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It really depends on the material. For instance, corrected grain "leather" would not be treated the same as full grain calfskin.
In general:
Keep shoe trees that fit the shoe in the shoe whenever your foot is not. You can get decent cedar woodlore brand at Nordstrom Rack for around $13.
Brush after each use.
If there is dirt/dust/grime wipe with a damp (not wet) cloth and then brush.
Condition at least twice a year.
Keep polished. I don't mean necessarily a high shine, but at least a decent cream polish to help protect the leather and provide a bit of conditioning and water protection.
Thank you for your adviceeh, give them a 2 second brush after wearing, polish every 5-10 wears, and do a conditioning twice a year.
Like my car, my shoes only get cleaned when it rains. Am I missing anything important?
(I'm not talking of 800€ shoes, but rather of 100 - 150€ shoes)
You can either maintain your things or you can pay for replacements. If you're too stupid/lazy/cheap to do either of those, then you'll just look like a typical slob.
I'm assuming that you're an adult and have a job. Why wouldn't you want to maintain the things that you spend your hard-earned cash on?
Like my car, my shoes only get cleaned when it rains. Am I missing anything important?
(I'm not talking of 800€ shoes, but rather of 100 - 150€ shoes)
You can either maintain your things or you can pay for replacements. If you're too stupid/lazy/cheap to do either of those, then you'll just look like a typical slob.
I'm assuming that you're an adult and have a job. Why wouldn't you want to maintain the things that you spend your hard-earned cash on?
I understand your question....the minimum you can do is that when you are standing in starbucks or any queue, just rub the front of your right shoe against the back of your left leg. For this you must of course be wearing long pants or it wont work. You can do it for 1 minute or 5 minutes, whatever you like. Thats the MINIMUM.Like my car, my shoes only get cleaned when it rains. Am I missing anything important?
(I'm not talking of 800€ shoes, but rather of 100 - 150€ shoes)
(I'm not talking of 800€ shoes, but rather of 100 - 150€ shoes)
So we've covered "stupid" and "lazy." Can you somehow bring "cheap" into the explanation too?Because certainly I am an adult and have more important things to do in life than being a fussy little body dayly poli-polishing the shoes in his fabulous shoe collection
(Agressive post - outright retort)
happy?
Like my car, my shoes only get cleaned when it rains. Am I missing anything important?
(I'm not talking of 800€ shoes, but rather of 100 - 150€ shoes)