I like your down-to-earth, no frills sensible and useful advice. And *thank you* for not incorporating useless and annoying background music. You will go from strength to strength.
Good tutorial, the only bit of information I’d add is that you may need (and it’s okay to use) a brush to kick excessive dirt before you clean and condition your boots. I’m a commercial electrician in a very dirt happy area of the country, I have to use a fairly stiff brush to knock off the heavy dirt off my Red Wing Roughnecks
What kind of brush do you use? I can’t find a brush safe enough to use on leather than has the strength of a steel wire to get all of the dirt that is stuck in the crease that connects the boot to the sole.
I have leather shoes. But I can't handle its dirt issues and proper cleaniness. Now your this vedio provides me a right direction to handle these issues. Thank you a lot.
I live in west Texas, I leave my boots in the sun for 40 minutes- 1 Hour the longest. In the winter well ya over night inside. Also I use a soft toothbrush to get in those deep spots like the welts and the guest. Also I use a sponge the apply and conditioner as it spreads it nicely and it allows me once again to get in those tight spaces. Another thing I do is put a light coat of the conditioner on the inside and if the soul is a veg tan I apply there as well. Breaks in the boot nicely and keeps the inside from falling apart. Had a pair of RedWings Iron rangers since I was 18 now 44 and only had 3 re-soul. My Nicks since I was 20 and only 2 re-soul. Every time I get a complement on how the soul and inside has kept up. Just saying the inside needs love too just not as much. I do the inside about 3 times a year.
Nice video. Very informative. But please help me; I can't get a shine on my leather work boots to save my soul. I'v tried everything known to man and experimented with every technique and medium for years, right out of the box boots and old boots. Is it me or is it the leather? It's almost as if the supple leather is too porous and the wax or polishing oils never completely dry. I generally wear Red Wings, Carolina's, and ThouroughGood's. When I was a kid in the 70's and 80's, they would always shine up to a mirror finish. Your help would be greatly appreciated
How often do you recommend cleaning leather shoes/boots that get 1-2 wears a week? My understanding is that maybe 1-2 a year is enough, assuming your are doing regular conditioning. Is that right?
Thank you. Clean my boots a lot but you gave me some really good pointers in a simple way and you weren't annoying about it. Thank you for not adding stupid ass music or anything like that to your video. Truly appreciated!
Kiwi saddle soap moisturizes also no need to condition with kiwi soap. Just like moisturizing body wash no need to lotion up or ull feel greasy not to mention it changes the color
So glad this was the top result! Great and straight to the point. Im justnow cleaning my boots after... 3 or 4 years lol. Crazy to see all the grime rubbed off
So you use a towel to remove grit that might scratch the leather then you use the grit-laden towel again to re-apply the grit and scratch the leather? Got it.
I used Palmolive dish soap . Works just as good . Got the brush at the $ store . Left the boots over night . Re condition them with the less expensive Venetian shoe cream . Perfect.
That can be fine short term but that will, over time, strip way too much moisture from the boots. But it’s good that you used Venetian as that has magical restorative properties making the soap of choice not a big problem. I’d recommend designated saddle soap in the future. The cheap kind is fine especially if you’re using Venetian shoe cream.
it depends on the cleaning. if you submerged the boots or shoes in distilled water, you will have to wait for 1-2 days for them to completely dry again. 30 minutes would never be enough.
This shit is a scam or just for hipsters that sit in offices and don't actually get their boots dirty. Dish soap works fine. Put them on your boot dryer overnight then the next day put obenaufs on. There's nothing better if you actually use boots for their intended purpose.
Saddle Soap almost ruined a lovely Lucky Brand purse that i have!! Cannot believe a leather CLEANER could put dark spots on a lovely bag. Wish I hadn't followed your advice.
