Once your shoes are clean you need to dry them safely, and you cannot take shortcuts here. Don’t use the dryer, or put them right on top of a hot radiator.
“Near the radiator is fine so they get a bit of latent heat, but don’t put shoes on top of the radiator when it’s on,” says Kirk Odunubi. “A lot of shoes are made under heat conditions—the uppers are heat-molded—so if you put it on a direct heat source like a radiator, then it can soften and melt some of those welded areas and the shoe can lose its shape.”
Leave your wet shoes in a warm, well-ventilated area, or you can even put them in front of a fan to speed up the drying process. Alternatively, stuff them with old newspaper, and change the paper when it gets damp.