spurs61
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Check out this interview with White's Boots' customer service manager - http://www.hotshotfitness.com/whitesfirefightingboots.html. He talks sensibly about boot maintenance, IMHO. He warns against over-oiling boots, but then says "There's a happy medium that you need to realize. When you notice your boots getting dry, clean'em, put some oil on, but you don't want to put too much oil on because then you can start doing some damage to the boot."
Then, when asked for a rule of thumb about oiling, he says "t depends on the environment that you're in, and what you're doing with them. We'd love to be able to tell you that you should do it every two days, or two weeks, but there's just no way of telling from person to person. The clerks that work in our store, they can go a month without oiling their boots, not a problem. Because they're not exposing their boots to harsh conditions. But when you're on the fireline, you're exposing your boots to all kinds of chemicals. The chemicals that they put in fire marsupialant eats up the boot really good, so firefighters have to clean and oil their boots alot more. Use common sense, that's the best advice I can give you." He recommends Obenauf's made products and Pecards.
Bottom line, some cleaning and oiling is necessary. How much depends on the environment you work in and what you do with them - it's an individual thing. Use your common sense.
This winter, after contending recently with a lot of snow, ice, salt, etc., I'm glad I've used Obenauf HDLP on the boots that I'm out shoveling in, walking in the snow in, etc. Those boots which I don't wear as much in yucky conditions, I don't treat nearly as often and tend to use something like Obenauf oil or Venetian Shoe Creme (maybe every few months). But YMMV.
Then, when asked for a rule of thumb about oiling, he says "t depends on the environment that you're in, and what you're doing with them. We'd love to be able to tell you that you should do it every two days, or two weeks, but there's just no way of telling from person to person. The clerks that work in our store, they can go a month without oiling their boots, not a problem. Because they're not exposing their boots to harsh conditions. But when you're on the fireline, you're exposing your boots to all kinds of chemicals. The chemicals that they put in fire marsupialant eats up the boot really good, so firefighters have to clean and oil their boots alot more. Use common sense, that's the best advice I can give you." He recommends Obenauf's made products and Pecards.
Bottom line, some cleaning and oiling is necessary. How much depends on the environment you work in and what you do with them - it's an individual thing. Use your common sense.
This winter, after contending recently with a lot of snow, ice, salt, etc., I'm glad I've used Obenauf HDLP on the boots that I'm out shoveling in, walking in the snow in, etc. Those boots which I don't wear as much in yucky conditions, I don't treat nearly as often and tend to use something like Obenauf oil or Venetian Shoe Creme (maybe every few months). But YMMV.
