To shoes worn for a long time, it must be protected from moisture and drying out. Castor oil is a natural and affordable leather shoe care product. You can buy it at a regular pharmacy.
Castor oil will help extend the life of your favorite shoes, boots and boots. With it, genuine leather products literally come to life. Become soft and supple. You can buy this inexpensive leather shoe care product at a pharmacy.
After the rain
In spring and autumn, shoes often get wet. It must not be dried near radiators. Wet shoes need to be wiped. Lubricate with castor oil. Stuff with crumpled newspapers or dry hay. Set so that there is air access to the sole.
Leather shoes in dry weather will remain dry if treated with castor oil. Oil is applied using a cotton swab or brush. Especially carefully should be lubricated at the junction of the sole and top. Shoes should dry for several hours. After this treatment, the water-repellent properties last one to two days.
Remedy for damp
To make the shoes waterproof throughout the season, a mixture of beeswax and castor oil is prepared. Soaking one pair of shoes will require 50 g of beeswax and 2 bottles of castor oil. As well as an enameled bowl and a pair of natural bristle brushes.
Beeswax and castor oil are placed in a bowl and placed on a stove. The ingredients, stirring, are heated. When the wax melts, the fire is reduced. The mixture should not boil. For convenience, you can use the water bath.
So that the shoes are not wet
Hot mixture smeared threads, seams and joints of the skin from the inside. Also done on the front side of the shoe.
Then process the sole. The composition is applied to it 5-10 times. And the remaining mixture is lubricated over the entire surface of the shoe.
After drying, spots and smudges of wax, which did not absorb into the skin, appear on it. You need to get rid of them.
A small area of skin is heated with a hairdryer. The wax melts. His excess is wiped with a rag.
The final stage remained. Shoes smeared with castor oil. Turn the sole up and dry for several days.
The secret of dry insoles
Now you should take care of the insoles. Better to use felt. Their edges should overlap the internal seams on the shoe.
Insoles are also treated with a mixture of castor oil and wax. On the side that lays on the sole.
