WESCO-MRLOU-CXL Wesco® -10" CXL Steerhide Engineer Boot - Brown The "Mister Lou"

[seawolf]

@Oaktavia These are basically slippers.

[goosehd]

@Oaktavia Those look pretty good and only need another treatment. Your black ones look much better, but still need at least another treatment and probably two. It's just my opinion though.

[Oaktavia]

@goosehd I agree these brown ones need it bad. I'll probably hit them both again. How long should I wait for you think?

[Oaktavia]

@seawolf said in WESCO-MRLOU-CXL Wesco -10" CXL Steerhide Engineer Boot - Brown The "Mister Lou":

@Oaktavia These are basically slippers.

Haha yeah man they are butter.

[goosehd]

@Oaktavia I would wait until tonight and give them a coat before you go to bed. Check them again in the morning and see how they look? The shafts look pretty good and don't think you need much more. Maybe a coat and even then, they're not that bad.

The heels on the brown boots look dry.

The black ones definitely need a few more coats. Shafts look decent, but the lowers need some more to drink...just my $.02

[Oaktavia]

@goosehd cool, cool thanks man. I want to make sure I do this all the way so the boots last a long time.

[goosehd]

@Oaktavia They're an investment and pay dividends with time and care. I love a pair or two of old, well worn and loved boots.

[seawolf]

@Oaktavia Please be aware that there's such a thing as over-saturating your boots, so you have to find the right balance for your climate, leather, and lifestyle. If that isn't the most vague shit ever, I don't know what is. As long as you're conditioning them, they'll be fine. Most leathers leave the tannery and have a good 5-10 years before they'll need anything. Conditioning around once per year or two after that is generally a good idea. What you don't want to do is completely neglect them. The leather will turn into beef jerky and sawdust.

[Oaktavia]

@seawolf haha oh boy...well it is starting to get dark here already so I'll take a look at them in the morning and see how thirsty they look. Are you saying less may be safer? Or to just use my best judgement?

[seawolf]

@Oaktavia Use your best judgement. CXL in particular is notoriously stuffed with tons of fats and liquors at the tannery and doesn't need conditioning for 5-10 years. YMMV of course, but you're probably fine with being conservative with it. The leather still needs to be able to breathe.

[seawolf]

@Oaktavia Also, to reiterate. Use your best judgement. There's no one right answer for conditioning your boots because there are so many factors to consider, so you just need to look at the leather, feel the leather, and notice how it changes after you condition it, and keep an eye on them for a time, and condition again. You'll start to notice them drying out over time and you'll start to learn how much to use for the next time. Everyone's use-cases, environmental factors, and leathers are different, so it's a little trial in error, and largely varies from person to person. And as I mentioned earlier, as long as you're actually applying conditioner with some sort of regularity, you'll be fine.

[Oaktavia]

@seawolf Alrighty then, that all makes sense, thanks Zach. I'll check them out in the sunlight tomorrow. Thanks for the help gentlemen.