Boot/ Shoe Care (Products, Methods, and Suggestions)
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I don't think there is a general rule, I agree in the pics it does look like quite a lot was applied but I don't think I over did it as after one day it had all soaked in with virtually nothing to be wiped off. To do those four pairs I used about half the bottle of oil so around 1/16 a bottle per boot.
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Hey D97X7,
Is the leather on one of those iron rangers "rough out"? If so, from what I can tell, it darkens the leather substantially by using the LP. Do you have any problems with that? How long ago did you treat those boots?
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Yes they are roughout and yes they did darken although not quite as much as it appears in the pic now they have dried out fully, no I don't mind it at all.
I did only intend to try it behind the eyelets at first to see what would happen, but I got more than I expected in the eye holes which dribbled down the outside so I felt I had no choice but to do the whole boot.
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I spaffed my RW roughouts liberally with Barbour wax treatment, they went a bit dark but have subsequently lightened. Recommended.
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Hectic, it was your pic from a few weeks back that inspired me to give it a go.
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Not so much about the end product but about the work:
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^nice video … maybe this is just a romantic notion, but I wish I had a job doing something like that ...
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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 -
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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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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Should I apply Obenauf's to my suede Red Wing chukkas?.. Or in pictures:
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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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Roger. Yeah all I've been doing is brushing them.
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Nah - fuck those sprays.