MansardRoof
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Is anyone familiar with the process 'swedish wash' for cleaning up heavily soiled leather?
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Easy fix!! You can use the pre-existing holes but it had to be done by hand! ( i have done it 2-3 times )!! Any good cobbler or shoe maker can easily fix that but you have to mention him to do it by hand and it ll cost more!
you can use black polish (paste at first at the "unburnished" area and then some black wax) and it ll be easily covered !
Okay. So here's a better view of the area I was referring to earlier. It looks almost as if the burnishing got scraped off. Should I use cream in the base color to darken it and then use black polish, or just slowly build up the black color? Or... should I use blue? I have no idea. Orignal color is merlot
Thanks for the reply. I'm VERY new at shoe care. Would you mind explaining to me when I would use polish vs wax?you can use black polish (paste at first at the "unburnished" area and then some black wax) and it ll be easily covered !
Thanks for the reply. I'm VERY new at shoe care. Would you mind explaining to me when I would use polish vs wax?
Cream polish for color
Wax polish for shine
you can use black polish (paste at first at the "unburnished" area and then some black wax) and it ll be easily covered !
Cream polish for color
Wax polish for shine
Sorry but these terms are not correct - there are
[leather] cream: in a glass jar or tube - without wax, without color pigments - penetrating the leather and don't cause a shine (w/o wax!) - used for bags, purses, belts aso.
shoe cream: jar or tube - with wax part, with color pigments, excepted: neutral/colorless shoe creams - penetrating the leather, refreshing the color, and with a final shine which can reach the gloss of a
shoe polish: in a tin or in a jar - main part is wax or better: a mixture of different waxes - with or w/o color pigments - doesn't penetrate the leather, remaining oin the graining (the surface) - causes high shine/gloss
There are additionally many other pastes and fluids to take care of leather and/or shoes like mink oil, neatsfood oil, Argan oil aso.
Eh, I prefer narcosis' terminology. It seems to make more sense. When we say polish it means there is some sort of shining agent in it. I think what you call leather cream is what I would call leather conditioner.
When answering to someones question here i have to evaluate :You'll get the best result if you remove the dark color completely with a leather cleaner and
make a renovation with a special shoe cream for patina or recoloring the leather which you can remove later with a leather cleaner also.
A leather color may be OK also.
You'll get the best result if you remove the dark color completely with a leather cleaner and
make a renovation with a special shoe cream for patina or recoloring the leather which you can remove later with a leather cleaner also.
A leather color may be OK also.
When answering to someones question here i have to evaluate :
1) the problem he faces
2) the level of his experience
3)the risk of any solution/recommendation i give to make things worse when its performed by someone not so experienced as me or some other gentlemen in here!
Then i give him the solution i think its the best for all the above aspects!
There is no point giving someone the best solution( according to my perspective always) when it is quite impossible for him to perform it correctly for the first time and the possibility to damage his pair permanently is really high!!No point to say to someone to use dyes , harsh cleaners (only with that he can ruin his shoes surface and make the unwearable) etc when he has never used them before and just want to make his shoes look OK!