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12-28-2010, 12:27 PM | #2 |
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You should be able to take a hose and soft brush and spray off all the mud. Then once they've dried, just get a can of mink oil and go to town. If they're good boots, which Wolverine's usually are they will bounce back.
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12-28-2010, 12:28 PM | #3 | |
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12-28-2010, 12:28 PM | #4 |
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12-28-2010, 12:28 PM | #5 |
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The boot is probably not salvageable to the point that it will last as long as it normally would have. But you probably should try warm water and a vegetable brush.
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12-28-2010, 12:30 PM | #6 |
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My work boots are always caked with mud, and concrete. I wear them till they fall apart. Usually 8-12 months.
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12-28-2010, 12:32 PM | #7 |
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Better yet when they've dried use this
Let that dry a bit then use the mink oil |
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12-28-2010, 12:34 PM | #8 |
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get em clean..then use saddle soap..then use polish..then use clear polish.
once you get'em clean I suggest rubbing the polish and clear in using your hand..nothing helps getting into the pores of the leather better than your warm skin.... good leather should bounce back nicely. |
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12-28-2010, 12:39 PM | #9 |
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12-28-2010, 12:40 PM | #10 |
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soak then in antifreeze
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12-28-2010, 12:51 PM | #11 |
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Good tips by everyone. The only thing I'd add, after a good clean and polish, set them near a heat register over night. The warm leather should draw whatever you use on them deeper into the leather.
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12-28-2010, 12:58 PM | #12 |
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Thanks for the responses, guys.
I should have been more clear. The warm water and soft brush was assumed. The saddle soap and mink oil ideas is more of what I was looking for, it appears. My concern is the mud staining the leather since it's been caked on so long. |
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12-28-2010, 01:01 PM | #13 |
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12-28-2010, 01:06 PM | #14 |
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Big difference in someone who works in their boots everyday in non-optimal work environments i.e: construction, mechanic garage etc etc, than someone who wears them on the weekends or whenever they are "working" outside of their office jobs.
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12-28-2010, 01:07 PM | #15 |
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