/fa/ - Fashion

[Anonymous No.7895160]

quick question /fa/

>buy Canadian Army parade boots because muh milsurp
>guy at the store tells me that they're coated with some type of wax for protection
>said wax can be removed with very hot water

Is this true? the boots are very shiny, and I want to dull them down a bit, maybe throw some sno-seal just in case. AFAIK I cannot use the sno-seal if the boots have the supossed wax layer. How would I know when the layer is off?

thanks

[Watchman No.7895189]

yeah I noticed the same thing with my British army boots

I ran them under a hot tap one morning bcus I got loads of mud on them the night before and I noticed loads of little black flakes coming off the shoes

I don't know if it was a wax as much as it was years of polishing. But I cleaned them both under a hot tap and then polished/waterproofed them myself. They look much better now.

[Anonymous No.7895242]

Try saddle soap

[Anonymous No.7895313]

>>7895189

>They look much better now.

What do you mean by 'better'?

>>7895242

ok but wouldn't the saddle soap be somewhat useless because of the wax layer?

[Anonymous No.7895434]

>>7895189
post pic

[Anonymous No.7896306]

>>7895160
either they are coated in a wax for protection, as the guy said, and that it'll just come off with a cleaner, or it's coated in a plastic, like docs et. al., and you'll probably fug them up by pouring boiling water on them

(you'll probly fuck them if you pour too hot water on them anyway - get a polish stripper)

[Anonymous No.7899100]

>>7895160
these are uncomfortable as fuck and the soles suck, I got them for a halloween costume once and never wore them again

[Anonymous No.7899318]

>>7899100
dayton make a luxurious premium, comfy canadian parade boot.