Grain Leather and Pighair Brush

What is this little pighair brush for? It’s for applying shoe cream. I learned this from John Lobb’s official videos about shoe care. However, when I actually cream my shoes or purse, I use a cotton cloth more often.

Applying cream with this brush will put more than needed on the leather. The purpose is to saturate the leather to absorb the pigmented cream, and for the remnant, it will be brushed off to completely replenish the colour.

So, is there another use of this brush? There is, and it’s something I didn’t realise until I had a problem with.

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Ways to remove salts from GentleMaker

I have an agent for the salt cleaning liquid of the American brand C.A. Zoes, but because the sales are too slow, I have no more stock.

By the way, C.A. Zoes is the parent company of Venetian Imperial, the care cream designated by Hoven.

Recently, I encountered the problem of salting. I happened to meet Don, the boss of GentleMaker, so I asked him what he could do. He said that the effect of hot compress is excellent.

I think it must be effective to get his recommendation, so let’s take my shoes directly for the experiment.

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What kind of care oil is suitable for Red Wing?

This is the feedback given to me by a buyer on Taobao, and he is extremely into leather care products.

He focuses on model 875 and 8111.

These are all valuable experiences from actual trying, which are shared with everyone with his permission.

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Toe Plate Installment Service by Johnny Works

Toe of leather soles is the easiest place to wear, basically as soon as you start wearing them, they wear quickly. But grinding to a certain angle, it will come to a platform, later the wear will not be so severe. The degree of tilt of this wear platform varies to different people. Deep tilt brings the problem of broken stitching. Toe stitching breaks, then the welt and outsole will gradually separate.

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Are Leather Shoes Afraid Of Water?

Are there many articles on caring for leather goods online? A lot, but the quality is really bad. For example, it is said that luxury leather bags and shoes are very afraid of water. What to do when these garments encounter water? Immediately wipe the water with a cotton cloth and let it dry in a ventilated place without direct exposure to sunshine. It seems water is a monster to leather goods and once you get wet you are already ruined.

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How to Tackle Severely Moldy Dress Shoes

This is a hands-on article, if you would like to know more about theory, check this one. In this case, the severely moldy shoes are a pair of penny loafer, Pembrey from English shoemaker Church’s. Let us tour around to see what methods I had tried and what can really be effective.

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