How To Use Lemon Juice To Clean Your White Shoes

You might already use lemon juice to lighten your hair in the summer. Or, maybe you use the acid in lemon juice to break down limescale and rust that's built up in your sinks and shower (via Kitchn). If you do, you're already harnessing lemon juice's acidic, lightening properties. It works just as well on your white sneakers or other shoes — and it's a breeze to do. 

All you need to begin your sneakers transformation from contrite to white is to mix two tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice with one cup of water, according to Limoneira. Then, dip a toothbrush into your lemon juice-water solution, and start scrubbing it into your shoe. When you've thoroughly scrubbed, rinse your shoes with water. That's it.  Let them dry, preferably in the sun, to boost lemon juice's bleaching properties. If you're desperate for extra cleaning power, How to Clean Things suggests that you can mix in a capful of bleach to your lemon-juice, water solution.