How Do I Look After My New Boots?Updated 8 months ago

The right kind of care can significantly lengthen the lifespan of your new boots. Leather is a natural breathable raw material which needs to be cared for. In order to maintain leather’s exceptional qualities, proper care is vital.

Your boots should be allowed to air properly and dry out after each and every use. It is good to remove the in-soles and laces to open them up fully and allow them to dry. The inner-sole absorbs a lot of moisture, which will dissipate and dry much quicker outside of the boot. This is important to remember on multi-day trips. In an ideal world, leather boots should be dried out for 24 hours before they are worn again.

Once the inner-soles and laces have been removed, any dirt must be removed from the leather. For normal levels of dirt, brushing it off under lukewarm running water will suffice. Make sure that you brush the boots thoroughly so that the leather can breathe again and its properties are revived. The leather may now be in an unprotected state.

To protect the leather from water, it must be waterproofed; the leather needs to be fed. Cleaned, untreated boots are “open-pored” and will tend towards soaking up water. In order to “close” the leather again, a product such as Duckswax Water Repelling Leather Tonic should be applied. DucksWax is 100% natural. Once applied and allowed to soak in, the surface of your leather is left grease free making DucksWax the perfect treatment for all leather articles. It will not leave a sticky residue. For all outdoor leathers, DucksWax repels water and moisture.

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