Question:
I recently bought a pair of Irish Setter Elk Tracker 860 hunting boots:
http://www.irishsetterboots.com/shoe-zoom.cfm?style=860
I was wondering what is recommended for maintining these boots?
How often should they be treated if you use them everyday for several hours
in snowy, salty, slushy conditions?
Answer:
I went to the store where I bought them and I asked them if I should use
silicon, grease, kiwi wax.
He told me I should only use conditioner and the one they recommend is
Danner Boot Dressing.
But it's expensive. He told me that the leather should be allowed to breath
to let the moisture out of the boot.
There is no need to waterproof the boot because the gore tex lining inside
the boot waterproofs it yet allows moisture to escape
outside through the leather. So he recommends that I only use conditioner to
keep it from cracking.
I guess you were right to only use conditioner.
Please be advised that you can use any "lanolin and silicone" based formula.
This is known for its softening and conditioning qualities which also helps
waterproof. We do have a product that we use which is style 95114 "Irish
Setter Mink Oil with lanolin and silicone". If the dealer that you went to
has this product, it would work great for your needs. If you can't get this
from the dealer, Kiwi makes a product that would work good to that has the
lanolin and silicone.
