Another caution for Acetone, if you wear soft contact lenses, I'd remove them before using Acetone. The vapors can do ugly things to them while in your eyes.. wrinkle/melt.
I'd be interested in a tutorial on knowing what the hallmarks of a well made shoe using quality leather vs one that just is trying to appear to be high quality.
@@itzuzer4851 I like to go to thrift stores and I often find high quality dress shoes in good condition. Restoring them is fun and very satisfying as is knowing you scored a $400 pair of shoes for $10 just because grandpa died and they gave his shoes away that he rarely wore. Best place to find shoe trees too.
I've encountered a problem with Allen Edmonds: for some incomprehensible reason they dye the inside of their shoes a very strong dark brown color that starts "bleeding" whenever I wear the shoes, even if my feet are perfectly dry, but especially if they ever get even a little wet. Many pairs of my socks are now ruined with this heavy, dark dye. No other brand of shoes that I know does that! The leather on the inside of shoes is supposed to be natural. Anyway, I wonder if there's a way to take the dye off and expose the natural leather underneath? Thanks to anyone who will be able to share any thoughts!
Great video as usual : ) Two quick questions: 1. Is too much Reno'Mat bad for the leather-mainly while removing old polish? 2. Before applying a mirror gloss, what is the appropriate dry time after each step: a.Reno'Mat b.Renovateur c. Cream polish
T L You should just tip the bottle of Renomat onto your rag then use that and repeat, if you get too much wait for it to dry (15 mins or more as said on the bottle) then you can buff with small amounts of water similar to when creating a mirror shine. For rénovateur and cream polish 5 minutes at least however the longer you leave it the more time for nutrients to be absorbed by the leather.
For the skittish, would Reno-Mat be a potentially safer option to remove some of the factory coating, even if it is perhaps less effective at getting it all off?
Yes, absolutely. If you are nervous I would build up your chops with Reno-mat and graduate to Acetone with experience. Or use Acetone on a couple of pairs where you don't care if they are over-stripped. Acetone is like fire: it can keep you warm or it can burn your house down depending on how you use it. Reno-mat is like a space heater.
Preston, creases are one thing to deal with, BUT, what about marring, which happens when a shoe edge on stacked shoes, makes its weight known on the pair underneath. Is there a remedy for removing such mars? Furniture has remedies, but what about leather? I have looked online, and asked, to no avail. Any comments would be welcomed. Thank you for what you do in these videos, .and for your generosity of spirit. Bless you and those you love. DJ in Knoxville TN
Great video again Preston. You can really make it look easy. Can you do a video on shining a pair of men's spectator shoes. Something with leather and a material. I really want to get a pair and am just a little unsure about how to shine them and not get the polish on the material part. Would like to get an experts opinion on the process. Spectator shoes are usually a summer shoe and it will be summer before you know it.
Be very careful doing this. Some shoes have a finish that will come off using acetone. Even the well known shoemakers have cheaper lines of shoes where the finish is spray painted on top of what appears to be bookbinder leather. Edit: The colour will completely come off!
Thank you for your informative videos. I've watched many of them and have a question. With Allen Edmonds, I notice that they crease easily and sometimes I see some creasing and imperfections in the leather even when new. These are from my own shoes and from pics posted online. I believe this might be due to sub-optimal clicking and/or using hides with looser grains. I live with it because of its price point. In your videos, you reshape the shoes with acetone and they look better than new. If the restored shoes are well cared for and properly "tree-ed" will the creases come back? If so, I imagine that it won't be as severe. Will they come back in the same spots and with the same level of severity? What's your experience with that? On that note, have you ever done a follow up video where you film the shoes a year or two after your restoration? It would be interesting...
So what Saphir products did you use after the acetone to get the final finish? I'm also not sure how you cleaned the acetone residue off. Is there another video of yours with more details? Thanks.
