Just bought some new boots; Dubbin, was he pulling my left one?

[Transalper]

....just wish that work would allow me to test the bally things more than once every three weeks!

What's happening there then?
I can't remember what you do... if I ever knew.

[whatastoner]

If anyone wants to have dry feet all the time, check out uscav.com
I bought all my goretex socks jackets and pants there. Still work fine after 14 years.

[almoto]

I am not a seafood eater, in actual fact, I would go as far as to say that I would rather poke myself in the eyes with rusty nails than eat the sardines - interesting idea with the oil though...................
Update my boots are now back to brown and still very waterproof just wish that work would allow me to test the bally things more than once every three weeks!

Other fish but sardines?

Do you mean that they have other sorts of fish for sale in shops these days?

[almoto]

Ok then...

Its like oil changes in your engine
Whatever you put on...as long as you put it on often...
and the easier it is to do the more often it is done.



The best is to have two sorts of treatments:

Liquid stuff (leather oil...from saddlery)
Solid stuff (sno seal. dubbin, beeswax, nordie stuff etc.)

For weekly fast easy maintanance: Liquid stuff...put on with paint brush, takes 1 minute, soaks straight away all trough leather. lasts for one rain ride...(=easy to do all the time)

For winter and longer trips : Solid stuff...heat boots a bit, heat solid stuff in hottish water, put stuff on, keep boots warm to let soak in...lasts through a few rain rides...(=takes time)


Never let boots dry out completly (especially in front of fire)...leather will go hard and crack with (first) use...put stuff on when boots are half dry.
Better to keep boots slightly wet (and supple) til you get home than boots being dry and cracked (vugged).
Boots also shrink when totally dry (no oil...)...they stretch again when soaked in water and being worn...(put oil on before completly dry).

And stitching these days doesnt rot anymore...that was in the old days with cotton stitching...and stuff like Neatsfoot oil...now that stuff use to rot stitching.

For on road maintanance: 'Favoured food in oil'