Scarpa Mantas

Tony and Jan Henley said:

My dearly beloved gave me a pair of Mantas for Xmas and after a
couple of small walks in them I washed them off in preparation to
waxing them. Then I had a momentary doubt. I used to use Nikwax on
my old Mantas but is that the best stuff to use on the new ones
with the reversed leather ? What does everyone else use ? Cheers.
Tony Henley Pembroke, South Wales

Nikwax sells a spray for nu-buck/reverse/suede leather which can be
applied while boots are dry or wet.

Personally, if I had no choice but to purchase reversed leather boots
I would probably apply ordinary solid Nikwax, (once the boots were dry
of course) and to hell with the reversed finish.

Regards Jeff C

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Bitstring <200531318408.643735@jeff>, from the wonderful person Jeff C
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Quoted message said:

Tony and Jan Henley said:

My dearly beloved gave me a pair of Mantas for Xmas and after a
couple of small walks in them I washed them off in preparation to
waxing them. Then I had a momentary doubt. I used to use Nikwax on
my old Mantas but is that the best stuff to use on the new ones
with the reversed leather ? What does everyone else use ? Cheers.
Tony Henley Pembroke, South Wales

Nikwax sells a spray for nu-buck/reverse/suede leather which can be
applied while boots are dry or wet.

But near as I can tell it doesn't do anything I care about. Certainly
doesn't appear to keep them supple, make them waterproof, or stop the
mud from staining them.

Quoted message said:

Personally, if I had no choice but to purchase reversed leather boots
I would probably apply ordinary solid Nikwax, (once the boots were dry
of course) and to hell with the reversed finish.

That's what I decided to do with my replacement (NuBuck) Brasher FMB1s.
Aqueous Nikwax, &/or the good old 'rub in with fingers' sort. Yes, it
makes the 'suede' finish go back to shiny/waxy, but hopefully they'll
survive better, which is all I really care about.

If I cared what they =looked= like, I wouldn't go plugging through mud
in them in the first place, since there's no way NuBuck or Suede
(especially in Blue!) ever cleans up properly.

Yet another triumph for 'form over function' IMO .. (never mind if it
works well, just so long as it looks good on the shelf).

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In article <200531318408.643735@jeff>, Jeff C
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

Personally, if I had no choice but to purchase reversed leather boots
I would probably apply ordinary solid Nikwax, (once the boots were dry
of course) and to hell with the reversed finish.

Not in Scarpa class, but my Hi-Tec Nubuck boots were so badly worn to be
no longer recognisable as Nubuck got the wax treatment and in fact I can
now shine them to parade ground shine :-)
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk

"Jeff C" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Personally, if I had no choice but to purchase reversed leather boots
I would probably apply ordinary solid Nikwax, (once the boots were dry
of course) and to hell with the reversed finish.

I agree. After a few outings the reverse leather ends up shiny anyway so it
makes little odds..

Rob