Boot care and why I can't be arsed...
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What is the point trying to persuade folks to care for their boots , when so many dont even clean their guns after use ? None at all honestly , just do what you do!
The worst you can do with some good leather boots is to dry them too quickly. The leather will shrink and probably split.
I have a good few pairs of boots which I will cycle through if they get wet, while they dry out slowwwwly. Newspaper inside, just in a dry, room temperature area.
If they're already completely soaked, a hard brush under a tap and get ALL the mud and crud off them. If they're just damp and mucky, it can be easier to let them dry and then dry brush the soil off.
Ledergris is good stuff, definitely more leather life prolonging than your typical Kiwi/Cherry Blossom polish. A decent treatment will provide better water resistance than a dried coating of mud.
I have a good few pairs of boots which I will cycle through if they get wet, while they dry out slowwwwly. Newspaper inside, just in a dry, room temperature area.
If they're already completely soaked, a hard brush under a tap and get ALL the mud and crud off them. If they're just damp and mucky, it can be easier to let them dry and then dry brush the soil off.
Ledergris is good stuff, definitely more leather life prolonging than your typical Kiwi/Cherry Blossom polish. A decent treatment will provide better water resistance than a dried coating of mud.
Spats covered thatMore work on the uppers!
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Heym SR20
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I generally give my boots a good swill off in a stream, hosepipe, bucket at the end of the day with them still on my feet. Avoids putting mud, sheep poo, blood etc in the car. And just let them dry naturally. When the leather is getting a bit dry give a good dose of leather cream / snow seal.
Good boots cost good money these days so need looking after.
And I run two pairs - a tough heavy duty mountain boot, and a softer boot. There is good crossover so if one pair still damp from previous day, can use the other.
Good boots cost good money these days so need looking after.
And I run two pairs - a tough heavy duty mountain boot, and a softer boot. There is good crossover so if one pair still damp from previous day, can use the other.
Fursty Ferret
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No regime here.....use and abuse them!
Andy seatrout
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Harkila GTX that still don’t leak after six years…. The rubber rand is starting to wear a bit and they’re well scored by briar and gorse…. I have another pair with Kevlar toes that I just got from bushwear for £99….. just broken in, I’ve got a pair of meindl bourneos are well as numerous other lighter synthetic boots from Columbia…. I don’t get much choice being a UK 16….
So if they come back really shitty them the hosepipe outside and a hand brush, brough into the kitchen and left to dry naturally- not that far from the crappy single radiator ( there’s a shoe rack between them…kitchen is coldest room in the house…..
About every month I’ll bring them in and properly clean them in the sink, let them dry and then use mink oil applied liberally….. what I’m doing is guarding against the leather drying out and weakening plus providing a water repelling layer ….. at the end of the season they get the same so maybe four or five times autumn winter…..
So if they come back really shitty them the hosepipe outside and a hand brush, brough into the kitchen and left to dry naturally- not that far from the crappy single radiator ( there’s a shoe rack between them…kitchen is coldest room in the house…..
About every month I’ll bring them in and properly clean them in the sink, let them dry and then use mink oil applied liberally….. what I’m doing is guarding against the leather drying out and weakening plus providing a water repelling layer ….. at the end of the season they get the same so maybe four or five times autumn winter…..
In the sink when She's out?
I store mine just outside the back-door, rather than inside where the central heating dries out the leather. And brush in some G-Wax every now and then.
The failure point on my boots is either cracking the leather where it flexes behind the toe. Or the leather parting company from the sole at the same point.
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The failure point on my boots is either cracking the leather where it flexes behind the toe. Or the leather parting company from the sole at the same point.
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Andy seatrout
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Nah…. We have a large double Belfast sink…. My boys are always washing football boots in it, just clean up after….. the state she leaves things sometimes she’d dare not say anything!!In the sink when She's out?
When they’re prematurely ‘shot’ due to inappropriate use and zero TLC, send them back to the manufacturer with a scathing complaint and keep fingers crossed.
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Koenig
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You Sir, are a truly wicked man treating leather boots like that…
.On a serious note however, boot care needn’t be a fetish which it seems to be for some people. I would however follow these steps if you want them to last.
When muddy:
Hose them off.
Let them dry off naturally.
Choose your treatment (always liked Danner dressing myself) and re-apply so the leather doesn’t dry out and split - periodically.
Leather boots will usually split across the crease on the toe first. So pay attention to that area.
Or……wear wellies or fabric boots.
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