**The Official Shoe Care Thread: Tutorials, Photos, etc.**

[Chowkin]



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Awesome.

 

[Beach Bum]

Anyone ever try Fiebing's shoe edge dressing? Just bought a small bottle in brown. Was in between this and AE's edge dressing with no bias or preference between the two.

Going to go thru an annual cleaning/polishing of most of my shoes and a few certainly could use some edge dressing.

 

[benhour]

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Very nice !!!beautiful pair!!

Anyone ever try Fiebing's shoe edge dressing? Just bought a small bottle in brown. Was in between this and AE's edge dressing with no bias or preference between the two.

Going to go thru an annual cleaning/polishing of most of my shoes and a few certainly could use some edge dressing.

Its very good!! One of the best i think (AE its not my favorite)! Dont forget to clean the sole edges very good before application for better results !! ( Renomat or acetone is what i use most of the time for that kind of task when i go for a full edge refurbishment , for every week routine i use mostly wax or cream polish)

 

[Schweino]

ευχαριστώ! @benhour

 

[mosy]

Do shoes made of crust leather need to be polished any differently? I'm referring to shoes that start out with natural crust leather and then are polished or patina'd by the maker or designer. These shoes seem to have particularly high shine when they are new. When they get scuffed up is there a different polishing method for these shoes? An example of this type of shoe is any shoe from the Carlos Santos patina service.

Another question I have is how would I go about making a pair of black museum calf shoes into solid black?

Thanks!

 

[Pieceofsand]

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I was polishing one of my loafers and realized this...I think I' going to take it to my cobbler to see what he can do. Is this something you've guys seen before?

 

[patrickBOOTH]



Do shoes made of crust leather need to be polished any differently? I'm referring to shoes that start out with natural crust leather and then are polished or patina'd by the maker or designer. These shoes seem to have particularly high shine when they are new. When they get scuffed up is there a different polishing method for these shoes? An example of this type of shoe is any shoe from the Carlos Santos patina service.

Another question I have is how would I go about making a pair of black museum calf shoes into solid black?

Thanks!

If think they would need more frequent conditioning as the pores of the leather are more open to leeching of oils and such compared with topcoated leather where transportation of everything is limited to begin with. I'd use a cream of some sort each polishing session versus just hard wax.

 

[starro]

Gentlemen,

Do you bull the toes of your shoes and boots made of CXL (or other pullup leather)? Pros and cons of doing so?

 

[M635Guy]

Gentlemen,

Do you bull the toes of your shoes and boots made of CXL (or other pullup leather)? Pros and cons of doing so?

CXL doesn't lend itself to a shine in general, much less a bulled/mirrored toe - wrong leather for that.

 

[starro]

CXL doesn't lend itself to a shine in general, much less a bulled/mirrored toe - wrong leather for that.

My impetus was more functional, rather than aesthetic. The functional reason for the bulled toe (and heel) areas, I believe, is that those areas tend to get bumped and scuffed the most, hence the layer of hard wax for protection. Pebble grain is on the opposite end of dressy leather, yet I see WAYWRN shots of grain leather with a mirror shine toe.

I find that pullup leathers have an innate shine similar to shell cordovan, probably due to the hot stuffing both leathers go through. I've certainly seen my share of dry CXL as well. I wonder if it's a chicken and egg scenario, where because CXL is a working man's leather, it gets less care, which then makes it look dull. In my experience, pullup leather can take quite a shine after only a few applications of cream.

 

[Chowkin]

I don't think a layer of hard wax would provide much protection

 

[M635Guy]

My impetus was more functional, rather than aesthetic. The functional reason for the bulled toe (and heel) areas, I believe, is that those areas tend to get bumped and scuffed the most, hence the layer of hard wax for protection. Pebble grain is on the opposite end of dressy leather, yet I see WAYWRN shots of grain leather with a mirror shine toe.

I find that pullup leathers have an innate shine similar to shell cordovan, probably due to the hot stuffing both leathers go through. I've certainly seen my share of dry CXL as well. I wonder if it's a chicken and egg scenario, where because CXL is a working man's leather, it gets less care, which then makes it look dull. In my experience, pullup leather can take quite a shine after only a few applications of cream.

I think pull-up leathers are patina leathers that "protect" from bumps and scratches a different way - you just rub them a bit with a finger and brush. Most of the time, anything be the more serious scratches disappear.

It seems like the amount of oils and waxes in the leather would make adhesion of topical wax difficult and ephemeral, but I doubt it would hurt the leather. If you decide to do it, I'd love to see the pix.

 

[Churchill W]



My impetus was more functional, rather than aesthetic. The functional reason for the bulled toe (and heel) areas, I believe, is that those areas tend to get bumped and scuffed the most, hence the layer of hard wax for protection. Pebble grain is on the opposite end of dressy leather, yet I see WAYWRN shots of grain leather with a mirror shine toe.

I find that pullup leathers have an innate shine similar to shell cordovan, probably due to the hot stuffing both leathers go through. I've certainly seen my share of dry CXL as well. I wonder if it's a chicken and egg scenario, where because CXL is a working man's leather, it gets less care, which then makes it look dull. In my experience, pullup leather can take quite a shine after only a few applications of cream.

IMO a scuffed bulled toe looks worse than a non-bulled scuffed toe.

 

[patrickBOOTH]

The reason for bulling the toe and heel is because they are areas of the shoe that don't bend and can take the highest shine because of that. More substantial welts as probably more functional in terms of not bumping the uppers.

 

[cypi2]

I don't think a layer of hard wax would provide much protection

It actually does... to some extent: I glaze the toes on all my boots and shoes.

Several times when I thought i had scratched them, it turned out that only the hard wax had been scuffed. And, after reconditioning the shoes, the scuffs were gone.