Thank you for this video. I have 7 pairs of engineer boots. Why?, because I’ve never been able to find the right size, plus my low arch seems to have caused foot issues and allowed my feet to increase in length just enough to not be able to wear 6 of those pairs of boots. :/ Today I received a pair that actually fit well and unfortunately they had wrinkles on parts of the boot. I wondered if it was possible to remove the wrinkles. Now I know. Thanks again! 👊🏻
I did "swedish bath" on a pair of brown 5th aves I just got off ebay. All I have are modern, cedar trees, too bad I don't have the lasted momba trees. They came out pretty good after drying 3 days. acetoning and Saphir creme, wax and mirror shine on the toes. I'll send them up to Part Washington for a factory resole and cork. They feel good, but definitely broken in on someone else's foot! Oh, the creases are still there, but definitely less bulbous. in-between them if that makes sense.
I have.a question. I have a pair of boots where the creasing is not bad and doesn't really bother me, however one of the toe boxes was stepped on and there a very faint vertical crease running down the front of the toe... it's very very faint, and every so often it catches my eye and really bothers me, because I expect that crease with happen where the feet fold, but the crease down the front (again, very faint) just feels out of place and bothers me. Most people would not see it, but I do. Is there a way to remove that crease? Since the toe doesn't bend, I would not expect it to come back, but I would like to remove it. Would really appreciate some help, thanks!
What if these were light tan colour and the factory finish got removed with acetone. Would you be able to restore them with multiple layers of Saphir cream polish ? Also how does meth spirits (the purple stuff) fair compared to acetone ?
Do you store the vintage trees in these shoes permanently or just for the rehab? I have trees in all my shoes, while they do help, i still have some creases in my 5th Aves that I would like to remove.
Thank you so much for the great tip and for all your wonderful videos. I am a big fan! Can you please tell me how many coats of acetone do you use on the entire shoe to remove creases from the vamp? Also after using the acetone do you have to use a colored dye or can you get into your conditioning, cream, and wax again? Thank you!
Wow this is a timely video for me! I am having trouble finding out what kind of leather the Allen Edmonds "Green Street" Mahogany uses. It's a long wing. The leather looks really smooth and shiny like you described "corrected leather", so I'm trying to find out definitively. Mainly so I know how to care for it long term. I didn't really want to get a 'corrected grain' if that's what these are, but I was just looking for a nice long wing and didn't think twice about ordering from AE. I just ended up with something very different than I am used to.
Hey, Rob! The Green Street is not made for corrected grain. I have the Broad Street in the same mahogany leather and while its different than regular AE calf, it’s full grain.
Hey Preston, so I bought some Meermins, and still waiting for them to be made, but I am wondering do you recommend the Meermin Beechnut shoe trees? OR would you recommend sticking with a Cedar shoe tree (as I have a spare one from Allen Edmonds that I was thinking about using. But I am just wondering which of those two would you recommend? Or is there a better option than even those two woods?
My shoe has a ceased at the ankle part it scratches a lot i cannot even wear that anymore will this work for that too the cease literally bend it at that place
Has anyone solved the boot polish cracking issue on boots when you were em the newly applied polish cracks woulda thin layer of shoe grease help make the polish flexible
From going on eBay Preston. I believe those Vintage Shoe Trees are old school Shoe Extenders/ Lengtheners w.e. I could not find a Vintage Shoe Tree like that style. in any size. I might be wrong though. Any thoughts?
I do not like the creases in my navy blue Doc Marten dress shoes. I may try removing the buff finish after securing matching leather dye and good polish. 😁
Hey there,I havea nice pr of lobs, fairly good shape been half soled and heels. Issue is had had some water stains and I had them readied with a solid paint like shoe dye . Light camel color. The finish cracks in the creases and I don't care for the solid flat look. Want a transparent penetration look. Even if some stains show that's ok.Tried solvents and acetone but very difficult to remove the finish. How to remove this and refinish?
do creases happen because of misfitting shoes? I opted for a bigger size because the toe box was too narrow on my stacy adams. now i feel im regretting my decision
Quick question for you sir, I've been having some issues with my shoe cream routine and I'm wondering if i'm doing something wrong. Simply put, my (coloured) shoe cream doesn't seem to fully absorb into the leather, and even after I brush/buff the excess, it leaves these sort of "streak marks" (almost looks like marbling) of shoe cream that isn't absorbed into to leather (so rather than giving colour to the leather itself, it's more just sitting on top of it and it looks patchy). Could it be because I'm applying the coloured cream *after* the conditioner instead of before? However, in all the videos i've ever seen, the saphir renovateur always goes on before the coloured shoe cream...
