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Re: leather conditioner/weatherproofing for boots


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Posted by Mark - IN. on October 06, 2013 at 09:01:22 from (50.102.157.24):

In Reply to: leather conditioner/weatherproofing for boots posted by carl reitnauer on October 05, 2013 at 11:38:47:

I've read below where some say use mink oil, and other advise against it. I get a new pair of boots, even cheapies to knock around in, and my favorite boots by far are my knee high Red Wing linesmens, and I rub in a whole can of mink oil on every single inch of the leather, and the tops and sides of the soles to coat the stitching, then I redo about once per year. I've worn out the soles on my linesmens and had them resoled. Never had a problem with stitches coming apart, leather drying out because of rot or anything of the sort. I did have a pair of 12 inchers dry up and crack after a year or two, but I was working in coal pretty often, and coal dust will take a lot of stuff apart, including steel girders. I've stood and worked in water and muck half way up most of my Red Wings more then once, never got my feet damp. But two things to remember. If you're going to soak them like that, when they dry off real good, hit them litely with mink oil to protect them from what you did to them that they weren't made to do in the first place. Two, if you rub a whole can of mink oil into them brand new like I do, that mink oil will seep through them, and my linesmens are black, so I turned every pair of white socks of mine, black for at least six months. Socks are cheap. These days a pair of knee high linesmens have to go for at least $300. I paid $250 ten years ago.

Good luck.

Mark


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