any experience cleaning with this for leather shoes that have been "ruined" by salt walking on salty sidewalks? shoe maker said he couldnt clean them
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Charity, I haven't had that experience, but I would think that if you did the following, it might at least help? 1. Blot the shoes, the salt stained parts, with a very wet, clean, towel or other rag. (What you are trying to do is get some of the salt dissolved an out of the leather.) After you do that a couple of times, let the shoes dry completely dry. (Do not put them near a high heat source, to dry them quickly, as that could easily damage the leather.) Then really liberally soak on Leather Milk and let it penetrate. You will likely need to do this a couple of times, with a waiting period in between. That should let the Leather Milk penetrate into the leather and undo some of the terrible drying that salt causes. Now, that is just a guess, but it makes sense. Hope it works, would you please let me know. Best of the New Year to you!
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It doesn't waterproof boots it just cleans them, to condition leather boots you need to wash yiour boots with this soap then let them dry completely.then you apply leather conditioner.
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I've had the same issues, so I took my to my neighborhood shoe maker. Old timer, who fixed it with ease. better than it was before. Did try local sporting good stores to no avail. Hope this help you.
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As I was a leather smith in a prior erea. It is best to just continue resoling the boots with new leather. Don't take what is good and turn it into junk! Rubber soles on Cowboy boots just don't get it. John C. Kozel
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spray them with a Water Repellant from a local shoe store or shoe repair once a month. For dust and quick upkeep, use a stiff plastic bristle brush. For larger stains, the nubuck material will hold up to light spot cleaning with a small amount of Woolite.
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I'm near the water, but don't have actual salt on the windows. But they were awfully dirty. I'm talking dirt, spiderwebs, the lot. And the Winbot got them clean, although it took a couple of passes. You might have to wipe a spot to get it to stick when you put it on. Mostly it goes forward, so the wet pad will get to the dirt and salt before the suction pads. It does occasionally back over a dirty spot, though, so salt crystals might not be the best thing for the pads.
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It usually wears off for me. Any regular floor cleaner should get it off. Anything with ammonia would probably do it. Sandpaper seems too harsh and a whole lot of work!
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sorry. I have not tried that. I actually cleaned the sidewalk and then sprayed it separately with a 50/50 water/bleach solution. The attachment worked really well, though. It tremendously lessened the time it took me to clean the sidewalk!
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I don't think you should use it on leather. I would do a google search on how to clean leather. This product has discolored some surfaces or taken the color out completely.
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I only tried on leather and enamel and didn't work, if you spray too much at the same time, inside may stain not outside of shoes. If you don't care of inside stain, you can try.
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I'd probably stick with regular goop or some other alternative shoe adhesive. In my experience, the Marine dries non-flexible and I can't guess how it would work for leather (I used it on plastic).
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This is a cleaner. If the leather is dirty, which is normal, this would be the first step. Second step would be a product which restores the leather.
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I don't know what to recommend, but Chamberlain's Leather Milk is not it. It's a watery product that isn't a strong cleaner. Maybe saddle soap?
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I tried it once on my brown leather shoes and it did a good job. Try it first with a few little drops and and see how it does.
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These are water based. So it will wash off unless u use a sealer. I use it on hats and canvas shoes. It need a few passes but the end result is very nice. Then i hit it with a sealer/water sealer. I like to use mod podge acrylic sealer. Then hand wash my work. Don't put in machine.
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I did have the problem of Leather Dye wiping off and rubbing off onto my clothes from a handbag I dyed. I used Resolene as a top coat and it seems to have fixed the problem. Now I only use acrylic dyes for shoes and handbags.
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I really like this product for cleaning and conditioning my white leather casual shoes. It works very well and leaves the leather soft and supple. I would not use Saddle soap or Mink oil on white shoes.