[Ansteorra] period shoe polish

Charlene C charlene281 at gmail.com
Sun Oct 20 17:33:36 PDT 2013


On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 4:42 PM, David J. Hughes
<davidjhughes.tx at netzero.com> wrote:
> High gloss in footwear seems to be an 18th century development.A low gloss material, used early , was dubbin,a mixture of wax, oil and tallow.Mostly used to soften, condition and waterproof leather, the slight gloss is just a side benefit.The more Beeswax in the dubbin, apparently, the higher the gloss, which makes sense, but the harder it is to apply. Easiest to find analogues are the various Leather Balms or Hide Rejuvenator/Restorer, but none of these have much wax. Check Wikipedia for  'Dubbin', there's a chain of links off it, might find a home recipe David Gallowglass
>


Have you tried Sno-Seal? Isn't it primarily beeswax? I've used it for
years to waterproof leather shoes and hiking boots.

--Perronnelle



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