Perhaps i need to wait longer between the conditioner and the coloured cream? Would you advise against applying the colour cream before the colourless conditioner? Any help is appreciated. Warm regards from Canada, Chris
Help! I have tried everything, first your put in water technique, then your acetone technique, I have even tried to iron out the creases, keeping a damp cloth between the iron and the shoe ofc. Always the creases disappear once the shoe trees have been in for a while but the moment I walk 100m in them they are back. By now I have even slight cracking along the creases. What could be the reason? Bad leather? I would hate to have to give up on the pair that gave me my first break in finance and they are only 5 years old, though I have worn them a lot. Anybody who can help please speak up❤
Hi, does anybody have any ideas on how to remove creases from my leather toe cap please ? I think it occurred when the leather was still too wet from when I used renovator and polished it too early. Now there is a crease mark at the end of the top cap. Any advice greatly appreciated. I have attempted a hair dryer with little success. Thanks. Russ
My Carmina Rain last shoes crease much worse than my other shoes. Maybe because Rain runs bigger and they’re a little big for me? I don’t know, but it’s frustrating.
What about creases right up near the end of the toe cap? I have a few pair that crease there, and it really spoils the shoe's appearance. I see there's a thing called Crease Protectors (or similar name) that you slip up inside right up to the toes, and they prevent the toe cap from bending so much when you walk. Does anyone here have experiences with these? do they work?
Hi I just got some Thursday boots dukes (Chelsea's) in black and I was wondering if you have ever worked on them before? I wanted to get the factory finish off. I saw that you use acetone to get off the factory finish off regular calf skin shoes but from my understanding, Thursday uses more of a chrome leather. Any thoughts?
Ah, the AE Carlyles. Man do these shoes love to crease. It's not really anyone's fault. Leather creases. That's what it does. But because the Carlyles are an unadorned plain-toe, it can look pretty gruesome, especially when the shoe is black. I've got these shoes in black and in walnut, and the creases on the walnut just look so much better. It's the same amount of creasing, but I think that it's the way the light catches and reflects off of the creases on a polished pair of black shoes that just makes the creasing so much more noticeable. Still a great shoe though and surprisingly comfortable.
I use a product called Sno-seal to waterproof my shoes and boots. It repels water really nicely. Added benefit is that it smells terrific, like you're in an old shoe repair store. I have also used a liquid silicone spray, last one I used was made by Peak. Also repels water. All bets are off if you step in a puddle of water.
Thoughts on removing factory finishes on newer Johnston and Murphy's so shoe cream can be applied? Have heard multiple places that using shoe cream doesn't work well because of whatever factory finish they use. Worry that finish might be the only thing making the shoes look decent/normal.
Yeah I wouldn’t remove the finish. It will look bad. I figure use them and take care of them until they are falling into disrepair and get rid of them. They are not make to be taken care. Most people buying new JMs don’t take care of their shoes.
First thing that makes this hard is getting such a shoe tree that isn't easy to get. Already there many people are cut off... Isn't there another way with shoe trees that are available?
Sir, thank you so much for your videos, beautiful language, thorough explanation and nice demonstration. I have a question: I applied to my burgundy Oxford shoes dubbin cream from saphir and now the colour is permanently darker. Is there a way to revert the original colour? Sincerely,
Use concentrated saddle sopas for shoes...I have a pair of italian medium brown shoes( with an amber undertone) and I used cognac cream from saphir to maintain it and develop, but it turned out with red spots on my brown leather and after 2 washes with saddle soap they came back to their original colour!!!...Hope it works and you enjoy ur oxblood shoes cause it s a great colour for leather shoes
Hi great channel.Can you do a video of all the products that you use and why please? I have the basics and can do the basics but as a passion and hobby and more-so a love for the "art" would love to understand more about what you are using and why. Apologies if you already have a video showing this. Thanks.
