Just got picrel: 5.11 Tactical XPRT 3.0 boots, and they are pretty solid for general utility.
My current protocol
> Silicone spray on outer synthetic and paracord shoelaces
> Brush leather, apply lard, wait to dry, brush, apply Bunderswehr TH. GEYER FLORAL cream, wait to dry, brush off.
Any better methods from vets or woodsmen? Unfortunately I just can't bother to get into dubbin, and I like the lard because it lasts for long and keeps the leather flexible.
Also, how often should I polish them if I wear them daily?
OP here, wrong pic.
Link: https://www.511tactical.com/xprt-3-waterproof-6-boot.html
Op here, forgot to specify. I apply lard at most once a month if they've seen regular use, and polish once a week. Also the silicone bit is done once a year, and of course avoid the leather.
lard!?!?
doesn't that make the leather rot?
i use mink oil then beeswax.
lard? Yep but what do I know
Just did my maintenance today.
Every six months
>thorough clean
>apply conditioner, wipe off excess
>let soak in, wipe dry
>polish, wait, buff
>apply snoseal on boots
On this
>how often polish?
Literally doesn't matter, polish is just aesthetic dye. Conditioner is what's important, and I guess lard works? I use a commercial conditioner.
Good polish waterproofs, moron, stop buying shit polish.
Okay, my boots as I said get snoseal anyway, and my nicer shoes are factory waterproofed not sure how that works but they're still beading water without any input from me.
I'm not trusting polish to seal my boots, they get beat to shit. Glob on some wax every time.
Find a midrange+ one on Amazon or get a brand name like Allen Edmonds.
>lard
Are you literally in Appalachia right now?
Imagine the smell of 6 month old lard covered boots...
The BW polish I buy is advertised as nourishing and waterproofing, No need to worry since all my boots are already waterproof full grain leather with membranes. I'd avoid commercial as they often use veg oils and other trash that harms the leather and doesn't come off.
meh
https://www.thgeyer-ingredients.com/en/portfolio/own-production/
I wonder if this BW cream is any good... IS a bit of silicone bad for learther?
Anything better than lard? Figured animal oils beat vegs by far, and that lard stays around forever.
Kiwi has wax. I used nothing but kiwi on two pairs of boots for 15 years and the soles were always the problem never the leather. Lard will go rancid.
No Kiwi where I live but we have Erdal, advertised with beeswax and other bunch of stuff might not be best for leather.
I have a pair for hiking. I switched back to leather because I froze my feet on some Adidas Terrex last winter.
I have some larded shoes in storage for 6 months now and that hasn't happened but I will consider that.
Mink oil
Hydrophobic spray, not sure how well it works on full leather boot. I use nano something on my shoes and my boots are rubber.
Should have bought Salomon GTXs.
>lard
Lard will go rancid. Oil will make your leather too supple and it will lose its shape. Use a beeswax-based leather treatment.
Just buy normal boot polish at any tack store, you larping goober.
use that black paste made by kiwi to wipe them down and a brush they make one of those brushes too
Avoid Gore Tex by the way, go full leather
>What is the best way to take care of leather boots?
Replacing them with synthetic boots.
those come with a complimentary butt plug right?
vibram boots > anything else
>5.11
>my current protocol
you sound like a gay.
report every single one of these fricking boot threads for spam/flooding.
its one moron spamming the board.
These are heavy, but the vibram soles are great
That's just a modern leather boot. How is that heavy to you?
All boots have vibram soles nowadays. That's not a brand-defining feature anymore.
My regime is:
Pull out laces.
Wipe down with damp rag.
Clean with saddle soap, wipe off and let dry.
Apply coating of leather oil, wait 24hrs.
Apply coating of boot grease, wait 24hrs.
Think about doing a serving grease coat but think frick it and start wearing them again.
Seems to work for me.
Second coat not serving coat.
obenauf's... got the literal last pair of size 13 wesco 18" on the interwebz, until they restock smtm this year