Posted: 12/7/2016 7:37:02 PM EDT
| What can I waterproof boots quickly and easily with and where to find it? That's the question. I'm getting ready to fly overseas Friday and want to waterproof my work boots before I go. Hopefully the hive will turn up a suggestion that's quick and easy and avail everywhere. |
| SnoSeal is very effective for a while, but abrasion, like from post-holing through ice crusted snow, will wear it off the boot, and water will begin to infiltrate through the abraded areas. Just put some extra in a ziplock bag, and reapply in the field as needed. |
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SnoSeal is very effective for a while, but abrasion, like from post-holing through ice crusted snow, will wear it off the boot, and water will begin to infiltrate through the abraded areas. Just put some extra in a ziplock bag, and reapply in the field as needed. That was my experience exactly with SnoSeal. I've been much more pleased with Obenauf's |
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What can I waterproof boots quickly and easily with and where to find it? That's the question. I'm getting ready to fly overseas Friday and want to waterproof my work boots before I go. Hopefully the hive will turn up a suggestion that's quick and easy and avail everywhere. https://www.yahoo.com/news/as-spring-starts-to-roll-around-with-bulbs-115723574305.html |
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Yeah I just keep adding it till no more will soak up into the leather and it lasts for a long ass time. Yup. If you absolutely need something waterproofed in a hurry and can't get some, the tried and true method is pretty simple. Grab a tea candle, rub the fucker over your boots. Melt into the leather with a heat gun. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. It won't last long, but if you need to deal with something in a hurry it does help. Just make sure to let it get into the leather otherwise it'll crack/chip off. It will make your boots a bit stiffer though since it's the wrong kind of wax. Personally I just buy lined or waterproof boots.  Breaking in a pair of Baffin Revelstokes right now. But most folks won't need a boot rated to -60f
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Yup. If you absolutely need something waterproofed in a hurry and can't get some, the tried and true method is pretty simple. Grab a tea candle, rub the fucker over your boots. Melt into the leather with a heat gun. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. It won't last long, but if you need to deal with something in a hurry it does help. Just make sure to let it get into the leather otherwise it'll crack/chip off. It will make your boots a bit stiffer though since it's the wrong kind of wax. Personally I just buy lined or waterproof boots. Breaking in a pair of Baffin Revelstokes right now. But most folks won't need a boot rated to -60f
http://www.baffin.com/v/vspfiles/photos/LITEM002-3.jpg I wish, south Texas isn't good prep to go somewhere cold, but I get most of our overseas assignments. The other guys know how to make the trucks work and show them off, but I have actual experience repairing them and the customers know the difference. |
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I've done leather with beeswax a few times, works great, but makes them stiff.
Basically just melt it in a double boiler, paint it on, then hit it with a heat gun and the leather will soak it right in. I have a pair that is 3 seasons old, they finally failed mechanically when some seams ripped out, no amount of wax and keep them waterproof now, but they worked awesome the first two years like that. |
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Greenland wax bar works well. Heat it in with hair dryer. Works on clothes to. Also mink oil is ok Whatever product you use, make sure to do this. Heat will open the pores of the leather and reduce the viscosity of the product allowing it to penetrate below the surface. This will increase the life of the application on any of the beeswax type products. |
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No such thing. Rubber rain boots are the only waterproof boots you'll find. You get breathability or waterproof, not both.
Next best things is wax. It will change the appearance of your boots (less noticeable on leather) and will ware off, but before it does it'll do a good job. Sprays are okay but anything more than a quick puddle / light rain will begin to penetrate. |