Curious if you used black dye on these after the acetone. I'm thinking with black especially you could use some black cream and polish and be done with no dye required.
@@TheElegantOxford Thanks for sharing this Preston. This is what I figured but I've only stripped a black pair once and that was for a patina vs trying to preserve the color. I also found on the dark brown AE Cornwallis in particular that after a light strip the leather underneath looks shockingly better than before the strip. It does lighten up a bit on those though so some extra caution is needed.
Thank you for the awesome video. These shoes appear to be calfskin with a finish that was sprayed on after the shoes were constructed. Do you have experience using acetone (or other chemicals) to strip the plasticky finish off of corrected grain shoes (leather that has already been given the plastic treatment at the tannery). And then treating them with creams/dyes/polishes to give them a warmer look that is closer to calfskin than to corrected grain? I am thinking of Bass Weejun loafers in particular. Yes, some might suggest getting more expensive shoes but I like them for what they are - Inexpensive shoes that can be worn with chinos/shorts and treated casually like penny loafers were originally designed to be worn.
Hey, Julian. If you don’t have access to a shoe tree, you can try stuffing the shoe with newspaper. It’s not a great solution but it’s better than nothing
The creases decreases
Good one!
Surely you mean ‘decreased’
@@MadeInGreatBritain the internet has accepted "decreases".
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Yes, but how to get the crease to decease?
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Another caution for Acetone, if you wear soft contact lenses, I'd remove them before using Acetone. The vapors can do ugly things to them while in your eyes.. wrinkle/melt.
Omg thanks for the tip. I wouldve damaged my eyes 👍🏻
So much Thanks for sharing ^^
Don't worry I'll wear my full face gas mask
What a pussy
@@TheVoltaire1 what a moron
I'd be interested in a tutorial on knowing what the hallmarks of a well made shoe using quality leather vs one that just is trying to appear to be high quality.
That’s a good idea 💡
Mine is fake high quality, but it was only 40 bucks
@@itzuzer4851 I like to go to thrift stores and I often find high quality dress shoes in good condition. Restoring them is fun and very satisfying as is knowing you scored a $400 pair of shoes for $10 just because grandpa died and they gave his shoes away that he rarely wore. Best place to find shoe trees too.
@@TheElegantOxford Hello. Did you ever make a video on this topic?
After owning several AE pairs, this video really educated me. Your method works. Thanks Preston!!
I've encountered a problem with Allen Edmonds: for some incomprehensible reason they dye the inside of their shoes a very strong dark brown color that starts "bleeding" whenever I wear the shoes, even if my feet are perfectly dry, but especially if they ever get even a little wet. Many pairs of my socks are now ruined with this heavy, dark dye. No other brand of shoes that I know does that! The leather on the inside of shoes is supposed to be natural. Anyway, I wonder if there's a way to take the dye off and expose the natural leather underneath? Thanks to anyone who will be able to share any thoughts!
You don't like the dark brown feet?!
What should I do after removing finish factory???
Should I put renovator ou something??
Great video as usual : )
Two quick questions:
1. Is too much Reno'Mat bad for the leather-mainly while removing old polish?
2. Before applying a mirror gloss, what is the appropriate dry time after each step:
a.Reno'Mat
b.Renovateur
c. Cream polish
T L You should just tip the bottle of Renomat onto your rag then use that and repeat, if you get too much wait for it to dry (15 mins or more as said on the bottle) then you can buff with small amounts of water similar to when creating a mirror shine. For rénovateur and cream polish 5 minutes at least however the longer you leave it the more time for nutrients to be absorbed by the leather.
My Dr Martins boots used to crease up chronic I assumed it was because I'd got thin feet therefore bends footwear more when I was walking
Have you ever considered having a paid course to teach viewers how to do the techniques you do at home? I would love to learn how to do this myself.
I’ve considered it!
For the skittish, would Reno-Mat be a potentially safer option to remove some of the factory coating, even if it is perhaps less effective at getting it all off?
