By prozorovmihail

How to wash laces

Russian savvy the most amazing. Original answer written in the Soviet encyclopedia of the household.

You will need

Any type of soap
An old toothbrush

Instruction

Free sneakers laces. Visually identify the most dirty areas.

Take a lace with one Shoe and a fairly tight wrap on the palm across the fingers. Squeeze your hand into a fist.

Abundant lather the wound cord on the species, rear and end sides. Take the opposite hand to your toothbrush and begin intensively to pass on the lace.
The main convenience of this method is that you can compress and decompress the wrist for a more thorough washing of laces. Repeat the procedure with the lace from the other Shoe.

Note

Some laces can ruin the washing machine. They can easily fall into the hole of the drum and to break some of the mechanisms.

Useful advice

This hand wash method more convenient than the traditional one. Moreover, if you are right handed and will use left hand for washing, it will help you to develop other (not dominant) hemisphere of the brain.