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How do I fix my shoes?

rossyl

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Hi

I've got a pair of Crocketts. I applied a bit too liberally Saphir Renovateur, and worse, allowed it to dry.

Now, whenever my shoes get wet...this happens.

How can I fix it?
 

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philosophe

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Have you tried vigorous brushing to remove the residue? Also, are you absolutely positive you're not looking at salt stains?
 

rossyl

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Vigorous brushing removes them, but then they reappear with water.

Not salt stains as the stains were there immediately on drying of the Renovateur.

Cheers
 

prof.contingency

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Renovateur alone shouldn't cause that. But, in any case, you need a product that dissolves the product applied. This means, at this stage, you need to apply a turpentine or orange oil (limonen) based product, followed by a round of cream that re-nourishes the leather.

Saphir has some products (if you still want to use them) or you can use our Paul Brunngard sublime wax, followed by reviving cream, followed by sublime wax again.
 

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I think it may have to do with the "too liberally" part, rather than whatever the product is. Too much of a good product is still too much, and not good. So now I second whatever effective method there is to alleviate the "too much" part
 

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I had something similar happen to a pair of shoes. I took it to my cobbler and he said I put too much shoe cream so had to strip the cream/polish out and redo the shoes. I don't fully understand but it was apparently a big job - I don't recall what I paid but he got the shoes back to me looking good as new.
 

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Hi

I've got a pair of Crocketts. I applied a bit too liberally Saphir Renovateur, and worse, allowed it to dry.

Now, whenever my shoes get wet...this happens.

How can I fix it?

You put way too much product on.

ANd no, taking off shoe polish is not an especially difficult process.

First step would be to use a moist rag and wipe as much excess as you can off. See if that just helps things right then and there. It might!

If it doesn't, then move on to saddle soap. After the saddle soap, -lightly- rehydrate with a -light- coat of moisturizer. LIGHT. Emphasis on LIGHT. Like a DAB ON THE TIP OF YOUR FINGER light, as you already way over hydrated the leather and basically made it greasy as hell.
 

natealmeida

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They're all pretty much the same. You can also try Venetian shoe cream, which will help dissolve some of the buildup. It's a very safe product.
 

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Hi

I've got a pair of Crocketts. I applied a bit too liberally Saphir Renovateur, and worse, allowed it to dry.

Now, whenever my shoes get wet...this happens.

How can I fix it?
Hey, I could recommend that you try with Saphir Renomat first and if it doesn't work then go for saddle soap. I've used saddle soap on my brown shoes before and it stripped out the color, rendering one shoe a lighter shade than the other. Try renomat first before saddle soap. I hope this helps. :)

If you think renomat is too harsh, then perhaps apply a stain remover first and then see if the stains go away. I can recommend this stain remover - M.Mowbray Stain Cleansing Water. Not sure where you are but I really find this product effective.
 

JohnMRobie

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We really need a sticky thread on this forum that basically says “If you screwed up your shoes step one is to stop watching YouTube videos from people who sell saphir products trying to sell you products you don’t need”

And no - don’t use renomat.
 

gimpwiz

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All I hear about renomat and renovateur or whatever it's called is people posting about how they done f-ed up their nice shoes.

I might go as far as to say that if you think you need the big guns, you're best off sending it to a professional.
 

TimothyF

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Try Lexol cleaner first to clean up the mess from over-application. Renomat = going nuclear.

In my shoe care bag, I really only use the following:
  • Brush, horsehair
  • Leather conditioner: anything with a high ratio of oil to wax
  • Black shoe cream: I prefer natural ingredients, but I don't think they are necessary
  • Black shoe paste: this is only for toes and heels, and I use very very rarely (so I could probably get rid of them)
  • Rags with which to apply the black polish, so I minimize the amount on my fingers
That's it. Keep it simple (I have a tin of Renovateur, but never opened it, so probably should look to offload it somewhere)
 

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