I did similar, setting them near a heat source to improve absorption and also repeating application until it would absorb no more. I found that if you get really good absorption, some of that will later be squeezed out of the leather by flexing resulting in an increase of wax showing on the surface of those areas. It's not an issue and easily wiped off though a bit unsightly until then. I have had this with both SnoSeal and Obenauf's.
One thing that may help with seams is to brush the boots after the application has dried a bit. Similar to brushing a polish on dress shoes, brushing after a sealer application has dried can remove a bit left on the surface and in seams. This will not eliminate the above, though. Tim On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 8:47 AM, Andy C. <ancas...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I agree that Obenauf's works great on hiking boots and the like. On my > regular shoes, however, it proved to be a little trickier. Because of the > seams on the shoes, it was difficult to wipe off all of the residue that > wasn't fully absorbed by the leather. Though the shoes didn't feel sticky, > they were soon had areas covered in a fine layer of dust and other small > particles. I did heat up the shoes a bit with a hair dryer to promote > absorption but still had the problem a few times. Never had this problem > with lighter weight treatments. I could just be doing a really bad job > and/or we might just not notice this "ankle dandruff" on our work shoes. > --AC > > On Friday, January 5, 2018 at 8:07:58 AM UTC-8, Mark in Beacon wrote: >> >> I use Obenauf's on my work boots, too. Put some on my locally made >> leather wallet, too. I would stick to a good shoe polish for dress shoes, >> though. The polish will protect against a stroll in the rain down a city >> sidewalk. Anything more and you might want to get a pair of galoshes. Good >> gosh, a good day, when you can get in the word "galoshes!" >> >> On Friday, January 5, 2018 at 6:57:00 AM UTC-8, lum gim fong wrote: >>> >>> Does it make leather dress shoes look nice or is it a more utilitarian >>> finish to it? >>> >>> Interested because it is a one time application for weatherproofing. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
