Break-in takes roughly 80 to 100 hours of wear.  It can take another week for your feet to adjust to the transition.  

1. Fill a spray bottle with a 50/50 mixture of rubbing alcohol & water.

2. Spray the mixture on the boots every time you feel them getting tight or stiff.

3. While wet, friction-rub them with your hand as if your were polishing them.  This allows the alcohol to penetrate.

4. Lacing-It is important to lace the boot tightly over the instep and around the ankle , which allows the leather to seat properly. (Snug is good; snugger is better)

Use Obenuaf's

Get through the 80-100 hours with the alcohol and water break-in, then grease your boots with the only product we recommend - Obenauf's LP Leather Preservative.  Leather needs to breathe, and Obenauf's Heavy Duty LP Grease and the LP Boot Oil will keep the boot from becoming crusty, mildewed, or foul smelling.  Obenauf's is a mixture of beeswax and propolis which provides a high level of protection to the leather, keeping it soft and supple, while resisting water and chemicals.

Regular Boot Maintenance
and Care

General Care- Approximately every six weeks, grease your boots lightly.  Increase, if in extreme weather and/or environment such as a very dirty environment.

Protect and Preserve-Use the Obenauf's grease to protect and preserve the leather.  Normally, you would just grease your boots unless they require cleaning.

Clean-When the leather feels dry or becomes muddy and/or dirty, wash it off with water and Saddle Soap, Ivory Liquid or Dawn.  The dirt will remove the natural oils in the leather.  

Replenish-Use the Obenauf's Oil  to replenish the natural oils in the leather after cleaning.

Obenauf's Products

Visit our boot accessories page for other helpful items.

DO NOT USE any product on your boots that has pine tars, petroleum, animal fat, chemicals or silicon in them.

 

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