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Recent content by AAJJLLPP
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Clarks Desert Boots
Obenaufs will lighten up as well. Get some coloured shoe polish or leather dye.- AAJJLLPP
- Post #6,936
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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*** The official and awesome DIY thread ***
Just curious, why didn't you burnish the sole edge and heel stack? IMO it just doesn't look quite finished. Otherwise they're great though.- AAJJLLPP
- Post #1,177
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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How many of you still wear raw denim?
The reason raw denim companies don't do prewashing and predistressing is that the machines are quite expensive and it is a huge overhead for these smaller companies to take on. Or if you do it by hand which some brands do, it is very labour intensive. It also goes against the brand image that...- AAJJLLPP
- Post #20
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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**The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**
I have never noticed any adverse effects. Granted it never even crossed my mind before you mentioned it. I think it would kinda act like crocking on a pair of new jeans, and the chemicals would only bleed considerably when new. So if you wore socks when they were new, and maybe did a light...- AAJJLLPP
- Post #14,979
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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**The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**
Where are you getting you're information from? I couldn't find anything backing up your statement that petroleum solvents act as a weak acid, besides it not even logical to be able to generalize all petroleum solvents as there is such a broad range. Benzene, one of the more common petroleum...- AAJJLLPP
- Post #14,793
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Clarks Desert Boots
The beeswax leather scuffs really easily like that, you can get most of it out by simply wetting you thumb and rubbing it. Conditioning should do the trick as well.- AAJJLLPP
- Post #6,934
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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**The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**
A buffered acidic solution contains a weak acid and its conjugate base (vice versa for a buffered base). For example glycolic acid has the formula HOCH2COOH, then its conjugate base would be the same other than the loss off a hydrogen OCH2COOH- . Any weak acid does not fully dissociate in water...- AAJJLLPP
- Post #14,468
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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**The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**
I am a bit lost on how you are using 'buffer' still. Are you using it in the way that the leather can shift pH a bit and still be in a healthy zone? Or are you referring to a buffer solution? A buffer solution minimizes the change in pH by shifting it's equilibrium to match the addition of...- AAJJLLPP
- Post #14,463
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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**The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**
If enough there is a large enough percentage of oils, it will be soft enough to apply at room temperature. Solvent is not the only way to mix water with oils and waxes, you can also create emulsions using emulsifying waxes. They work on the principle that the water and waxes/oils do not...- AAJJLLPP
- Post #13,971
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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**The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**
No added solvent is needed to mix carnuba, beeswax, avocado and jojoba oil. They are all non-polar molecules which means they will soluble in each other, they really aren't very disparate, the difference between a wax and a oil is just the length of the carbon chain. They could easily be mixed...- AAJJLLPP
- Post #13,948
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Red Wing Boots - Your Opinion
"Fine leathers" is not referring to the kind of leathers that red wing uses. It is referring to the leathers used in dress shoes and such, not the heavier oiled leathers red wing uses. Sno-seal is not appropriate for suede or fine leathers either, unless you are looking to "dub" a pair of suede...- AAJJLLPP
- Post #2,796
- Forum: Streetwear and Denim
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**The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**
Sharpie?- AAJJLLPP
- Post #13,308
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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**The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**
The thing is theres none of it in my left shoe, I wear the same socks on each foot, and I really doubt one foot sweats exponentially more than the other. Besides my feet don't sweat a whole lot. Also I doubt any of my socks have metal fibers in them.- AAJJLLPP
- Post #13,283
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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**The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**
They're only a year or so old, never been repaired. They were't black like that when they were new.- AAJJLLPP
- Post #13,278
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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**The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**
Anyone have an idea why the leather insole is so black in this shoe? My other one looks completely normal. It easily scratches off, you can see the scrape i made in the photo. It doesn't seem to be anywhere but the insole. Could it be mould?- AAJJLLPP
- Post #13,276
- Forum: Classic Menswear