For Cracked Leather Boots?

[Sweeney 316]

My brashers have started to crack, what's best to rub into then?

[the scudd 82]

i had the same thing happen my danner boots, i found neats foot oil very good

[Blackbriar 8,569]

 

Grandad was a leather tanner and once or twice a year, he washed his boots with saddle soap and treated them with mink oil (no real idea what that is !).

[Sweeney 316]

Grandad was a leather tanner and once or twice a year, he washed his boots with saddle soap and treated them with mink oil (no real idea what that is !).

Read that's one of the best ways too, but ordered some grangers cleaner and wax to hopefully sort them out

[BGD 6,437]

My old man always used linseed oil on his boots, rub it in deep with a soft cloth once a week especially in cold weather.

[Neal 1,911]

I used to use the stuff that Brasher make for their boots (or rather "made" as they've now been taken over by Berghaus) on my Supalites and it worked ok. However, I read somewhere once somebody's opinion that (in the case of the supalite) the soles give out before the leather cracks too badly so he used to save his money and not bother.

 

I tried it once with one old pair and would agree. Also, because the waterproofing is via a goretex liner sandwiched between two layers of leather, they still keep out the water even with that big crack which always develops across the bridge near the base of my toes. In fact, I kept one old pair (which were so severely worn down on the heels that I walked like Old Man Steptoe) as my gardening boots and the leather eventually cracked so badly that it came away in chunks...but they still stayed dry. I eventually used them as plant pots for some strawberry plants for my kids but I had to keep tipping them upside down to let out rain water as it refused to leave the boot anyway other than via the top as they were still so waterproof!

[Bosun11 537]

There are a lot of products on the market now, all that are mentioned above are very good, though with some there is a fair bit of work involved to get em right.

I've used Renapur since i got a demo at a show about 15 years ago, i rate it and like the fact that it can be slapped on but there are probably better products out there now.

 

There was someone on here called Unicorn Leather that put a post up for making up your own, it made interesting reading if nothing else but if you had a mind to go for it i'd bet it would be bloody good.

[Neal 1,911]

My personal favourite is the Ladersmorning I got free with my Lundhags; though I've only ever used it on them. It smells like an old shepherd's hut the morning after he's had a good fire going to warm up an orphaned lamb.

[desertbred 5,490]

dont know if its still around "Dubbin"

[the big chief 3,099]

Try the wax from unicorn leather I used it on all my leather gear its a conditioner it feeds the leather and puts moisture back into the leather don't use neets foot no good tbh its a quick fix the stuff from unicorn leather is a far better product