Waterproofing boots?
Tourer
Joined: May 2008
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From: Pineville, Louisiana
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best stuff I have ever seen, water just sheds off boots like a fresh waxed tank
best stuff I have ever seen, water just sheds off boots like a fresh waxed tank
Cruiser
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: Sydney Australia
Growing up in New Zealand we used Dubbin on our football boots - now I use it with great success on my bike boots.
"Dubbin is a wax product used to soften, condition and waterproof leather. It consists of natural wax, oil and tallow.
An open tin
It is different from shoe polish, which is used to impart shine and colour to leather.
Dubbin has been used since medieval times. In the 20th century, dubbin was regularly used by amateur football players in the United Kingdom, to waterproof leather football boots.
The name 'dubbin' is a contraction of the gerund "dubbing", describing the action of applying the wax to leather.
Ongoing conjecture abounds about whether the constituents of dubbin promote rotting of the natural fibre stitching used to attach leather pieces together. There are centuries of experience that suggests it is safe, but selected pieces of literature have demonstrated some deleterious effects on highorder cellulose structures by bacteria which survive and propagate in the amino acids and fats contained in tallow, one of the chief ingredients of dubbin.
Dubbin can also be used as a moisturiser and chain lubricant (sexy!)"
"Dubbin is a wax product used to soften, condition and waterproof leather. It consists of natural wax, oil and tallow.
An open tin
It is different from shoe polish, which is used to impart shine and colour to leather.
Dubbin has been used since medieval times. In the 20th century, dubbin was regularly used by amateur football players in the United Kingdom, to waterproof leather football boots.
The name 'dubbin' is a contraction of the gerund "dubbing", describing the action of applying the wax to leather.
Ongoing conjecture abounds about whether the constituents of dubbin promote rotting of the natural fibre stitching used to attach leather pieces together. There are centuries of experience that suggests it is safe, but selected pieces of literature have demonstrated some deleterious effects on highorder cellulose structures by bacteria which survive and propagate in the amino acids and fats contained in tallow, one of the chief ingredients of dubbin.
Dubbin can also be used as a moisturiser and chain lubricant (sexy!)"
Cruiser
Joined: Mar 2011
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The most waterproof boots in the world are worthless when the rain soaks into your jeans above the boots and runs down into them. As an earlier poster advised, rain pants are best, but for those of us who don't want to carry them around the next best choice is a pair of knee high gaiters to roll up and keep in a saddlebag.
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Joined: Jul 2012
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From: Pa.
Another happy Sno-seal user. Been using the stuff for years. The paste type, not the liquid spray.
I put my boots on the 'shelf' in the dryer and get em' nice and warm before I start applying the paste. The stuff melts like butter and the leather soaks it up nicely.
Not saying it'll make a pair of unwaterproof boots 100% waterproof, but it helps a lot. Nice conditioner too...
I put my boots on the 'shelf' in the dryer and get em' nice and warm before I start applying the paste. The stuff melts like butter and the leather soaks it up nicely.
Not saying it'll make a pair of unwaterproof boots 100% waterproof, but it helps a lot. Nice conditioner too...
As a long time hunter and outdoorsman, this stuff works better than anything I've tried.
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