How do you keep your shoes white?!

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For my nursing school we are required to wear ALL WHITE tennis shoes. So my question is what do you put on your shoes to help them repel water and dirt to keep them nice?

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Specializes in Cardiac, CVICU.

You can check a shoe store for something like that. I once saw something on pinterest about putting wax on shoes to make them water resistance.

Although, if your shoes are leather, you can wipe them with a wet wipe. And, if they are cloth, you can actually stick them in the washer.

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My school suggests that we get a specific pair of shoes to only use for nursing clinicals. Not wearing them outside, elsewhere, etc would help a lot in reducing any dirt.

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Specializes in Pedi.

My school officially required white shoes but none of the clinical instructors actually cared. I just wore the same sneakers I wore every day or wore black Crocs.

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I cavi-wiped them.

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Use Scotch Guard!

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Specializes in Pediatrics/Developmental Pediatrics/Research/psych.

Alcohol swabs are grear on leather. Try not to use shoe polish. They end up looking grungy

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That's so weird, I just saw a commercial for Rustoleum Neverwet right before I read this post. I've never used it before, but the commercial shows you just spray it on and it keeps water and stuff off.

Also, they have white shoe polish on some nursing item websites. I got it for my shoes and it worked pretty well keeping them white and covering scuffs.

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Not wearing them anywhere other than the hospital keeps them looking good. Our school requires all leather white shoes. Magic eraser does wonders on white leather shoes :)

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Thanks for all your advise guys! My shoes are all leather so I still haven't decided what I am going to do! I like KKhan's suggestion because I have seen something similar to it before

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Honestly after a year of nursing school (3 clinical rotations) my shoes are still pretty white. All leather and such. If I got something on them, I wiped it off as soon as I could. Plus I only wear them to clinical.

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Alcohol swabs are grear on leather. Try not to use shoe polish. They end up looking grungy

While it works great, its one of the worst things to put on leather! The alcohol is very drying and can cause cracks etc w/leather as well as w/rubber.

If the shoes are leather you could get a water/dirt repelant like what you can get for suede/leather coats.

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