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F-01 — Line F

Spare Laces, three pairs

Three pairs of flat cotton laces, 120 cm, the same ones fitted to every low-top here.

$18USD, one-off purchase

Composition

Lace100% cotton
TipCotton, adhesive bonded

This is not footwear, so the three-row footwear label does not apply. We publish the composition anyway.

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Specification

Everything we measured.

Figures are taken from a size EU 42 unless a range is given, and they are the same figures we hold in production.

Build

01
120 cm, flat, 8 mm wide — correct for six eyelet pairs.
02
Undyed cotton with a plain cotton-wrapped tip rather than a metal aglet.
03
Laces are the first part of a white shoe to look bad. They are also the cheapest to replace.

Chemical compliance

Chromium VI in leather
≤ 3 mg/kg
Azo dyes
Within REACH Annex XVII limits
Nickel release, metal eyelets
Within REACH Annex XVII limits

How this pair is cleaned, and what will not come out.

Cotton canvas and woven textile

  1. 01Remove the laces and the insock and wash both separately by hand.
  2. 02Brush dry dirt out of the weave with a medium brush.
  3. 03Work cool water and a little neutral detergent into the fabric with a soft brush, in small circles.
  4. 04Rinse by wiping with a clean damp cloth several times. Do not hold the shoe under a tap.
  5. 05Stuff with white paper — coloured paper transfers dye into wet canvas — and dry in the shade for a full day.

Comes out

  • Mud and dust
  • Most water-based food and drink marks caught early
  • Grass marks, partially
  • Surface grime across the whole upper, which lifts evenly if you treat the whole panel

Stays

  • Oil and grease, which sit between the yarns rather than on them
  • Ink and dye transfer
  • Yellowing of undyed cotton, which bleach makes worse rather than better
  • Stretch: canvas that has given does not come back
  • Never put these in a washing machine or a tumble dryer. Heat and the drum separate the sole from the upper.
  • Never use bleach or a brightener on undyed cotton.
  • Never dry them in direct sun, which drives yellowing.