Shoe Care

[bperboy]

I've got a pair of Ecco Seawalkers, and I've bought a jar of Meltonian Brick shoe cream polish. What I'm wondering is how long between polishing I should go.

 

[mrarroyo]

Too many variables from how often you use them, how much you sweat, does it rain a lot where you are at? What I can tell you is that the best thing to do is not to wear the same shoe two days in a row. This to allow them to fully dry between uses.

 

[bperboy]

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Originally Posted by mrarroyo /img/forum/go_quote.gif Too many variables from how often you use them, how much you sweat, does it rain a lot where you are at? What I can tell you is that the best thing to do is not to wear the same shoe two days in a row. This to allow them to fully dry between uses.

Thats good to know. So say if I wear them about 3 times a week, then after appr. how many uses should they be cleaned? A months' worth of wear, or maybe shorter or longer?

 

[no1likesme]

wear them everyday without cleaning until they start to fall apart and then buy a new pair.

 

[bhd812]

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Originally Posted by mrarroyo /img/forum/go_quote.gif Too many variables from how often you use them, how much you sweat, does it rain a lot where you are at? What I can tell you is that the best thing to do is not to wear the same shoe two days in a row. This to allow them to fully dry between uses.

And use shoe trees (cedar type) when they are not in use!!!!!

Maybe get int he routine of polishing them once a month, I polish mine once every three months but I have over 15 pairs so the use of each pair is not really all that much.

 

[The Pieman]

The biggest enemy of leather is water. Water washes certain fats out of the leather which can make it go very hard and split. Polishing shoes provides a degree of waterproofing as well making the shoes look good. If you use standard hard polish, you could polish almost every day without really hurting the shoes. I would not recommend using a cream all that often. Too much cream will make the shoe go sloppy and lose shape. Once a month is OK.

I have knowledge in this area as my family used to own a shoe manufacturing business, about 300,000 pairs a year! I have actually worked there on some of the machinery when I was younger.

 

[feh1325]

shoe tree for sure

about polishing them...maybe take back the cream and get some wax polish
as for how often you should polish em...i polish my shoes after everytime i wear em and the morning before i'm gonna wear em

i'm still finding the best way to polish a shoe, how to get them as shiny as possible

 

[mrarroyo]

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Originally Posted by bhd812 /img/forum/go_quote.gif And use shoe trees (cedar type) when they are not in use!!!!! Maybe get int he routine of polishing them once a month, I polish mine once every three months but I have over 15 pairs so the use of each pair is not really all that much.

I could not remember the "technical term of shoe tree"

so I did not mentioned it. Glad you did, the shoe trees help in the drying process as well as keeping the shape.