Post by: Rugergunsite308 on March 23, 2025, 09:53:15 AM
Thanks!
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Post by: Okanagan on March 23, 2025, 06:08:27 PM
Liquid Nikwax is surprisingly good. Obenauf's is good. Snoseal is way down the list if you are talking SE Alaska, Vancouver Island or the Olympic Penninsula, but it will do for east of the Cascades, where I grew up. :chuckle: I went through my SnoSeal phase in the 70's.
Beeswax protects boots from cuts and abrasions more than I would have expected of a mere boot treatment. Pure beeswax does not have any solvent or other softening ingredient added, which makes it harder to apply. Clean boots or new boots, hot sunshine or low double boiler and hair dryer. A hassle but worth it to me about once a year.
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Post by: hughjorgan on March 23, 2025, 07:18:55 PM
DON’T use oil or fat-based care products
DON'T use any wax based products
DON’T speed-dry near a heat source or direct sunlight
DON’T expose to farmyard waste, acids or petroleum-based products
DON’T store in damp, closed areas
DON'T use regular shoe polish on nubuck or split-leather
https://www.lowaboots.com/pages/boot-care
Post by: Dan-o on March 23, 2025, 07:41:52 PM
No particular brand. Whatever is available.
And I tend to put on 2 really thick coats within a couple days of each other.
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Post by: C-Money on March 24, 2025, 06:01:10 AM
Obenaufs has always worked great for me.
:yeah: Me too...
Post by: pianoman9701 on March 24, 2025, 08:30:06 AM
Post by: Mtnwalker on March 24, 2025, 09:00:03 AM
FYI for your LOWAS Ruger….
DON’T use oil or fat-based care products
DON'T use any wax based products
DON’T speed-dry near a heat source or direct sunlight
DON’T expose to farmyard waste, acids or petroleum-based products
DON’T store in damp, closed areas
DON'T use regular shoe polish on nubuck or split-leather
https://www.lowaboots.com/pages/boot-care
:yeah: Always check mfg recommendations on high end boots. How they cure their leather, what type of adhesive they use on the Rands etc. can all make a difference
Post by: pianoman9701 on March 24, 2025, 09:34:00 AM
Post by: Rugergunsite308 on March 24, 2025, 12:06:07 PM
This has been really interesting to read over. I like hearing about the homemade recipes. I've still got a gallon of bear grease for cooking, maybe it'll do boots too? Since these Lowas are my first expensive pair of hunting boots, (I've always been an on-sale Rocky or rubber boot kind of guy) I'll probably just order up Lowas own boot care stuff so as not to void the warranty. For my other boots, a local beeswax boot care seems like a cool way to support a local business. Thanks Pianoman!
Post by: GASoline71 on March 24, 2025, 01:23:28 PM
I haven’t waxed a pair of boots in years. I buy them with good goretex and usually by the time the leather is starting to fail the lace guides and the soles are wore out so I just buy a new pair. Not the pretties boots but they keep my feet dry.
This. I have a 30 year old pair of Irish Setter Rainier's that are Gore-Tex lined. I have never put any kind of boot dressing or water seal product on them. They still keep my feet as dry as they day I bought them. I will admit that I have ONLY worn them while hunting. They have been resoled twice.
Gary
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