Suede Brush and Eraser Kit – 4-Way Nubuck Cleaner with 2 Erasers | Suede shoe brush & suede cleaner — rubber bristles, welts, nylon/brass lift dirt from shoes, boots, bags & purses

OK, so you made the same mistake I made. You tried "conditioning" your light colored Sperry Top Siders to bring them back to life, and the leather conditioner you used to treat and soften the leather darkened your beloved shoes' color and never lighted up after drying. DO NOT TRASH YOUR SHOES. You can fix the problem and restore them to LIKE NEW CONDITION. I went through several products and processes. This is what I found that works. The problem with treating Sperry Top Siders in the wonderful color "Sahara" is the type of leather the shoe is made of. The leather is nubuck, which is very porous like suede. Nubuck has a soft velvety feel, not shaggy like suede. Nubuck is unique because it's tricky to treat---that's the problem you're having. So you've got Sperry Saharas but now they're chocolate BROWN forever because they're saturated with conditioner. FIRST, you need to clean that old conditioner out of the shoes. I used Fiebings Saddle Soap with a toothbrush and bowl of water. After scrubbing, rinse outside of shoes with warm water under sink faucet. Stuff paper towels in the toes of the shoes to shape the shoes. Allow 2 days to dry. Here's a big TIP: You want these shoes to look like new, right? Then you have to scrub the white stitching until they're WHITE again. A small detail that makes ALL the difference, believe me. I used dish soap along with the saddle soap on the stitching when I was saddle soaping the whole shoe. And buy new shoes laces (with a boat shoe threading needle). Save the new shoes laces for the very end of the process of course. Shoes are dry. Nice light sandy tan color, right? But dry, spotty, and brittle. Good! Now you need a special cleaner WITH conditioner, sold by Sperry on Amazon "Sperry Top-Sider Cleaner and Conditioner" (go to Wolverine World Wide's Amazon store or Sperry's website). Soak a toothbrush with cleaner and scrub, wiping lather off the shoes' stitching and the toothbrush as you go. No bowl of water needed---the cleaner has water in it. Scrub around whole shoe. Stuff paper towels back in shoes and allow shoes to dry one day. Shoes are now clean. Any remaining blotchy-looking spots appear as dirt because the nap (surface) of the leather has worn flat with wear in those spots (it's not dirt, it's flat spots). We're going to raise and even out the shoes' surface with a suede/nubuck brush (Shacke Suede & Nubuck 4-Way Leather Brush on Amazon). Use the nylon/brass bristles to lift the leather's spotty flat surfaces. BE GENTLE and go slow. Then use the rubbery nubuck bristles for the rest of the shoe. Use a soft shoe brush or clothing brush to remove the tiny leather particles left on shoes. Now you have a beautifully clean and finished VERY light sandy tan Top Sider. If you like the light sandy tan color (actually is LIGHTER than the official Sahara color) you can STOP here. Rub your thumb over the surface of the upper leather where laces go around---it's nubuck also but Sperry treated the leather different. The oil from your thumb is all that's needed. Lace your shoes and go. To restore your shoes to that wonderful rich cognac color everyone loves about Sperry "Saharas" then keep reading. To restore that factory-fresh Sahara color and subtle satin shine, you'll need a bottle of Bickmore Bick 4 Leather Conditioner and Bickmore Gard-More Water & Stain Repellent. I've tried LOTS of conditioners. Bick 4 is the only conditioner that dries sufficiently light enough on nubuck. Use a soft cloth and apply Bick 4 to surface of shoes. Stuff shoe again with paper towels and let dry TWO days. See? They lightened, leaving that wonder cognac color. To lighten them further, run your fingers along the inside of the shoe's leather gently pushing outward to stretch the leather. Now lightly spray Gard-More Water & Stain Repellent on shoes. Let dry. Lace those new shoe laces and SMILE. You just saved yourself from spending $70-140 on new Sperry Saharas! What do you do with that extra cash? Buy cedar shoe trees, you dummy. I buy Stratton split-toe cedar shoe trees. Awesome. Shoes trees will DOUBLE the life of your Top Siders and dress shoes, saving you even MORE money! THANKS SHACKE FOR A WONDER PRODUCT. You saved my Saharas! See pic. I don't have a "before" photo because, like I said, I thought I was throwing them in the trash. The pic provided shows the light colored shoe AFTER saddle soap, Sperry cleaner/conditioner, and brushing the nap. See the light sandy color? Nice. Pictured with the light shoe is the FINISHED shoe. Better!

I’ve used this repeatedly to clean my suede shoes. The brush is the perfect size to get into small spaces. The cleaner stick easily erases any dirty spots. You won’t be disappointed.

With some elbow grease and patience, this little kit works quite well. Literally, it includes two erasers. And you WILL have tons of little eraser shavings everywhere. 🤣 I gave my hands and the kit eraser and brush a good 10-minute workout on a pair of nubuck heels that have denim color transfer all over. Apparently, light colored suede and jeans just do not mix well. The denim transfer had occurred over a good 3 month period of wear so it wasn’t fresh transfer either. The left shoe is in worse shape than the right because I tend to fold that leg under me when sitting at my desk. With a little more effort, I’m sure I can get these cleaned up even more.

Just as described. Not at all flimsy

Es justo como la descripción

This brush worked great to clean up suede shoes with salt stains on them . It worked better than I was expecting. I did not really see much help from the eraser but it might work for different situations. I do recommend this product.

This product takes a lot of time and patience. The eraser feels like a normal pencil eraser and I don’t think it did much. If you look at my picture, I’m pretty sure the eraser made some of the suede grey. But, it did partially do its job. There is a difference made, I’m just not sure if it’s that great of a difference. The brush is not that useful, I mostly just used to brush off the eraser scraps. This tool is better used for light stains, and even then you should probably just get a normal eraser and brush instead.

This brush cleaner happened to arrive on the same day I splashed dirty gutter water on my white, mixed suede and canvas tennis shoes . I used the rubber eraser on the spot and brushed it off. The spot was barely visible. I will wear them again and I probably would not have, had I not been able to remove the spot.

Lo compre para limpiar una bolsa de gamuza que ya había dado por perdida, tenía manchas de agua y tinte de unos jeans que despintan con el roce y quedó como nueva! La goma ayuda para quitar la mayor parte de las manchas y el cepillo con sus diferentes cabezas termina haciendo el trabajo rudo. No puedo creer que mi bolsa quedó como nueva!! Definitivamente súper recomendado!!

Nao funcionou para limpeza da minha bolsa de camurça e achei que ainda ficou marcado um pouco o tecido

did a nice job on waterstained grey suede boots Did take a little work with suede eraser but results worth it for sure . Definitely recommend.

Buenos artículos, quizás el único pero es que las cerdas de al rededor son muy frágiles aún así es bastante efectivo

I used the eraser first then brushed , worked well .. too bad i didn’t take before and after picture. Worked well for me