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Wet sneakers?

Posted : 12/14/2006 10:26:22 PM

Any ideas on how to dry out wet running sneakers? I was wearing mine at work, and we had to take the trash out in the rain (being the new kid stinks!) and now they are all wet. I have to be there by 6:45am for my shift tomorrow. Any ideas on how to dry them out in 8 hours?

ETA: if I could spell...

Michelle

Posted : 12/14/2006 10:30:37 PM

Our dryer has a removeable rack that you can use to dry sneakers on. In absence of that, you might try setting them on a heating vent, although being in FL you may not have any heat on! I suppose you could put them in a very low temp oven, but that's the kind of thing that, if I did it, I know I'd burn the house down.

cyclefiend2000

Posted : 12/14/2006 10:36:38 PM

this is how i dry out my cycling shoes after riding in the rain....

stuff them with newspaper. dont sit them near a heat source (like a fireplace or heat vent). i usually put mine in the bath tub. change out the newspaper once in a while. because once the paper is wet it cant soak up any more water.

i have put sneakers in the dryer, but if there is any leather on them it gets all crusty and hard.

lorib

Posted : 12/15/2006 1:43:00 AM

If you have a blow dryer for your hair, remember, it has many other uses! It can help you defrost you freezer and...dry your tennies.

snownose

Posted : 12/15/2006 8:44:25 AM

I always use the rack for my dryer, the key is low heat and a fabric softener sheet.

espencer

Posted : 12/15/2006 11:51:00 AM

As a former entertainer for an all inclusive hotel we were thrown into the pool so many times fully dressed that i lost count, i was having my sneakers hanging behind an AC machine and they were dry in less than an hour

fuzzy_dogs_mom

Posted : 12/15/2006 11:53:54 AM

I've alway just opened the oven door and set the shoes on that, letting the pilot dry them.

Joyce

Truley

Posted : 12/15/2006 1:48:28 PM

Set them on some newspaper in front of the vent on your fridge, works everytime.

Dawn

sl2crmeg

Posted : 12/15/2006 5:56:40 PM

thanks guys! I fell asleep right after I posted that, so, ah, i squished into work today. ew.