whatever you're cleaning on dirty,
wet, all mucked up whatever else you literally just Pick it up clean it off boom on to the next
one also we used Shoe Trees can't see it it's Inside the shoe perfect for keeping the shape of
your sneaker helping give you a nice surface to Put extra pressure on your toe box to really get
all that dirt out and it also helps alleviate and Eliminate creasing as well we talked about but we
didn't actually use the RESHOEVN8R Dry Suede Kit In the beginning of this video this is great for
suede sneakers it's also great to have for all Those little spot cleanings the dry eraser helps
really get that muck and dirt and everything marks Out of the Suede and then the brush helps get that
nap right back to its perfect perfect texture. We Also talked about but didn't use the Brass Bristle
Brush now the Brass Bristle Brush is pivotal if You have water damaged suede if you've got super
bad suede that's really crunchy or crispy this Way. Luckily since we didn't have those issues
we didn't need to use the Brass Bristle Brush . We got by by just using the medium brush part of
the Essential Kit but it's great to have if you Do own any suede or nubuck sneakers because if
you do need to reset that nap and really get the Material back to its nice soft buttery texture
this is pivotal to have and lastly Mink Oil I Don't know if you remember what this looked like
10 minutes ago before we put the nice fresh coat Of Mink Oil on these but these definitely changed
the entire appearance of the sneaker it adds light Back into the shoe it gives you that nice bold
color pop that it had beforehand and it's just An excellent conditioner for all different types
of materials a must-have now you can shop all Of these products online at reshoevn8r.com make
sure you use my code below that'll help save you A little bit of money. This wraps up this cleaning
on these Concepts X Nike SB Orange Lobsters once Again my name's Nick I hope this video has been
beneficial to you now you don't have to be so Worrisome about going into cleaning your Concepts
X Nike SB dunk Orange Lobsters or Purple Lobsters, Green Lobsters, Yellow Lobsters whatever color
lobsters you have also leave a comment below So that way you get your chance to win a free
RESHOEVN8R Essential Kit compliments of me Stay tuned to next week we're going to clean the
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