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How to care for footwear made from different materials?

Grain leather
– clean the outside of the shoes with a cloth damped with water. Dry them at room temperature and then apply evenly a thin layer of shoe cream or shoe paste matching the colour of the shoes. After a few minutes polish the shoes using a soft brush.

Buffalo
– soiling can only be removed with a clean, slightly damp soft cloth. With this footwear it is recommended to use Buffalo shoe care products. Caution! Greasy stains (oil, grease) cannot be removed.

Pul lup
and Crazy Horse – clean the outside of the shoes using a brush or sponge damped with water. Dry the shoes at room temperature and then spray them evenly with an oil conditioner.

Nubuck,
and Velour – clean the outside of the shoes with a special rubber brush. It is recommended to use protective sprays for velour and nubuck products. Important! Do not use cream or paste on nubuck and velour footwear.

Leather
is the most commonly used and ideal material in footwear manufacture. Leather breathes, is soft, absorbs moisture well and adjusts easily to the shape of a foot. There are several types of leather.

Fine grain leather.
It has an ideally structured micro porous surface. Comes in matt or gloss.

Patent leather.
It has an ideally smooth and glossy surface. The surface is susceptible to scratches and scuff marks and such adverse weather conditions as frost and damp.

Nubuck.
This kind of leather feels like peach skin to the touch. Nubuck leather has a subcategory of vintage style nubuck, on which fingermarks and scratches will remain visible even when used carefully. Those can be removed by brushing the nubuck surface with a special brush.

Velour. It is a special type of suede. It is more resistant than nubuck.

Outsole leather. It is used for manufacturing leather soled dress shoes. Leather soled footwear should be used with care in damp conditions and on uneven surfaces.

What products should be used on suede and nubuck footwear?

You should use a special rubber brush when cleaning and caring for this kind of footwear. For good maintenance it is recommended to use velour and nubuck spray care products. Important! Do not use cream or paste on nubuck and velour footwear.

Why does winter footwear get soaked and how to prevent it?

Genuine leather has hygroscopic properties, thus it lets water and air particles through. That is why it is the best material for footwear manufacture as it lets our feet breathe. This is different in winter when our boots have much more contact with water. Then this hygroscopic property becomes a disadvantage. In order to prevent our footwear from getting soaked it is best to maintain it using shoe cream or shoe paste or some other footwear waterproofing products on a regular basis.

 

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