Leather shoe conditioning
Almost done with my daiso leather cream, and looking to replace with something nicer.
A quick trawl on reddit tells me bick 4 is a generally popular, multipurpose leather conditioner. It's a bit expensive to procure in my neck of the woods (asia), so i'm curious if theres any non-american brands that are similarily well regarded - surely EU has loads of options, for example.
Bonus if its available in an untinted variant.
Semi related, but do people condition their leather sneakers as well? Mine developed cracks after 1 year of wear and im looking to stretch the longevity out as long as possible.
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Saphir renovateur is well regarded
I use Bick 4 but I'm in the US
Big fan of Burgol products myself
Couldnt find burgol on a cursory search, but saphir is very easy to source online. Thanks gang
I really would love to try the bick 4 but its 40 usd for 8 oz here :HOLY:
I think Saphir is considered "better" anyway. I'd use it but it's expensive here
I prefer Bick 4 for casual conditioning (ie I don’t want to do a lot of work.) Saphir for heavy-duty conditioning jobs. Saphir has the ability to really change the color of the shoes. It’s not bad, just the conditioner doing its job. But it can often feel unintended.
Semi related, but do people condition their leather sneakers as well? Mine developed cracks after 1 year of wear and im looking to stretch the longevity out as long as possibleHard to, a lot are cheaper painted leathers. You can generally re-apply Angelus paint to touch them up I use Lexol because it was the cheapest when I got it. Works fine, you can get neatsfoot oil from them or another brand if you're worried about any darkening. Bick and Saphir work fine as well, most stuf will be pretty decent
do people condition their leather sneakers as well?Sneakers tend to be a different kind of leather and idt it's worth it to bother. I conditioned my Margiela GATs once and they're still fine like +10 years later
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bick 4 and saphir renovateur are the two main ones i hear about
sneaker wise it really depends on the leather, not much point conditioning a nike shoe that has thick layers of plastic on top
Makes sense. Placed an order for saphir renovateur, thanks for everyones help :blushiedog: