How to clean your Hunter

How to clean your Hunter wellies

It’s been a while since you use your Hunter boots. They were kept away and as you take them out of the box to use them during a rainy day, you’re surprised to see that they’ve a worrying whitish colour, as if they’ve lost their original colour. You don’t know what to do? Relax, on the EscapeShoes blog, we tell you how to regain and keep the original look of your Hunter wellies.

The famous Hunter boots, glossy or matte, in original and versatile colours, compatible with several outfits, have, to the surprise of many, a strange peculiarity. It consists of a process through which the rubber that they’re made of goes through that, as a result, makes our boots have whitish spots that cover the original colour and provide them an old and quite ugly look.

What happens to them? It’s a chemical process that their rubber suffers. This material releases a whitish powder when it’s submitted to specific conditions, temperature changes or when moisture accumulates, for example, because you put them away without being fully dry.

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As you’ll be able to ready at the end of the description of each model at EscapeShoes, it’s a usual phenomenon, characteristic of the rubber and it doesn’t mean any risk to the state of your boots. However, to prevent and eliminate these antiaesthetic spots, you just need to follow these tips:

– Keep your boots always dry. After using them, dry them in a fresh and ventilated place. Keep them away from heat sources.

– Clean them before putting them away. Use a wet cotton cloth over the surface to clean any residual dirt. After that, remove the remaining moisture with a dry cloth.

– If the whitish spots have already appeared, don’t worry. Remove it with a dry cloth. If the persistent dust doesn’t disappear, it’s time to move into action. Keep reading today’s post in which we tell you how to get rid of the white easily!

On the Internet, you can find several formulas to remove this pesky dust from the surface of the Hunter boots, from dissolvent or olive oil to body cream. These “oily” products may affect the rubber’s finish and reduce the grip of the soles, even provoke slips. So, at EscapeShoes, we recommend that you use the specific products for Hunter wellies, to keep and regain the original look of your rain boots.

Hunter Spray Rubber Buffer

With this spray, you’ll be able to regain the natural finish of your Hunter boots and booties quickly! You just need to spray, at 15 cm away, small areas each time, and clean that area with a dry cloth. Once that’s done throughout the entire surface, use a cloth to remove any excess.

This product shouldn’t be used on the soles, since they could lose grip.

Hunter Sponge Boot Shine

For the glossy Hunter boots, use this practical silicone sponge that allows to regain the original gloss that you like so much.

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On the following video, you can see a small cleaning demonstration with these products. We recommend doing this in a ventilated place.

Now you know how to have your Hunter boots as good as new, in a simple and quick way. And remember that over time white spots will continue to appear, but with the cleaning products and a good care, you’ll give them a long life.