How this thrifty mum used vegetable oil to shine up and clean her daughter’s leather school shoes
Mom uses a very unlikely pantry staple to polish her kids’ school shoes: ‘They look like new’
- Mom cleaned her child’s shoes with vegetable oil
- She shared the impressive results online
A mom discovered an unlikely way to polish her daughter’s school shoes ahead of picture day with an ordinary pantry item.
The woman said she was out of black shoe polish and instead gave the footwear a lick of vegetable oil.
She shared the impressive results online, astonishing hundreds of moms who discussed their best hacks to clean shoes using things like petroleum jelly and baby oil.
“School photo day and I forgot to buy a new black shoe polish…vegetable oil to the rescue!” the mother wrote in one after to the Facebook group Inspiration Australia for cleaning and organizing.
She included a before-and-after photo of the two shoes, one before cleaning and one after she applied the vegetable oil to show how effective the pantry had been.
A smart mother shared how she used vegetable oil to make her daughter’s leather school shoes look like new again
“I was so happy with how they turned out so I thought I’d share,” she said.
‘I am very curious how my daughter’s shoes will look when I pick her up from school soon and whether they will stay that way.’
A group member asked if the shoes came out slippery and greasy, and the mother replied that they didn’t suspect the leather was absorbing the oil.
According to Favorite leathervegetable oil seeps into the durable material protecting it from water damage and stains and keeping it hydrated to prevent drying.
Other moms shared their handy tricks for polishing leather shoes.
“I used to use baby oil. I hated polishing my school shoes,” said one woman.
“Vaseline will also save and waterproof them,” another explained, and a third said, “Banana peels apparently work, too.”
“Black felt-tip pen over the chafe marks works wonders,” suggested a fourth.