Before and After: What a Professional Clean Actually Changes

There is a visible difference between a shoe that has been washed and a shoe that has been treated. The first looks less dirty. The second looks like itself again.

What a full treatment covers

1. Inspection — materials identified, damage recorded, dye stability tested on a hidden area.

2. Disassembly — laces and insoles removed and treated separately, because they hold most of the odour.

3. Deep clean — uppers, midsoles and outsoles each worked with the agent and brush their material allows.

4. Targeted stain work — handled by stain type, not by scrubbing harder.

5. Controlled drying — at room temperature, shaped, never near heat.

6. Finishing — leather reconditioned, suede re-napped, edges tidied.

7. Protection — a repellent treatment applied so the result survives the next rain shower.

What a clean cannot fix

Creasing is permanent — it is the leather folding, not dirt sitting in a line. Colour that has worn through needs recolouring, not cleaning. Degraded foam and heavily oxidised rubber have limits. Where those apply, we tell you before we start rather than after.

How long the result lasts

That depends almost entirely on what happens next. A treated pair worn daily through a Dutch winter will need attention sooner than one rotated with others and kept dry. Protection is the single biggest variable — which is why every treatment ends with it.

To keep the result at home between treatments, Jalloh Invisible Shield creates an invisible barrier designed to help repel water, moisture, dirt and everyday stains — without changing how the material looks or feels.

An invisible barrier. Visible results.