Yes, absolutely. If you are nervous I would build up your chops with Reno-mat and graduate to Acetone with experience. Or use Acetone on a couple of pairs where you don't care if they are over-stripped. Acetone is like fire: it can keep you warm or it can burn your house down depending on how you use it. Reno-mat is like a space heater.
Preston, creases are one thing to deal with, BUT, what about marring, which happens when a shoe edge on stacked shoes, makes its weight known on the pair underneath. Is there a remedy for removing such mars? Furniture has remedies, but what about leather? I have looked online, and asked, to no avail. Any comments would be welcomed. Thank you for what you do in these videos, .and for your generosity of spirit. Bless you and those you love. DJ in Knoxville TN
Great video again Preston. You can really make it look easy. Can you do a video on shining a pair of men's spectator shoes. Something with leather and a material. I really want to get a pair and am just a little unsure about how to shine them and not get the polish on the material part. Would like to get an experts opinion on the process. Spectator shoes are usually a summer shoe and it will be summer before you know it.
Good idea!
Be very careful doing this. Some shoes have a finish that will come off using acetone. Even the well known shoemakers have cheaper lines of shoes where the finish is spray painted on top of what appears to be bookbinder leather. Edit: The colour will completely come off!
I want to try this on a pair of Doc Marten's to remove creases--I may be re-dying them.
@@user-mv9tt4st9k does It work?
@@user-mv9tt4st9k😂😂😂😂
This is a great video and helps understand why them creases occur.
Thank you.
My pleasure!
Great video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge on creases. Thanks Preston.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for your informative videos. I've watched many of them and have a question. With Allen Edmonds, I notice that they crease easily and sometimes I see some creasing and imperfections in the leather even when new. These are from my own shoes and from pics posted online. I believe this might be due to sub-optimal clicking and/or using hides with looser grains. I live with it because of its price point. In your videos, you reshape the shoes with acetone and they look better than new. If the restored shoes are well cared for and properly "tree-ed" will the creases come back? If so, I imagine that it won't be as severe. Will they come back in the same spots and with the same level of severity? What's your experience with that? On that note, have you ever done a follow up video where you film the shoes a year or two after your restoration? It would be interesting...
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Thanks! Wow!
Miesere...
So what Saphir products did you use after the acetone to get the final finish?
I'm also not sure how you cleaned the acetone residue off. Is there another video of yours with more details? Thanks.
OK, I thought acetone always lightens leather. If not, what could be used to take dark, dull brown shoes more toward walnut or tan?
Thank you for this video.
I have 7 pairs of engineer boots. Why?, because I’ve never been able to find the right size, plus my low arch seems to have caused foot issues and allowed my feet to increase in length just enough to not be able to wear 6 of those pairs of boots. :/
Today I received a pair that actually fit well and unfortunately they had wrinkles on parts of the boot.
I wondered if it was possible to remove the wrinkles. Now I know.
Thanks again! 👊🏻
Thats awesome!! I would have thought for sure they were done..👌🏼 well done sir
Thanks!
I did "swedish bath" on a pair of brown 5th aves I just got off ebay. All I have are modern, cedar trees, too bad I don't have the lasted momba trees. They came out pretty good after drying 3 days. acetoning and Saphir creme, wax and mirror shine on the toes. I'll send them up to Part Washington for a factory resole and cork. They feel good, but definitely broken in on someone else's foot! Oh, the creases are still there, but definitely less bulbous. in-between them if that makes sense.
Good work, Robert! Sounds like those 5th avenues have a new lease on life
I love your little chuckle! Great video! 😊 4:07
I have.a question. I have a pair of boots where the creasing is not bad and doesn't really bother me, however one of the toe boxes was stepped on and there a very faint vertical crease running down the front of the toe... it's very very faint, and every so often it catches my eye and really bothers me, because I expect that crease with happen where the feet fold, but the crease down the front (again, very faint) just feels out of place and bothers me. Most people would not see it, but I do. Is there a way to remove that crease? Since the toe doesn't bend, I would not expect it to come back, but I would like to remove it. Would really appreciate some help, thanks!
