Question

how to waterproof shoes with household items

Answer 1

There is nothing that will ruin your day quite like having to go out in the rain and then spend hours in soggy shoes. Sure, if you are at home you can take them right off, but if you are going to work, or running around on errands, or having lunch with someone, or a million other reasons, you can’t get home to change out of those shoes. You just have to suffer through as they get progressively colder and you can feel your feet start to shrivel up from the prolonged soak before the shoes finally start to dry out.

The easy solution, of course, is to not wear shoes when its raining that aren’t waterproof. However, waterproof shoes can be expensive or easily inappropriate for certain activities, and maybe you just can’t find any you actually like. Also, it may start raining after you’ve been out for the day, and then you are stuck away from home unable to change into waterproof shoes. Simply put, never wearing shoes in the rain that aren’t waterproof is not as practical a solution as it sounds.

This easy technique, however, will allow you to keep most, if not all of the water off your shoes, and it just takes a little time and two household items. This isn’t a way to water proof your shoes. If you take a swim in them, they will probably not be nicely dry when they are done. But it will make them water resistant, and it shouldn’t significantly change their look!

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It’s surprising such a simple and easy technique works so well, isn’t it? But you can clearly see the results for yourself, and its scientifically sound. Wax does repel water and, when melted, will soak into the the small openings in woven fabric. Just make sure when you try this at home that you evenly distribute the wax over the entire surface of what you are waterproofing. Theoretically, this could work for more than just shoes as well. Any finely woven material could become water resistant with a little melted wax. The only criteria seems to be that there are tiny places for the water to melt into. Best yet, it doesn’t use chemicals to accomplish its task like some waterproof sprays or solutions.