leather shoe resuscitation

[BoldHighlander]

As for dealing with old shoes...stay away from neatsfoot or mink oil if you plan to shine them. A light conditioner such as Lexol would be the best.

To clean the shoes use Lexol Ph--a ph balanced liquid soap (orange bottle). Rinse well, let dry.

Condition with Lexol Conditioner (brown bottle). Inside and out. Let dry. Wipe off any residue...shouldn't be much if any....

Main thing to maintain a pair of shoes is to keep them clean (brush regularly to remove dust and grit and wash with Lexol ph) and conditioned (Lexol conditioner).

I swear by Lexol products!

I have used Lexol for over 20 years on my leathers, including a pair of old Tony Lama 18" tall Buckaroo boots that are still going strong after nearly 21 years (despite hard use, including flying head over heels off of a green broke cayuse! ).

[DWFII]

Based on past experience, I'd avoid lysol spray and try to find a work around rather than using any kind of disinfectant or anti-fungal spray on the shoes themselves. Really...tried these long ago and they seem to create more problems than they solve...mainly having shoes that smell like spray disinfectant rather than shoes.

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The carrier in Lysol may do more harm to the insole and lining and powders...even antifungal powders...will dry leather out.

[CMcG]

Maybe a purpose-made shoe disinfectant like 10 Seconds would be better. That could also be useful for freshening up my athletic shoes...

http://www.tenseconds.com/shoedisinfec.htm

[CMcG]

Thanks again to everyone for their replies. Santa put some shoe care products in my stocking and I picked up the rest on my own.

I'm quite pleased with the results and these shoes should get me by for the next while. Once I graduate and can afford new shoes, I'll have the products and know-how to take care of them!

Here's the results:




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[artificer]

Looking GOOD!

Congrats on the 're-animation' ith:

[BoldHighlander]

Nice!