What if these were light tan colour and the factory finish got removed with acetone. Would you be able to restore them with multiple layers of Saphir cream polish ?
Also how does meth spirits (the purple stuff) fair compared to acetone ?
Yes you would. It would be fine! The color wouldn’t change too much with tan
Nice PSA, great presentation Preston.
Thanks.
Thanks for watching it!
Do you store the vintage trees in these shoes permanently or just for the rehab? I have trees in all my shoes, while they do help, i still have some creases in my 5th Aves that I would like to remove.
does fiebing's deglazer work as well as acetone to strip the factory coating/finish? i'm not too keen on using full acetone.
Thank you so much for the great tip and for all your wonderful videos. I am a big fan! Can you please tell me how many coats of acetone do you use on the entire shoe to remove creases from the vamp? Also after using the acetone do you have to use a colored dye or can you get into your conditioning, cream, and wax again? Thank you!
That is gold. Thank you Sir!
Great video! It should answer a lot of people’s question!
I hope so!
Many thanks Preston. All the best for You&Family. 👍👏🌹💖👞
Thanks, Enzo! Stay safe!
Wow this is a timely video for me! I am having trouble finding out what kind of leather the Allen Edmonds "Green Street" Mahogany uses. It's a long wing. The leather looks really smooth and shiny like you described "corrected leather", so I'm trying to find out definitively. Mainly so I know how to care for it long term. I didn't really want to get a 'corrected grain' if that's what these are, but I was just looking for a nice long wing and didn't think twice about ordering from AE. I just ended up with something very different than I am used to.
Hey, Rob! The Green Street is not made for corrected grain. I have the Broad Street in the same mahogany leather and while its different than regular AE calf, it’s full grain.
Hey Preston, so I bought some Meermins, and still waiting for them to be made, but I am wondering do you recommend the Meermin Beechnut shoe trees? OR would you recommend sticking with a Cedar shoe tree (as I have a spare one from Allen Edmonds that I was thinking about using. But I am just wondering which of those two would you recommend? Or is there a better option than even those two woods?
If I’m going to soak my shoes, should I clean with acetone before soaking, after soaking, or not at all?
My shoe has a ceased at the ankle part it scratches a lot i cannot even wear that anymore will this work for that too the cease literally bend it at that place
Fantastic as always!! 😎
Thanks!
Has anyone solved the boot polish cracking issue on boots when you were em the newly applied polish cracks woulda thin layer of shoe grease help make the polish flexible
Do you need to add something like extra protection after removing the layer with acid? Feels like it loses protection or smt.
hello, what's the name of the product you used for removing the wrinkles?
From going on eBay Preston. I believe those Vintage Shoe Trees are old school Shoe Extenders/ Lengtheners w.e. I could not find a Vintage Shoe Tree like that style. in any size. I might be wrong though. Any thoughts?
Try Etsy. That’s where I found my pair.
I like creases on shoes, as long as it’s not damaged leather kind
Some people do! It’s ok!
I do not like the creases in my navy blue Doc Marten dress shoes. I may try removing the buff finish after securing matching leather dye and good polish. 😁
Hey there,I havea nice pr of lobs, fairly good shape been half soled and heels. Issue is had had some water stains and I had them readied with a solid paint like shoe dye . Light camel color. The finish cracks in the creases and I don't care for the solid flat look. Want a transparent penetration look. Even if some stains show that's ok.Tried solvents and acetone but very difficult to remove the finish. How to remove this and refinish?
Wow that was amazing 👏🏿
do creases happen because of misfitting shoes? I opted for a bigger size because the toe box was too narrow on my stacy adams. now i feel im regretting my decision
I love your channel ❤️ great video thank you so happy 🙏🏼
Do you recommend removing the finish for Allen Edmonds bond street for the bookbinder leather to last longer?
Is there a way to remove creases from very light tan shoes please? I read I can't use a heat gun because they're such a light colour
but will if shrink the shoe?
Is acetone nail polish remover?
Only if acetone is listed as the ingredient the nail polish remover.
