MegaSack DRAW - This year's winner is user - rgwb
We will be in touch
Chat Forum
3
Posts
4
Users
0
Reactions
52
Views
Topic starter
Have an elderly pair of black shoes which are still going strong, except the surface leather is starting to crack. Is there anything I can do about this, or is it terminal?
Andy
Posted : 20/04/2012 8:47 am
You can put leather food on them then wax/polish to stop them cracking any more, but there's nothing you can do about the cracks that are there already.
Posted : 20/04/2012 11:29 am
Go onto shoerepairer.co.uk and ask on the forum or check if they have FAQs.
It might be the coating, in which case you'll have to live with it. Either way a well used pair of good quality leather shoes has a certain appeal, a bit like well used bike parts.
Posted : 20/04/2012 11:42 am
I used leather oil as used on equestrian leather stuff, kept my old work boots supple for years.
Posted : 20/04/2012 1:08 pm