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Cleaning Football Boots?

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Cleaning Football Boots?

ive got a song that wont take long, Adelaide are rubbish.. the second verse is same as the first.. ADELAIDE ARE RUBBISH

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Whats the best way to do it?

ive got a song that wont take long, Adelaide are rubbish.. the second verse is same as the first.. ADELAIDE ARE RUBBISH

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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
1. Get Married
2. Have children
3. Tell kids how much fun they'll have getting all the mud off Daddy's boots
 
Works for me
Jag2008-07-18 12:30:15

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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KP's guide to cleaning footy boots-

1) do it once
2) realize what a pain in the arse it is and never do it again.
 
 
 
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Just take it in the shower after training or games.

Three for me, and two for them.

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On a muddy day, I do as Buffon says, in the shower to get the majority of the mud off the inside/outside.

After that or on dryer days, I use a small fingernail  brush under a tap (without soaking the boots if I can help it) to get the dirt off the sole/cleats/sprigs. Then a wet cloth to wipe down the upper til it's clean with minimal water needed to get the dirt off so they dry easier.
 
Then in a warm place of the house (not in front of fire, or in direct sunlight) with inner soles out and newspaper inside to dry off during the week.
 
Then when dry some black shoe polish. If applied when boots still damp, the polish goes sticky and yuck. Polish is good to prevent dry cracking. I get a couple seasons out of soft leather boots like me ol' school Puma Kings (sigh).
 
If you're gonna train in them during the week, leave dirty after the match then clean as above after training.
 
I may be tripe on the pitch, but my boots look spiffy.
 
Rainman2008-07-18 13:06:41
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over 17 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
washing machine, then dryer.
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Wait for it to rain then leave them outside
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Buffon II wrote:
Just take it in the shower after training or games.
 
An approach much favoured by a prominent Wellington referee.
 
Eh, Mr Murphy?

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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bobboltontawa2 wrote:
washing machine, then dryer.
 
By far the best and easiest way
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Jag wrote:
1. Get Married
 
 
I'd effing throw them in the bin, or at your face.
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simon_hampton wrote:
bobboltontawa2 wrote:
washing machine, then dryer.
 
By far the best and easiest way
 
thats what my kids do too!
 
then i have to go clean the shower after
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smarah wrote:
Jag wrote:
1. Get Married
 
 
I'd effing throw them in the bin, or at your face.


That's a bit harsh, Smarah. If you'd read the rest you will have noted that the whole point was to get to a stage where you can con your kids into cleaning them. They weren't a list of separate choices. 

Sheeeesh.
Jag2008-07-21 22:58:22

Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.

"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003

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smarah wrote:
Jag wrote:
1. Get Married
 
 
I'd effing throw them in the bin, or at your face.


feisty!
I like tautologies because I like them.
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smarah wrote:
Jag wrote:
1. Get Married
 
 
I'd effing throw them in the bin, or at your face.


$10 says you'd miss both.

LOL at girls throwing things.
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