Reddit reviews Meltonian Cream Polish - Black
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Easy-to-use product safely cleans and shines shoesApply to smooth leather including boots, shoes, saddles and moreMade with a proprietary dye-based formula that ensures consistency and superior stainingProduces a long lasting glossy shineAvailable in many colors
Oh man, I love when people ask stuff like this on Reddit. I bootblack, and have worked on countless leather boots! Frye boots are lovely.
First off, what kind finish do your Melissa Buttons have, or did they have when you got them? For instance, looking at the current line, Antiqued/Polished can take polish, Rugged should not be polished, and Suede will have an entirely different cleaning/care routine from the other two. I'll assume it's closer to the first two for the following.
For any leather that's not suede or nubuck, the first step is cleaning. You can pick up some saddle soap (Kiwi exists in your local drug store or grocery store and is totally fine) or use just about any mild soap - I regularly use diluted Dr. Bronners. You want to create a lather and scrub that into the leather, and then wipe the boot down with a damp, not wet, rag. Be sure to get all the suds off the boot, but don't soak it either. If it's really dirty, feel free to repeat this step!
Then, I would choose a conditioner. I'd actually stay away from an animal-based oil like neatsfoot oil or mink oil, as well as less-stable oils like olive oil, since those could go rancid with too much humidity. I'm a big fan of Obenauf's, which gives good deep conditioning with just a bit of product (seriously, a little goes a long way) and has a pretty neutral scent. Frye actually sells a conditioning cream of their own, which I imagine would also be fine. Pretty much anything with a beeswax base is also good. Apply with your fingers so you can really rub it into the leather - the heat from your hands will help work it in.
Finally, if your boot is the sort that would look better with some shine, I would wait a day or two to let the conditioner soak in and then apply a bit of cream polish - this will give your boots some shine, but it won't be like, patent-leather mirror shiny, which I feel would be the wrong style for Frye boots. Kiwi also sells these, but Meltonian is my go-to. With cream polish, you apply a light coat and then buff the boot with a shoe brush in light, fast strokes. You can use your fingers to apply the polish, but it'll dye your fingertips, so either wear gloves or use a rag or a polish brush. Buff the boot until it's shiny to your liking!
Don't worry too much, it's pretty hard to ruin a good pair of boots while taking care of them. They'll definitely be happier with a bit of TLC!
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have you tried boot-creme on the Kenneth Coles? I mean, I was introduced to it as a way of keeping my boots in good, waterproof condition, but it's amazing stuff. I've seen it take a pair of consignment riding boots from dried out to amazing in one application. I use Meltonian
Y'all - it's leather. You wouldn't give up on a pair of shoes this easily, would you?
Apply a light coat of tinted leather cream to the scuff, buff off the excess with a soft cloth. Then, spray a little Lexol conditioner on a clean cloth and give it a wipe.
Might not be perfect, it might still show as a little more matte than the rest of the cover, but should be much improved.
The polish you linked is a wax polish, which is more typically used for really buffing out a shine. And I'm not sure if you meant to link "neutral", but that won't cover up any scuffs. It will work though if you find the right color.
I use something like this. Matching colors is hit and miss; if you can, find a store that sells them so you can match them as close as you can with the naked eye, and then apply a bit to somewhere hidden (like at the tongue, beneath the eyelets) and see how the color goes on.
Cigar featherstone is mid-brownish, so my guess would be Meltonian's "medium brown".
I use Meltonian to get rid of scuffs
As long as they are made of cedar, most shoe trees are about the same. I wouldn't spend more than $20 or $25 for them. For shoe polish, I really like Meltonian. I started using it on recommendation by my cobbler, and it works great.
Pick the closest saphir color: r/https://www.hangerproject.com/saphir-wax-shoe-polish.html. It doesn't need to be "woodbury," it just needs to be close. Saphir makes some pretty dope polishes.
These work too: r/https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0019N8C4I?tag=thewire06-20&linkCode=xm2&ascsubtag=AgEAAAAAAAAAAP1S
The whole point of AE's Bourbon color is that it's a lighter-dyed shoe polished with a darker cream. This process is going to give it some variation in tone, which is completely intentional. If you'd like to even out the color over time, consistently use a dyed shoe cream of the desired color. (Probably Goldenrod here as an example.)
What color do you use?
Yes they should be fixable. You need two things:
This is a great German guide: http://www.dieweltderschuhpflege.de/praxistest/568-party-schuhe.html
Emulsion: http://www.amazon.com/Meltonian-Shoe-Cream-Polish-Black/dp/B0019N8C4I/ref=sr_1_1?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1450103025&sr=1-1&nodeID=3421046011
Good Brands are Burgol, Kiwi, Famaco, Saphir