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Product to keep gardening boots soft and nourished

NewBoy2NewBoy2 Posts: 1,813
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I have a pair of walking boots that I now use for gardening that I  bought in 1990 and are still going strong.

There are some small cracks where I bend the boot to kneel.

? Does anyone have a product that they have sucessfully used over time that will keep the leather soft.
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  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841
    Dubbin is what you need.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Definitely Dubbin 👍  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • WilderbeastWilderbeast Posts: 1,415
    A good tip of dubbinin your boots is to lather it on and then wrap the boots up inside a bag in a warm spot, it really helps to get the dubbin to absorb into the dry leather. I spent many (unhappy) hours doing my dad's leather farm work boots 😭😭
  • NewBoy2NewBoy2 Posts: 1,813
    Wilderbeast

    Is lather "up north speak " for " cover generously "

    From a Southern Softie.   :D
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  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    I think he means 'plaster' it on or, in Sussex, give 'er a tidy dosin'.
  • NewBoy2NewBoy2 Posts: 1,813
    Why he not say that first going off me babber ?

    Thats Bristolian
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