Bloody boot polish.

[openspaceman]

3 minutes ago, peds said:

I have a block of home-grown beeswax waiting for an application. Anyone want to suggest the ideal oil and the ratio in which to mix it?

Neatsfoot does sound like a strong contender... being cows, and all...

Initially add a small amount of beeswax so it is mostly liquid and can soak in the *dry* leather, later you can add more until it has the consistency of a paste. It will then buff up to seal the surface but I never bother.

 

This thread has reminded me to make some more.

[peds]

Nice one, I'll give it a go.

[Stere]

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I don't want gold flakes through it or anything, but judging on the prices being looked, there must be.

 

See what you mean about price - some of thoose  small ml  tins are like £80 per kg

 

 

 

Looking up about oils & wondering  if laolin mink  neatsfoot oil or even say a block of cooking lards from the supermarket  makes much difference all are just various animal fats?

 

What ever oil my ducks makes for there  feathers is  amazingly water repellent also if you could buy it tub of it.....

 

From googling......

 

Supposedly mink oil is better & is  more expensive than  other "inferior"  lards as doesn't go rancid?

 

Laolin  naturally anti fungal and anti -bacterical also

 

 This beeswax plus laolin stuff looks decent & not too pricey.....

 

Effol Effax Leather Balsam

GSEQUESTRIAN.CO.UK

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Extremely valuable leather care with substances which ensure long life and reliability of leather equipment and at the same...

 

 

The stuff sold for horse leathers is cheaper than boot dubbin generally....

Edited Tuesday at 12:22 by Stere

[Steven P]

There was a story a while ago that the were stopping making or selling in the UK (can't remember which), demand was falling - no one polishes shoes anymore apparently!

 

I tend to use a dubbin on mine in the winter and polish over the summer... but that tin is running down. Army uses beeswax doesn't it to get a good shine? Melted as a base layer to soak in and then top layer is more of a paste to get a shine... though that was a youtube clip a few years ago

[Peasgood]

This is good stuff for waterproofing, restoring and preserving. You won't get a shine though.

 

[Mark Bolam]

6 hours ago, Steven P said:

There was a story a while ago that the were stopping making or selling in the UK (can't remember which), demand was falling - no one polishes shoes anymore apparently!

 

I tend to use a dubbin on mine in the winter and polish over the summer... but that tin is running down. Army uses beeswax doesn't it to get a good shine? Melted as a base layer to soak in and then top layer is more of a paste to get a shine... though that was a youtube clip a few years ago

 

It’s pretty sad mate.

Good memories of polishing our school shoes with Dad on a Sunday evening.

The smell of Kiwi always reminds me of this.

Alas, doesn’t really happen with my kids these days.

 

Still got an old school shoe care box, mind.

Mainly the Dubbin and Nikwax getting a workout now.

[Steven P]

Likewise, a tub in the garage with all the shoe cleaning things, Sunday night and every few Monday mornings school with polish still around the back of the hand if I was being a tit Sunday night and had to clean them Monday morning. Yup, got a box with polish, selection of brushes and cloths under the shoe rack... The Boys shoes are all cheap fabrics rather than leather, but one day it is on the list of things to teach them.

 

However if I turn up after a shopping trip next week with various oils (where do you get mink oil from by the way?) they will think I am even odder, it will be whatever I can get at the supermarket for them.

[Stere]

From minks

 

 

It is obtained by the rendering of mink fat which has been removed from pelts bound for the fur industry.^[1

[openspaceman]

8 minutes ago, Stere said:

From minks

 

 

It is obtained by the rendering of mink fat which has been removed from pelts bound for the fur industry.^[1

Not any mink farms left around here, still a few feral mink from releases though, we had them in the stream at work., I wonder what they did with the rest of rendered mink, probably fed them back.

[AHPP]

2 hours ago, Mark Bolam said:

 

It’s pretty sad mate.

Good memories of polishing our school shoes with Dad on a Sunday evening.

The smell of Kiwi always reminds me of this.

Alas, doesn’t really happen with my kids these days.

 

Still got an old school shoe care box, mind.

Mainly the Dubbin and Nikwax getting a workout now.

 

Polishing shoes is absolutely one of the most wholesome things a man can do.