How to dry soaked shoes fast without ruining the glue or material
Using a clothes dryer melts the glue and warps the shape, while a laundry machine can ruin the structural integrity entirely. Without a specialized drying tool, the core difficulty is removing deep moisture safely without destroying the fabric or adhesives.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Putting them in the washing machine and dryer
- 2Stuffing with newspaper, paper towels, toilet paper, or microfiber cloths
- 3Using a dedicated boot dryer
- 4Placing a bottle of hot water inside the shoe
- 5Air-drying near a fan, open window, or on a car dashboard in the sun
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“does anyone have any tips on how to keep it clean or wtv? I dont have a blow dryer or anything I was thinking about putting it into the laundry machine stuff and having it clean it out.”source ↗
“could it mess up the glue tho if I use the dryer? thats the main thing im worried about rn”source ↗
“Speaking from experience as someone who somehow ends up with wet shoes all the time”source ↗
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