The highlights:
What is it?: A waterproofing spray for shoes
Does it work?: Yes
Would I buy it again?: Yes
Other options?: Yes, lots of other brands make a spray to make your shoes waterproof like Grangers, Liquiproof, Jason Markk, Renapur, Nikwax, and the list goes on - so there are other options out there - I haven't tested any of these though, so can't say how effective they are - but if you buy or use another brand, feel free to comment below to say if it's any good! Or, to suggest I review it! Always happy to try new products!
Where to buy: I got this Crep Protect Shoes Protector Spray from Amazon here in the UK - if you are reading from beyond the UK, I have set the Amazon link to include matches to similar products if this one is not available for where you are. So, if you want to buy this specific one, it is the Crep Protect brand that you're looking for (see the pic below to check against) - if that's not available, it means that it is not sold in your country.
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I am pretty impressed by this little spray! It did make my converse waterproof!
The can for the Crep Protect Shoe Protector Spray says that it uses Nano Technology (whatever that is! lol!) to make shoes waterproof (although I did have to wear magnifying glasses to read the can!). The can says that it works by creating an 'invisible protective barrier that prevents rain and stains from spoiling your shoes'. I tested this on my converse, which are canvas shoes. Crep Protect Shoe Protector Spray declares itself as being suitable for use on leather, suede, nubuck and canvas shoes. It also claims to help create a barrier for stains, but I didn't have an opportunity to test if that works or not - I am guessing that if the stain is liquid, it would work in the same way as it does for water, but not sure if this would work for all types of stains, like scuff marks and beyond.
It is very easy to use this spray. The instructions tell you to clean your shoes first, so if they are going to get wet doing this, then make sure you leave them to dry fully before applying this spray - in fact, you could do that while you wait for the order to arrive through the post if you do decide to order some :) Not gonna lie, I didn't bother cleaning my converse first - I think I was a little impatient to test this! Then, once they are clean and dry, shake the can, hold the can 20cm away, spray it on, wait 10 minutes, spray on another layer, wait 10 minutes then you are good to go! I used gloves when spraying my shoes, because I have skin that can dry out very easily (see the post on my favourite hand creams if this situation is familiar to you). However, the instructions don't say you have to wear gloves, but the safety info does say that the spray can cause skin irritation so gloves or hand washing immediately after use may be needed anyway!
The yellow push down on the spray bit doesn't have any resistance, so it doesn't hurt your finger to hold it down as you are spraying the shoe. The spray does have a slight smell, which actually reminded me a little of nail polish. I sprayed these shoes in a well ventilated area, so the smell didn't hang around for long, so I wasn't too worried about that. Once it is dry, I couldn't really smell the spray on the shoe itself - there was a very, very light scent of the smell of the spray, but you would have to be really close to the shoe to smell it - like actually shoving your nose on the shoe sniffing a shoe kind of close! You could always spray them outside or in a garage if you are worried about the smell - the instructions do say that you should spray in a well-ventilated area or outside. Plus there's all the usual safety info about keeping it away from fire, how to dispose and store etc - here's the pic of that info:
The instructions advise that you test the spray on an inconspicuous area of the shoe (presumably to check if it changes the colour of the shoe, or otherwise impacts on it) but because I was testing this on an old pair of converse, I skipped that step - I'm not too worried about the red on my converse changing to a different shade of red :) Also, I could only test this on canvas shoes - I don't own any other shoes anymore. Now that I'm a student I don't have much call for fancy leather heels anymore. Plus, I've been a converse-wearing-whenever-I-go-out-dancing kind of girl for over a decade, so beyond when I was going to work (you can't really get away with wearing converse in the court room!), I never really wore heels anyway!
So, once the spray had dried after 2 applications, it does form a protective layer - you can tell as the water sits like a little bubble on the outside of the canvas:
It’s hard to tell 100% (because the can is not see-through), but by shaking it beside my ear it sounds as if about a third of the can has gone. That's with 2 applications on 2 shoes - so one pair of shoes gets you through about a third of the can.
I also wanted to see what the waterproof barrier was like after a few weeks, so this is 3 weeks after the initial application:
You can see that the water runs off the material quite easily. However, it is not as effective as three weeks ago. Also, where the sole of the shoe meets the material, water did get through and make the inside of the shoe wet. However, the water did not go through to the inside of the shoe where it was just material on the outside that was getting wet. So, it may be that you would have to do top-up applications where the material of the shoe meets the soles, but all-in-all, this seems to work and work quite well! Definitely worth buying some to have around for particularly wet days, which, let's face it, we get a few of here in the UK!
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with love
Rebecca
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