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Faux leather boots – how to clean and waterproof

January 28, 2018 by Jean-Marc Chateigner 3 Comments

Discover some of the most amazing techniques to not only clean, but to also waterproof your faux leather boots, the techniques I’m going to share with you today are the ones I use with my own shoes and boots, and also the ones I use in my shop to deal with my clients’ faux leather shoes.

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Conditioners should never be used to waterproof your faux leather boots, there are more important and efficient techniques to be used.

To most people, using a good faux leather conditioner is the easiest answer whenever it comes to cleaning and waterproofing their faux leather boots, they just think that applying some few drops is more than enough to preserve and keep them looking great!

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But from my experience, leather conditioners are not very suitable for preserving and cleaning your boots!

And that’s why I’m going to share with you some amazing techniques to not only make your boots moisture and damage free, but to also clean them whenever you are dealing with tough stains.

The first technique is about using the right cleaning utensil.

In your opinion, what is the best cleaning device to use with your faux leather boots?

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Unfortunately, most are going to answer with this one: a brush! But from my experience, this device can be very hurtful and damaging to the faux leather fabric, and the best thing you can do is use a dry cloth or a dry sponge.

Although a brush my seem much more effective than a dry sponge or a dry cloth, it’s not when it comes to faux leather boots, after all, faux leather texture is much more fragile than real leather, and to protect it, you have to be extremely gentle, even when using a dry sponge.

You should also use some few drops of water! Indeed, water can also clean your faux leather boots very easily.

Let’s talk now about how to waterproof them.

Waterproofing your faux leather boots is extremely important; you need to remember that moisture, as mentioned before, is extremely devastating and damaging to the faux leather fabric, especially if it’s old! That’s why, you have to stay away from water as much as possible, but this can’t be done because after all, your boots are meant to go out and walk on different surfaces and be exposed to different elements.

That’s why you need to give them the necessary protection, which means waterproofing them correctly.

It’s quite easy, just use saddle soap!

Because saddle soap contains greasy elements, they are going to prevent water from penetrating into the fabric, which is very devastating and damaging as mentioned before, and trust me, when you use this amazing and very cheap product, it’s going to increase the lifespan of your faux leather boots tremendously.

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To tell you the truth, these are the only techniques I use whenever I’m confronted with cleaning and waterproofing my faux leather boots and you should adopt them as well. If you need more advice or specific help, don’t hesitate to post a comment or a question in the section below, I will happily answer it very quickly.

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  1. Jamie says

    October 3, 2017 at 11:42 pm

    You cant waterproof anything. If something is waterproof its because the lining and stitching on the shoe is completely closed. You can only make a shoe or boot water resistant.

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    • Otis says

      January 30, 2018 at 8:30 pm

      Yes he should of titled the artice “How to make water resistant” but you dont have to be a dildo about it.

      Reply
  2. Emma says

    January 30, 2018 at 9:38 am

    Hi there, i’m feeling a bit nervous about this – can i seriously use baby oil on my faux leather boots? they’re new and i don’t want to ruin them, do i need to try and find out what the material consists of? thank you.

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