Museum Calf Appreciation Thread

[TGuns]

Forgot to post my new Enzo's on here:

 

[Ironist]

Anyone else use renovateur on their shoes and had mottling effect removed? Really sad stuff.

 

[OzzyJones]



Anyone else use renovateur on their shoes and had mottling effect removed? Really sad stuff.

Don't think that should happen! Never happened on mine

 

[gyasih]

That definitely shouldn't happen.

 

[SuitedDx]



Anyone else use renovateur on their shoes and had mottling effect removed? Really sad stuff.

did this happen to your vass?

 

[VRaivio]

Do my eyes tell lies or is one tip of wing crooked on that Enzo pair?

 

[Heh Ding Xin]

I think it happened to his kent wang clayton (single monk). Anyone has the same problem? I just ordered a pair of kent wang clayton

 

[LS7]



Anyone else use renovateur on their shoes and had mottling effect removed? Really sad stuff.

Renovateur does indeed remove a little of the finish from any leather, not just museum. This should be apparent when you buff the shoes with a cotton cloth after allowing the Reno to dry; afterwards the cloth will have patches of the leather finish (dye?) at the area where you buffed. You should see the same effect with Saphir Medaille D'Or cream, but much less pronounced (the colour patch on the buffing cloth is faint in comparison).

This is why Reno should be used sparingly IMO - once or twice a year max. See the pics posted in this thread by me a few months back - http://www.styleforum.net/t/383441/museum-calf-appreciation-thread/105#post_7083123. Over 5 years these have had Reno applied on maybe 4 or 5 occasions, and as you can see the mottling is very much intact. I would expect this to be the case since the museum finish is supposedly applied throughout the leather, not just on the surface (pretty sure I read here on the forum that's how Ilcea used to tan these hides, pre-bankruptcy anyway).

 

[Heh Ding Xin]

So best advice is to use neutral cream followed by neutral wax on museum calf?

 

[OzzyJones]



So best advice is to use neutral cream followed by neutral wax on museum calf?

Or a simple conditioner like lexol or bick4. I use either neutral wax or one the colour of the lightest tones on the shoe for shine

 

[gyasih]

Renovateur should not remove finish from museum, maybe surface polish only. The dye is supposed to be tanned into the hides, IIRC. My tanning/dying vernacular may be off on this one.

 

[Ironist]



I think it happened to his kent wang clayton (single monk). Anyone has the same problem? I just ordered a pair of kent wang clayton

This.

Thanks for the responses guys, I used the shoes for 6 months before shining them. I had to use a cleaner unfortunately because someone bumped into me the other day and I spilled orange juice on it. I think the mottling effect wasn't that much on the KW shoes and they added an additional finish on top of it which is what came off afterwards. I don't think there's any helping it really... Can't clean the shoes without removing finish. However, I was under the impression than museum calf had its dye done at an earlier stage so this wouldn't happen as opposed to crust calf.

 

[Heh Ding Xin]

I thought we are supposed to moisturize the shoes before the 1st wear?

 

[All Tatters]

I thought we are supposed to moisturize the shoes before the 1st wear?

Yes, but not with Renovateur. Reno is for removing excess polish.

If you want to moisturize with no coloring effect use neutral polish.

 

[VRaivio]



Yes, but not with Renovateur. Reno is for removing excess polish.

If you want to moisturize with no coloring effect use neutral polish.

...I do hate to brake the party, but Renomat is the muck-removal product while Renovateur is the deep-moisturising one. The latter will not remove wax buildups and such.