In daily life, people would find that the sole and upper of newly white shoes would become yellowing.
Do you know why it would yellowing?
That’s because the phenomenon of color yellowing of footwear materials like PU polyurethane, UV-free antioxidant TPR thermoplastic rubber, and leather coated with polymer materials are likely to occur under exposuring to sunlight, ultraviolet light for a long time or in the heat, oxygen, stress, trace moisture, improper processing.
Reducing and prolonging the yellowing time has always been an urgent problem to be solved. Many shoe-making enterprises refer to HG/T 3689-2014 "Shoes for yellowing resistance test method" to determine the yellowing resistance of finished shoes and footwear materials. And the test of yellowing resistance has also become an important test for the quality management of the footwear industry.
What can we do in daily life to delay the yellowing of light-colored shoes?
The following methods are for reference only, and take care that do not to expose the shoes to the sun or to expose them to high temperatures.
A.Maintenance during washing
B.Collection maintenance
Choose the shoes which are hard to discolor will let white shoes to maintain the beautiful white color all the time. How to know if a pair of shoes will turn yellow in a short time? Please choose GESTER GT-KD02 UV Light Discoloration Tester to test for you.