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JayinNY

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What do you water proof your boots with? I found a few cans of mink oil, bear grease, and grizzly grease when we cleaned out my grandpas house after he died 7 years ago. I use them on my boots, and I was also told sno seal works good, but iv never had any of that, so I thought I'd ask what you guys who work in wet, and animal manure conditions use? Maybe there's better oils today.
 
I use ankle high rubber Muck boots with felt liners. Work great after I manage to get them on.
Did you get any of the snow and wind we got. TV6 sure missed the forcast here!
Loren
 

Let your leather get in need of treatment again, then...
Use the Sno-Seal..smear it on thick and use a hair dryer to warm the leather and let it absorb every bit it will absorb..
When COOL, wipe off the excess and wear them..
The bees wax in Sno Seal will polish like wax..
They wil look "Damp", bu will reamain waterproof and not crack or get stiff, as long as you re-treat the leather a couple times per year..
I have perfectly good leather boots of all kinds that are more than 30 years old..some 45 years old and the leather is still FINE..!

Mink oil and Neatsfoot oil will break down the fibers in the leather..do not use them..
Ron..
 
(quoted from post at 17:55:02 02/27/13) What do you water proof your boots with? I found a few cans of mink oil, bear grease, and grizzly grease when we cleaned out my grandpas house after he died 7 years ago. I use them on my boots, and I was also told sno seal works good, but iv never had any of that, so I thought I'd ask what you guys who work in wet, and animal manure conditions use? Maybe there's better oils today.
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Mink Oil for work boots, worked fine on Horse tack and harnesses for 100 years still good for boots in crap. I use Bickmores Bick 4 for good boots and leather coat.

http://www.bickmore.com/index.php
 
As far as I know, boot waterproofing comes in four flavors (not counting silicone):
Petroleum (Red Wing Boot Oil)
Animal fat (Mink Oil, Neatsfoot Oil)
Pine tar (Red Wing Leather Conditioner)
Beeswax (Snoseal)

Of course, most are mixture. I tend to mix them up. I use Red Wing Boot Oil if my boots are really dry, then follow up with either Red Wing Leather Conditioner or Snoseal.

Regular use of petroleum or animal fat conditioners isn't good for leather, but an occasional application helps to soften and preserve it.
 
After 70 years in wet, snow rain creeks etc hunting and farming. Two rules, If you know you will be in water, rubber, or goretex/cordura. If you think it might get wet, cordura/goretex
If you want to look cool leather. In all regards, letather boots for outdoors/ hunting etc are obsolete.No advantages, lots of cons.
 
Snow Seal for boots that only get wet from grass or shallow puddles. I keep rubber boots and rubber overshoes handy for anywhere there is manure.
I'll tell you what I don't use,possum fat. The old men told us kids that possum grease was the best. It worked ok but if the boots came near heat the odor was unbareable. The day I swore off the stuff,I was walking and about froze when a neighbor came along. He said,boy I'm sorry but if your boots have that stinking crap on them you can ride in the bed.
Those old codgers had a plenty laughs at our expense. :twisted:
 
I have knee high muck boots, but there not real comfy. Today I should have wore them,, I can tell you this much, I wore my LL bean, bean boots for afternoon chores. Lol, there water proof.
 
Really bad, wet stuff, rubber boots.

Hunting in reasonable weather I wear Danner boots. Leather, with goretex liner.

And yes, Danner says not to use waterproof type mink oil, but I gave the leather a coat anyway.

Gene
 
I"ve used Sno Seal for years and it works well. You have to use a lot and apply it hot. iused to rub it on and use a blo drier to work it in.
 
Snow seal worked the best for me. My preferred method was to first put the boots in the oven and warm them thoroughly, then apply the snow seal and let it penetrate/soak in. My wife did NOT like my boots in the oven, so I treated them when she wasn't home.
 
I bought a pair of Field & Stream rubber slipon knee boots from Dicks a couple years ago and they are great in water,manure and mud.They have the
1000 rated Thinsulate lining and keep my feet warm and dry.Very tough.Well worth the $100 they cost plus they save subjecting my Rockys to extreme wet conditions.
 
I've been trying to find a good waterproofer for leather boots for 40 years. Mink oil/Neatsfoot are not waterproofers at all. They are conditioners to soften leather. The various sprays and thin liquids all appear to be some sort of cruel joke perpetrated by rubber boot makers who take some diabolical delight in people with cold, wet feet and ruined $1-300.00 boots. :lol:

The waxy products, Sno Seal, Hubbards, etc. seem to work better. But I find little real difference between a proper application of Sno-Seal and the same application of Bag Balm. It's got to be the beeswax. Warm leather soaks it up. It works as good or better than anything else. Lots cheaper too. I've also used other bag balm type products like Udder Butter and Corona and they work pretty good too if they are waxy enough.

I've also used a hoof dressing that contains bees wax and pine tar. Works just as well as Bag Balm/Sno-Seal but SWMBO objects to the smell. It's also relatively expensive, just like everything else sold for horses.
 
I've always used liquid Silicone on all of my leather boots & shoes to waterproof them, but you need to heat them up first so that the Silicone penetrates into the pores of the leather. Silicone also works good as a conditioner for rubber boots.
 
I have tried about every thing over the years and could never get anything to work good except plain old rubbers over my regular work shoes. But a few years back I brought some gortex hiking boots. Wore them on my 9,500 mile motorcycle trip to Ak. I rode in rain for about two weeks of the trip. Not once did my socks get wet. That sold me on gortex and have been wearing gortex shoes ever since and my feet never get wet. Although I do take them off in the barn and wear rubber boots when I get into the cow sh#@.
 
DO NOT use anything that has animal grease or oils. It will eat up the stitching. I just use a spray silicone, works great for me. This is what the shoe and boot store owner told me to do.
 
I also vote for gortex lined. I use snow seal on the leather portion of the lined boots. It helps them last until they are worn out. Prior to buying gortex lined, nothing I tried would make them "waterproof".
 
I spray mine with silicone spray from napa. Soak them down 2-3 times, then once again 24 hours later. Never had any issues with wet feet since. Course I can usually only get a pair of boots to last a year tops.
 
Goretex boots number one.

Sno-seal number two. Have to get some heat to the boots to melt it in. I used to sno seal my boots once a year or so and could walk in water puddles after.
 
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