I dunno about the silica packs. I got all my shoes in the regular boxes without tissue and 1gram silica packs in each box. some have 2.Originally Posted by Trydan
I have experience with this, so ill save you some time with some quick points:
- Under no curcumstances store your shoes in airtight containers of any kind unless they are steel pressure vessels filled with argon or some other noble gas. Airtight plastic boxes will reduce the wearable shelf life of your shoes.
- Never use silica packs unless where you are storing the shoes is not air conditioned and subject to high humidity and temperature changes. So if you store your shoes in your house, dont use them. Maintaning consistent contitions is what you want to aim for, cause you may have noticed that the world outside is full of moisture, and your shoes need to be aclimated to your local climate to reduce stress changes in the material over time.
-Wear whatever you have at least once a month if possible, even if its only around the house. Deadstock shoes will fall apart faster than shoes that get some wear every now and then.
- All shoes have a shelf life, wear them now or know when to leave them on the shelf and admire them for what they are. If your shoes have polyurethane midsoles and are over a decade old, use caution when rocking. If they are phylon, your good to go. Synthetic leathers will dry out over time, but can be helped with a light application of oil. (ive use gun oil with some success, but any petro based oil should work. Do not use veggie oils)
- So in summary, the best container to store your shoes in is really the box they came in. (provided you remove and throw away the tissue paper) Bookshelves or similar open air systems are also good. Ive tried alot of ways, and those are the best options to store your collection. All that is what ive learned over the last decade anyway.
I dunno about the silica packs. I got all my shoes in the regular boxes without tissue and 1gram silica packs in each box. some have 2.Originally Posted by Trydan
I have experience with this, so ill save you some time with some quick points:
- Under no curcumstances store your shoes in airtight containers of any kind unless they are steel pressure vessels filled with argon or some other noble gas. Airtight plastic boxes will reduce the wearable shelf life of your shoes.
- Never use silica packs unless where you are storing the shoes is not air conditioned and subject to high humidity and temperature changes. So if you store your shoes in your house, dont use them. Maintaning consistent contitions is what you want to aim for, cause you may have noticed that the world outside is full of moisture, and your shoes need to be aclimated to your local climate to reduce stress changes in the material over time.
-Wear whatever you have at least once a month if possible, even if its only around the house. Deadstock shoes will fall apart faster than shoes that get some wear every now and then.
- All shoes have a shelf life, wear them now or know when to leave them on the shelf and admire them for what they are. If your shoes have polyurethane midsoles and are over a decade old, use caution when rocking. If they are phylon, your good to go. Synthetic leathers will dry out over time, but can be helped with a light application of oil. (ive use gun oil with some success, but any petro based oil should work. Do not use veggie oils)
- So in summary, the best container to store your shoes in is really the box they came in. (provided you remove and throw away the tissue paper) Bookshelves or similar open air systems are also good. Ive tried alot of ways, and those are the best options to store your collection. All that is what ive learned over the last decade anyway.
Definitely one of the most important things.
Definitely one of the most important things.
Yes, remove all of that. Over time, the tissue paper will fall apart into little bits and be a nightmare to clean up. More important that that tho is that it contains acids that made it white in the first place, and those can get onto your shoes with prolonged contact and discolor them and cause damage.
Yes, remove all of that. Over time, the tissue paper will fall apart into little bits and be a nightmare to clean up. More important that that tho is that it contains acids that made it white in the first place, and those can get onto your shoes with prolonged contact and discolor them and cause damage.
