Everything Old is New Again - Dansko!

Since it is the start of a new year, a thought it would be appropriate to start it off by showing you how to make your old Danskos look new again. Whitney let me use her Dansko clogs as the guinea pigs. I have seen worse shoes than these - maybe you even have some in your closet. It is really easy to make them look good again. Use this method on the cabrio leather Danskos.









The first very first step is to clean them off with a leather cleaner. You want to make sure you remove any dirt, oil and all the other fun stuff that you may have dropped on your shoes. I then mask off the soles with painters tape - doesn't take very long. This way you don't get any of the spray on the soles.

Now for the fun part - yeah! It is just like spray painting. But do it with light, easy strokes, letting the spray dry in between. Almost forgot to tell you what type of spray to use : ) We used Meltonian black color spray. You can purchase it at any shoe repair store. We don't yet sell it but we probably will in the near future.Make sure you go lightly and do it in multiple layers to get the best result. After the spray is dry, I polished them up with a cordovan polish. I probably put a little to much black spray on them but they still look great.

Ta-dah!Here is the finished product - not too bad! The spray will run you about $15. But that is so much cheaper than a new pair of shoes! Dansko will also replace the insoles for free - just ask and we can get you a new pair. Pretty easy! Now you don't have to just use those ratty looking Danskos for gardening. Give us a call if you run into any trouble making them look pretty again!