هل بعد الاسيتون يحتاج الى صباغه مره اخرى ام لا
I love your videos man , great job !
Thanks, Wilson!
Quick question for you sir, I've been having some issues with my shoe cream routine and I'm wondering if i'm doing something wrong.
Simply put, my (coloured) shoe cream doesn't seem to fully absorb into the leather, and even after I brush/buff the excess, it leaves these sort of "streak marks" (almost looks like marbling) of shoe cream that isn't absorbed into to leather (so rather than giving colour to the leather itself, it's more just sitting on top of it and it looks patchy).
Could it be because I'm applying the coloured cream *after* the conditioner instead of before? However, in all the videos i've ever seen, the saphir renovateur always goes on before the coloured shoe cream...
Perhaps i need to wait longer between the conditioner and the coloured cream?
Would you advise against applying the colour cream before the colourless conditioner?
Any help is appreciated.
Warm regards from Canada,
Chris
Help! I have tried everything, first your put in water technique, then your acetone technique, I have even tried to iron out the creases, keeping a damp cloth between the iron and the shoe ofc. Always the creases disappear once the shoe trees have been in for a while but the moment I walk 100m in them they are back. By now I have even slight cracking along the creases. What could be the reason? Bad leather? I would hate to have to give up on the pair that gave me my first break in finance and they are only 5 years old, though I have worn them a lot. Anybody who can help please speak up❤
Hi, does anybody have any ideas on how to remove creases from my leather toe cap please ? I think it occurred when the leather was still too wet from when I used renovator and polished it too early. Now there is a crease mark at the end of the top cap. Any advice greatly appreciated. I have attempted a hair dryer with little success. Thanks. Russ
This video is very helpful,thanks man😆😆😆
My pleasure
Thanks for sharing
Id love to try this but Id be so sad if I ruined my red bottoms just to get the crease out of the toes lol
My Carmina Rain last shoes crease much worse than my other shoes. Maybe because Rain runs bigger and they’re a little big for me? I don’t know, but it’s frustrating.
What about creases right up near the end of the toe cap? I have a few pair that crease there, and it really spoils the shoe's appearance.
I see there's a thing called Crease Protectors (or similar name) that you slip up inside right up to the toes, and they prevent the toe cap from bending so much when you walk. Does anyone here have experiences with these? do they work?
Any recommendations for a good horse gait brush. On amazon all the reviews say they fall out.
Great job
Is it good to wear with extra insole to avoid creases?
Hi I just got some Thursday boots dukes (Chelsea's) in black and I was wondering if you have ever worked on them before? I wanted to get the factory finish off. I saw that you use acetone to get off the factory finish off regular calf skin shoes but from my understanding, Thursday uses more of a chrome leather. Any thoughts?
Hey, Carlos.
I wouldn’t recommend acetone for chrome tanned leather. Just use greasy cream for that type.
Is it normal to get a shoe crease right off the 1st wear?
Who else is on a Quarantine 2020 The Elegant Oxford video bender?
Can I remove factory finish on my burgundy oxford by saphir remomat or alcohol?
Ah, the AE Carlyles. Man do these shoes love to crease. It's not really anyone's fault. Leather creases. That's what it does. But because the Carlyles are an unadorned plain-toe, it can look pretty gruesome, especially when the shoe is black. I've got these shoes in black and in walnut, and the creases on the walnut just look so much better. It's the same amount of creasing, but I think that it's the way the light catches and reflects off of the creases on a polished pair of black shoes that just makes the creasing so much more noticeable. Still a great shoe though and surprisingly comfortable.
Which material did you use to put in shoe ?
Can faux leather shoes have similar wrinkles/creases like this video?
Well done!
So another problem, what would you have to do if say your dress shoes got drenched in water? After that then how would you waterproof it?
I use a product called Sno-seal to waterproof my shoes and boots. It repels water really nicely. Added benefit is that it smells terrific, like you're in an old shoe repair store. I have also used a liquid silicone spray, last one I used was made by Peak. Also repels water. All bets are off if you step in a puddle of water.
