Caring for your sandals
Avarca Sandals | Care Instructions
All of our sandals are covered by a 30 day warranty. Any damage to the sandals outside of the warranty period will not be deemed as a manufacturing fault.
Leather
Protection
Spray a water & stain protector evenly, using consistent sweeping motions to ensure an even coverage.
Periodically re-protect and re-spray your Benestar's to resist daily soiling.
Carefully read the instructions on the protector before applying.
Cleaning
To remove dirt, wipe gently with a dry cloth to remove any dried-on dirt and dust.
Then dampen the cloth with warm water and wipe again.
Allow leather to dry naturally, away from direct sunlight and direct heat sources, that can dry out the leather.
Use a high quality cream polish that matches the shoe colour, carefully read the instructions before applying, then buff to shine.
Avoid liquid shoe polishes and silicone sprays.
Nubuck
Protection
Spray a water & stain protector evenly, using consistent sweeping motions to ensure an even coverage.
Periodically re-protect and re-spray your Benestar's to resist daily soiling.
Carefully read the instructions on the protector before applying.
Cleaning
To clean use a rubber eraser to remove dirt and smudges. Brush lightly with a soft brush.
Care should be taken to brush in the same direction. If you brush in different directions, some suede will give the appearance of being 2 different colours.
Avoid wire brushes.
Follow up with a resistance spray for suede and nubuck.
Carefully read instructions on the resistance spray before applying.
Metallic
Protection
We don’t recommend using standard water proofer, but a specific neutral metallic protector and cleaner to keep these styles shining brightly.
Cleaning
Use a soft damp cloth to remove dirt and dust.
Use a renovating polish for metallic leather, carefully read instructions before applying.
Glitter
The Glitter Benestar's are very delicate and are not designed to be worn as an everyday shoe. They cannot be exposed to water as glitter loss will occur. Some glitter loss is to be expected during wear.
HOW TO STRETCH YOUR LEATHER
I know once you receive your beautifully handcrafted Bennys you will want to quickly go out and show off them off. But unfortunately, leather shoes tend to be a bit stiff sometimes until you break them in.
Below are some ways to stretch your new Avarcas so that you can comfortably enjoy your new shoes. (These tips are meant to give shoes a bit more room without distorting their shape or overall fit.) If, however you just can’t wait to wear your new shoes, I have found in the past with some shoes, that wearing little gel toe covers to be very effective in protecting a toe or two from rubbing against the leather.
Do the walk test
Walking around in your shoes for short periods of time will help to naturally stretch the leather, gradually building up from a few minutes at a time to longer periods.
Warm them up
Put on a nice pair of thick socks and squeeze into your shoes. Then use a hair dryer to apply heat at approximately 30 second intervals to the area that needs stretching, bending the shoe in the process. Be careful not to apply direct heath in one spot for to long and it could damage the leather.
Use Ice
This is a quick method and is free. Fill a plastic bag with water and push it into the narrowest part of the shoe. Put the shoe into the freezer until the water freezes. Remove from the freezer and test shoes. Repeat if needed.
Spray and go
There are several shoe stretch sprays on the market, these work by being absorbed by the leather and relaxing the fibres for ease of stretching.
Use a Two-way stretcher
These are made of either wood or plastic. Spray with shoe stretch spray on the inside and outside. Insert the stretcher into the shoe and twist the handle to begin stretching the shoe and keep turning it until you feel resistance and leave in for 6-8hrs and check for fit. Repeat if necessary.