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11-20-2009, 08:27 PM
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New Boots
Hey what can I put on these new leather wolverines? they're the wellington kind...I was thinking wd40, but don't want to screw them up.
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11-20-2009, 08:34 PM
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use cutting oil. put some on my redwings today. 
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11-20-2009, 08:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tcdavis66
Hey what can I put on these new leather wolverines? they're the wellington kind...I was thinking wd40, but don't want to screw them up.
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There is probally a product made to do what you want done, I know it
sounds crazy but you might look into that before using home rolled
methods.
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11-20-2009, 08:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by tcdavis66
Hey what can I put on these new leather wolverines? they're the wellington kind...I was thinking wd40, but don't want to screw them up.
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that's negative! Boot wax.
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11-20-2009, 09:14 PM
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Awesome, thanks...boot wax sounds good, although cutting fluid sounds cheaper :-). Thanks
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11-20-2009, 11:21 PM
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I use Obenaufs oil on mine. Good for the leather and water proofs it some.
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11-21-2009, 04:20 AM
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I like to use 2 coats of Neetsfoot oil.the kind I use on saddles.I slop it on with a paint brush and let them sit for a week.
Last edited by bobelectric; 11-21-2009 at 04:22 AM.
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11-21-2009, 06:41 AM
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Saddle Soap works real good. Plus is makes them shine.
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11-21-2009, 06:41 AM
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WD-40??
Dear, god.
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11-21-2009, 03:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Frasbee
WD-40??
Dear, god.
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yeah really...why not crisco? lol
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11-21-2009, 04:33 PM
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Mink oil... usually next to the shoe polish in a good grocery store. Awesome for baseball gloves.
Camp-Dry makes good products, too... sporting goods store.
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11-21-2009, 05:28 PM
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I second the use of mink oil. I used to use neetsfoot oil and hose it on until the leather quit absorbing it. My shoe repair man that re-soled my boots told me to stop it. He said it was making the leather too soft and the thread was cutting through the leather out of the sides of the stitch holes. He told me to stick with mink oil and I have for the last 30 years.
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11-21-2009, 05:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by amptech
I second the use of mink oil. I used to use neetsfoot oil and hose it on until the leather quit absorbing it. My shoe repair man that re-soled my boots told me to stop it. He said it was making the leather too soft and the thread was cutting through the leather out of the sides of the stitch holes. He told me to stick with mink oil and I have for the last 30 years.
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good water-proofer too? If so, I'm sold.
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11-21-2009, 06:49 PM
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Latex spray to waterproof.
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11-22-2009, 08:25 AM
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Cool, mink oil it is.
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11-22-2009, 07:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nitro71
I use Obenaufs oil on mine. Good for the leather and water proofs it some.
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Same here, along with their preserve from time to time.
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11-22-2009, 11:55 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lz_69
Same here, along with their preserve from time to time.
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On Wolverines? Aren't they throwaway boots, one step above Timberland?
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11-23-2009, 07:19 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LawnGuyLandSparky
On Wolverines? Aren't they throwaway boots, one step above Timberland?
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Yea, but that fawny color isn't manly as oil darkened boots.
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