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Anyone else clean and wax their work boots, even if only once a year? My wife thinks no one else bothers.
Once a year I clean, saddle soap and wax them and I can't recall when I did not do it. It really helps and they seem to last way longer than one would expect. And boots aren't cheap these days---maybe $150?
Take these Red Wing boots in the pictures. They were really grungy and it took a half hour to make them presentable but now they look great. I should have taken a "before" photo. I'll add they are only a year old and they get used in ag and construction stuff. Am I the only person that bothers with this? Is my wife right again?
good idea, along with about 5000 other things that one should do on some schedule, even if only once a year...each one takes only 10 to 30 minutes....I do a bunch of them, but polishing boots doesn't seem to be one that I have gotten to...unless they get mud caked or I step in something green and squishy. And then I just clean them. I'm in a part of Texas where it never seems to rain...so this leaves the other alternative...which is much reduced since the drought last year forced me to sell 2/3rds of my herd.
You bet.
Wife has me do hers too.
2 pairs on the left I wear day to day.
I usually keep them in the box so my dogs don't chew them.
I will still clean up this 4 year old pair even though stiching is missing on toes.
Thet are worn in the shop when kneeling and welding.
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Not only do I not wax my work boots, I never heard of anyone doing so until I saw this.....and I have no plans to start waxing them now.
I buy a new pair every 12-14 months. I wear them 12-16 hours a day, 7 days a week. I hate the way new work boots look.
I do a quick swipe with the brush regularly and maybe 4 times a year a good cleaning with some of the Wolverine restore mink oil stuff. I have a pair of cowboy boots doe skin that are 1989 been re-soled 3 times and have holes worn in now so ready for #4 re-sole. Have not been wearing them much since back operation pulled out 3 disks.
My work boots last 5+ years wearing them 50+ hrs a week. I wear 150+buck Wolverine Brand as I have odd feet size and they fit well with EE wide. Price I can live with but why not spend a few min a week keeping em clean and making them last years longer. The wax/mink oil keeps them waterproof soft and keeps them from dry cracking or tearing out. Also keeps them soft on the feet
yep I was military too, and have one pair of jungle boots left that I wear when running chainsaw without damage so far and still soft on the feet after getting out in 1992