Boot/ Shoe Care (Products, Methods, and Suggestions)
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Bring life back to those worn soles. All it takes is water and some canvas. Dip your index finger in water and rub it along a small portion - about two to three inches at a time. Let the water set for at least twenty seconds. Using the canvas, quickly rub it back and forth over the treated area. The friction will cause the area to darken back up and gives it a nice shine.
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I just use a heavy grade canvas from the local fabric shop (Joann's in SoCal).
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You know, Simon I'm with you on the oil, I do it, I don't drown them it, just a light rub. I heard someone whining somewhere that his boots were like drunks, they sucked up everything he threw at them and then they got hard and crispy after a while and died, I dunno, then some other dude reckons that the oil rots the stitching. In short, I think oil on rag, wipe, admire.
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Just ordered Obenauf's water-based silicon spray to weatherproof my roughout Smokejumpers. I'll share my experience here.
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As alluded to over on the Trickers thread, these beautiful old shoes seemed to have a dried out (?) sole and heal. Hopefully you can see in the picture how the layers in the heal unit have started to come away from each other.
Has anyone else experienced this before? I'm familiar with reconditioning the leather of a shoes upper, but is this possible with the sole and heal?
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Once leather has dried to the point where it's started to crack, there's not much that can be done, other than replace it. I'd recommend going to a reputable repair shop (you mentioned the Shoe Healer in your other post, and he is quite reputable) and seeing if the shoes can be resoled.
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I came up with a system after watching my wife (then GF) wash her horse saddle the first time. After the application of saddle soap/water and a scrub with a fingernail cleaning brush, a dry in the sun, she applied this: (http://www.lexol.com/Product_leather_conditioner.aspx) I started using the same technique once a month on all my boots and it's doubled the lives of my daily Thorogood workboots.
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Not knowing what you do in your boots your system sounds like it may be a bit much, but as you say the care has doubled the lives of your shoes it's not much I can say besides images please
sent from a madmofo
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Whether it's a bit much depends on what kind of damage he's doing to them on a daily basis. I can easily get by with doing maintenance work once or twice a year, since I have multiple boots in rotation and I'm not putting them in rough environments. By comparison, I have a friend that can kill a pair of boots in under six months, because she's in horse barns every day.
Nonetheless, Lexol is good stuff. Works great on furniture and car interiors, too.
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True madmonday, I'm a superintendent for large construction projects and my boots go from mud to concrete to drywall dust every day so my care regiment is a bit extreme. I'll spare you pics of my nuked boots. I guess my point is that lexol is a an amazing product for only taking a quick spray and wipe.
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