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Patent leather can’t be polished up in the same way with shoe polish that regular leather works with, so how do you remove scuff marks?
Soap and water can get some marks off. One thing you could try is to put some some non-acetone nail polish remove on a cotton pad and wipe over the scuff mark to remove it.
Have you any tried and true ways of removing marks from patent leather?
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I have always used Nivea cream (not the lotion!) to clean and polish patent leather. My grandmother taught me this trick when I was a child growing up in Germany and I've used it ever since.
lightly scrubbing with a Mr. Clean magic eraser does the trick as well. I use these weekly on my children's dress shoes.
Ditto the magic eraser but you have to be really careful with it. I'll have to try the Nivea cream sometime.
Hand sanitizer or plain rubbing alcohol on a tissue will take it right off without damaging the leather.
Omg! I bought a beautiful pair of ginger colored patent leather shoes to wear on Mother's Day and wore them the night before and got a nasty scuff mark on them. I was told to try non-acetone polish remover to take it out. I was a little nervous because I didn't want to ruin my Mother's Day shoes, but it really worked!!! It took about 4 minutes of rubbing with a cotton ball and my shoes looked brand new again with absolutely no damage at all. Still smiling.
I had just bought a pair of nude pumps && decided to go out last night to show them off. When I woke up I saw black scuff marks on them.. was upset cuz they are expensive pumps.. used rubbing alcohol && it worked great!! I definetely recommend using rubbing alcohol.
dont forget to wipe down with soap && water after.
I bought an expensive new pair of nude patent leather heels for clubbing one night and in the morning found them completely covered in dark scuff marks! They looked like the kind of marks that I would never be able to remove but a quick polish with a make up wipe got my shoes looking good as new! Washed them with a little water afterwards and now you’d never know I wore them.