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Re: Boot/ Shoe Care (Products, Methods, and Suggestions)
« Reply #15 on: February 01, 2012, 03:58:42 PM »
Hectic, it was your pic from a few weeks back that inspired me to give it a go.  :)
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Re: Boot/ Shoe Care (Products, Methods, and Suggestions)
« Reply #16 on: February 05, 2012, 09:23:48 PM »
Not so much about the end product but about the work:

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Re: Boot/ Shoe Care (Products, Methods, and Suggestions)
« Reply #17 on: February 05, 2012, 11:21:59 PM »
^nice video ... maybe this is just a romantic notion, but I wish I had a job doing something like that ...
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Re: Boot/ Shoe Care (Products, Methods, and Suggestions)
« Reply #18 on: February 15, 2012, 09:55:41 AM »
I came across this a while ago.
Feels crazy to see all this stuff just about shoe laces and lacing technics, but I must confess that since I applied Ian's advices, my laces hold much better and they do not slip anymore.
Now for the adventurous ones, you also have artistic ways of lacing  ;)

http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/index.htm

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Re: Boot/ Shoe Care (Products, Methods, and Suggestions)
« Reply #19 on: February 15, 2012, 10:00:44 AM »
Useful, but I won't be signing up for a feed from:

"Shoelace News Stories"

Not sure I could stand the excitement.....
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Re: Boot/ Shoe Care (Products, Methods, and Suggestions)
« Reply #20 on: February 15, 2012, 10:38:04 AM »
Useful, but I won't be signing up for a feed from:

"Shoelace News Stories"

Not sure I could stand the excitement.....

Yep! I won't either... but eh what would the world be without geeks?

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Re: Boot/ Shoe Care (Products, Methods, and Suggestions)
« Reply #21 on: March 31, 2012, 06:24:56 AM »
I was wondering how easy it would be to add some speed hooks to a pair of boots. Would a cobbler be able to do it pretty easily?

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Boot/ Shoe Care (Products, Methods, and Suggestions)
« Reply #22 on: May 07, 2012, 09:40:14 PM »
I've been using W.S. Robson's Polish on my smarter shoes for a while now and it's great stuff.







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Re: Boot/ Shoe Care (Products, Methods, and Suggestions)
« Reply #23 on: May 08, 2012, 09:57:11 AM »
Should I apply Obenauf's to my suede Red Wing chukkas?.. Or in pictures:




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Re: Boot/ Shoe Care (Products, Methods, and Suggestions)
« Reply #24 on: May 08, 2012, 10:03:12 AM »
If you don't want them to look like sude, sure
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Re: Boot/ Shoe Care (Products, Methods, and Suggestions)
« Reply #25 on: May 08, 2012, 10:08:22 AM »
Know that's gonna get them to look like standard leather boots, and am wondering whether that'd work seeing as they're... blue...

Any other options to treat 'm?..

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Re: Boot/ Shoe Care (Products, Methods, and Suggestions)
« Reply #26 on: May 08, 2012, 10:29:42 AM »
DO NOT put any leather treatment on suede boots.

Just brush them, buy a suede brush like this.
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Re: Boot/ Shoe Care (Products, Methods, and Suggestions)
« Reply #27 on: May 08, 2012, 10:32:14 AM »
Roger. Yeah all I've been doing is brushing them.

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Re: Boot/ Shoe Care (Products, Methods, and Suggestions)
« Reply #28 on: May 08, 2012, 10:34:06 AM »
If you want to add water repellentness, there is some sprays you can use. IMO they are not worth it.
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Re: Boot/ Shoe Care (Products, Methods, and Suggestions)
« Reply #29 on: May 08, 2012, 10:36:17 AM »
Nah - fuck those sprays.