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"Hierophant" wrote in message oups.com... I believe light up sneakers light up do to chemicals being placed under pressure. Those chemichals are sealed tight. I think you can clean them like you would any other sneaker. Not really : " Light-up shoes were originally made with mercury tilt switches. Mercury created a very reliable switch but so many shoes were ending up in the landfill that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) banned mercury as a switch for two reasons. It considered mercury hazardous to the wearer and a hazardous waste in the environment. Next, designers substituted a plastic tab depressed by the weight of the wearer. They were environmentally safe, but not reliable. The plastic would fatigue and the light would come on and stay on until the batteries were discharged. Today, some shoes have motion-activated lighting modules that feature a red brake light when the walker is in the process of coming to a complete stop. Some have removable and interchangeable light-emitting diode (LED) cartridges. Some designs have replaceable batteries. When shopping for light-up shoes, first look for the US copy patent number on the inside tongue. Then visit the US patent website (see address under Resources) and search for the patent number." http://www.snopud.com/Education/Educ...ctivities/Flas hyFootwear.ashx?p=2146 |
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dejablues wrote:
"enigma" wrote in message ... Jeannie wrote in : Are kids' shoes with blinking lights washable? My daughter had a pee accident in them. Simple surface washing is not an option. sure it is. pee isn't a big deal unless she's ill. if you're worried about an odor, surface wash with an enzyme product like Nature's Miracle (available at pet stores), but usually toddler pee doesn't have any residual odor, IME. If she was standing up, and pee'd down her legs, filling the insides of the shoes with urine, they'd need more than surface washing. Those spongy innersoles can hold a lot of liquid! She was standing up and pee was going down into her shoes. This was actually the second time she had an accident in her shoes. The first time was at her daycare, and when I got there to pick her up, it didn't seem like much, so I just let it dry. The second time, the new pee really brought out the smell of the old pee. I realized that worrying over washing blinking shoes was silly. If the lights stopped working, it would not be a big deal. I still would have functional shoes. I'll try the washing machine method and see how it turns out. Thanks to all, -- Jeannie E-mail: jeannie at talisweb dot see oh em Web: http://www.moonflour.com |
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Jeannie wrote:
I realized that worrying over washing blinking shoes was silly. If the lights stopped working, it would not be a big deal. I still would have functional shoes. I'll try the washing machine method and see how it turns out. Follow-up: I washed the shoes in hot water, full cycle in the washing machine using a delicates net. The shoes still blink as they did before the wash. -- Jeannie E-mail: jeannie at talisweb dot see oh em |
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"enigma" wrote in message ... Jeannie wrote in : i'm looking for a new pair of light up shoes for a boy, preschool size 11, NOT sports related. he had dump truck ones, but all i can seem to find now have sports theme (yeah, i'm picky. i dislike sports everything on boy's clothes. not all boys care about sports) \ We have some (not size 11, ours are size 6, but they did have bigger ones at the time) with Elmo and Cookie monster on them which came from Target. |
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"Tracey" wrote in
: "enigma" wrote in message ... i'm looking for a new pair of light up shoes for a boy, preschool size 11, NOT sports related. he had dump truck ones, but all i can seem to find now have sports theme We have some (not size 11, ours are size 6, but they did have bigger ones at the time) with Elmo and Cookie monster on them which came from Target. the dump truck ones were from Target. he outgrew 2 pairs of them, but the ones our Target has had since last fall are the sports ones. oh well. lee |
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