Viberg
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@ZackB thanks buddy. The Viberg site says to treat their rough out leathers in the same manner as suede. But these waxy leathers are different still.
I don’t plan to re wax I don’t think. I think now that the wax is basically all gone, I’ll just treat em like a rough out, and use water and brush em out.
Viberg recommends a marseille soap/ shampoo. Maybe I’ll try that to help lift the dirt.
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@Mizmazzle let me know how it goes! I’m going to be in the same boat down the road. Maybe somebody with some first hand experience will chime in. I
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@Mizmazzle Both pairs of boots look epic. I love looking at a nice pair of broken in boots. I’ve had luck using a small wire brush to fluff up the rough out leather on the toe area of my boots. The back of the heels are worn smooth and I like the look/feel. Mainly use the wire brush on the toes when I thought they needed it with good results.
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@Denman-John thanks for the input, John. Do you mean an actual wire brush or a stiff bristle brush?
I agree..I love the rubbed down leather too. I think the boots are going to look so good when there’s like 30% and more rubbed smooth area.
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@Mizmazzle It’s an actual small wire toothbrush that I used in small areas where I wanted to”fluff” up the leather a bit. I think I might have got it at the Viberg shop in Victoria, but there is no branding on it so I may be wrong. Works great when needed.
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@Denman-John I guess when I think wire brush my mind goes to something like this…which I wouldn’t use on my boots..think I last used this to clean my grill.
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@Mizmazzle Something like that, but a little smaller and not as mangled
It works well with a gentle touch in spot areas, but I wouldn’t use it on the whole boot by any means. I used it on the toe area once a couple of months after I bought the boots. Since then I have left them natural with a couple of brushing when needed. I was a bit more anal when I first got them, now I embrace the patina.Edit: Looking closer at you pictures again, I would be hesitant to use the wire brush as I was thinking it was a straight rough out leather. Kinda skipped over the part where you mentioned waxy
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@Denman-John haha. That brush has been used and abused!
I think I’m just gonna let em get beat down au natural too. Wet cloth wipe down and a dry horse hair brushing seems to work well. Maybe I’ll try some
Sort of rough out conditioner one day. For now…full bore assault!! -
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@jfive67 Black shell cordovan that's fading to red on one boot, and green on the other.
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Natural waxed flesh engineers on a drizzly day.
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@Mizmazzle thanks man. i should really wear them more but they have their slot in the rotation. i've only rubbed them down with coconut oil and a venetian shoe cream a handful of times over the past 10 years or so. the leather is just so oily already....it's never ever been thirsty looking or feeling like CXL can get.
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Snowy 2030s
(In Horween Burned Oak Dublin if I remember correctly)
