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Drying Canvas Sneakers

Drying Canvas Sneakers

Drying Canvas Sneakers

Photo Illustration by Ellen Grusse
Stuff canvas sneakers with crumpled brown paper bags, paper towels or white office paper (not newspaper or colored paper, the ink transfers).

Let them air-dry along with the laces.

Do not dry them near a fireplace or heater. Direct heat breaks down canvas fabric and causes shoes to become dried out and brittle.

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