Hello Shiners!
Today we are going to be restoring the leather uppers on this pair of Red Wing Pecos 9801, Which is the cowboy/wester boot variant of Red Wings Pecos line. These boots may appear to be at the end of their rope BUT they are far from the end. There is a ton of life in these boot, they just needed some TLC.
A lot of the color in these boots was scrapped off and there was significant toe damage. In order to mitigate this I hit all the gouges and scrapes with some fine grit sandpaper. This significantly reduced the appearance of the damage and created a nice smooth surface. Next color was needed. Since the base color was completely gone I needed to use some dye in order to create a good color base to build upon. For this I used a dark brown leather dye, not a perfect match but very close. I will be evening out the color with some dark brown leather creams. After taking care of the surface and color damage it was back to a good ol standard shoe shine. These boots turned out almost brand new ! Seeing the side by side of these boots you wouldn't believe they are the same pair !
You will notice two things about this restoration. The first being that you can still see minor gouges and cuts near the toe of the boot. The only way to fix deep gouges and scrapes would be to use a leather filler. It wouldn't be smart to sand those completely out as they are pretty deep and you wouldn't want to take off that much leather. These boots get used so it was decided not to use filler. Second you will notice normal calf leather products was used. That's because unlike many boots these were not oiled leathers. So if you are wondering why no oil specific products were used that's why.
Happy Shining!
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SMOOTH LEATHER CARE
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buffing brush
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OILED/GREASY LEATHER CARE
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