Gosport
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jul 30, 2017
- Messages
- 48
- Reaction score
- 225
Completed my restoration last night. Crown Imperial scotch/pebble grain black longwings. Happy with the result, but unfortunately as others noted, black shoes just dont have the wow factor like some of the brown shoes we are seeing in this challenge. But I needed a pair of black scotch grain longwings so this works for me.
Process - disinfect interior with lysol, alcohol, and very dilute bleach solution, wipe down and brush exterior, clean exterior with lexol cleaner, use toothbrush+lexol to clean welts, hit exterior with reno'mat, condition with lexol conditioner, submerge for 1 hour in water, let dry swapping out shoe trees twice on day 1, then once a day for two more days, further smooth creases with back of warm metal spoon, wrap in glycerin soaked rags overnight, let dry three days, sand sole edges and apply black edge dressing, two rounds of Bick 4, followed by brushing/black polish then a round of Collonil 1909 and buffing.
Process - disinfect interior with lysol, alcohol, and very dilute bleach solution, wipe down and brush exterior, clean exterior with lexol cleaner, use toothbrush+lexol to clean welts, hit exterior with reno'mat, condition with lexol conditioner, submerge for 1 hour in water, let dry swapping out shoe trees twice on day 1, then once a day for two more days, further smooth creases with back of warm metal spoon, wrap in glycerin soaked rags overnight, let dry three days, sand sole edges and apply black edge dressing, two rounds of Bick 4, followed by brushing/black polish then a round of Collonil 1909 and buffing.
Last edited:
. I decided to go for a stronger solution to fix and as I don't have the conditions to put the shoes on a holder to nail into the soles, I went for small brass screws. As there were old problems in the tip of the sole I addressed those with a few drops of superglue.