Thoughts on removing factory finishes on newer Johnston and Murphy's so shoe cream can be applied? Have heard multiple places that using shoe cream doesn't work well because of whatever factory finish they use. Worry that finish might be the only thing making the shoes look decent/normal.
Yeah I wouldn’t remove the finish. It will look bad. I figure use them and take care of them until they are falling into disrepair and get rid of them. They are not make to be taken care. Most people buying new JMs don’t take care of their shoes.
Yeah, do be careful. I just tried it on my oxblood Allen Edmond Dalton's and the cream polish does not restore it back to how it was.
This is true. You’ll need dye at this point.
Thank you so much that is great idea to know 😁😀
Thanks, David! Good to hear from you!
First thing that makes this hard is getting such a shoe tree that isn't easy to get. Already there many people are cut off... Isn't there another way with shoe trees that are available?
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Are there other shoe polishes that will not melt in the afternoon heat?
Please tell me the thing the you have to remove in the vedio. I don't understand properly.
Bravo! Good quality content! 🤜💥🤛
Thanks!
Sir, thank you so much for your videos, beautiful language, thorough explanation and nice demonstration. I have a question: I applied to my burgundy Oxford shoes dubbin cream from saphir and now the colour is permanently darker. Is there a way to revert the original colour? Sincerely,
Use concentrated saddle sopas for shoes...I have a pair of italian medium brown shoes( with an amber undertone) and I used cognac cream from saphir to maintain it and develop, but it turned out with red spots on my brown leather and after 2 washes with saddle soap they came back to their original colour!!!...Hope it works and you enjoy ur oxblood shoes cause it s a great colour for leather shoes
@@calinparvulescu5173 thank you for your kind answer and your time sir.
Hi great channel.Can you do a video of all the products that you use and why please? I have the basics and can do the basics but as a passion and hobby and more-so a love for the "art" would love to understand more about what you are using and why. Apologies if you already have a video showing this. Thanks.
Sir how can i buy the these polishes and stuff to keep my shoes shiny and mirrored shine... please lemme know
He has a site now.
2:03 my shell cordovans dont crease crease, they roll. I like to see them wiggle wiggle, for sure.
Nice job 👏 👍 👌
Would Saphir's Renomat do the same job as acetone ?
Michel Jean «Lit et dit» my question as well!
Curious if you used black dye on these after the acetone. I'm thinking with black especially you could use some black cream and polish and be done with no dye required.
I didn’t use any dye after. Just cream and waxes. On black pairs, dye is almost never needed.
@@TheElegantOxford Thanks for sharing this Preston. This is what I figured but I've only stripped a black pair once and that was for a patina vs trying to preserve the color. I also found on the dark brown AE Cornwallis in particular that after a light strip the leather underneath looks shockingly better than before the strip. It does lighten up a bit on those though so some extra caution is needed.
Would the same procedure work for creasing in AE patent leather, the "la Scala" for example?
Do you advise removing factory finish when buying new shoes?
No not at all. At least leather conditioner
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What he rubbed on the shoe which cream ?
Thank you for the awesome video. These shoes appear to be calfskin with a finish that was sprayed on after the shoes were constructed.
Do you have experience using acetone (or other chemicals) to strip the plasticky finish off of corrected grain shoes (leather that has already been given the plastic treatment at the tannery). And then treating them with creams/dyes/polishes to give them a warmer look that is closer to calfskin than to corrected grain?
I am thinking of Bass Weejun loafers in particular. Yes, some might suggest getting more expensive shoes but I like them for what they are - Inexpensive shoes that can be worn with chinos/shorts and treated casually like penny loafers were originally designed to be worn.
Can you use nail polish remover as acetone?
Can you drink H2O as water?
Very, very good!
Thanks!
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The Oxford shoes my stills!.
How do I use water instead of acetone?
Are these oxford whole cuts ???
I have a question
So for the poor man who had no shoe trees or acetone how do we reduce the creases ?
Where can i get shoe tree?
Hello! What can i do if i don´t have access to a shoe tree?!!
Thanks for all the great contet!!
Hey, Julian. If you don’t have access to a shoe tree, you can try stuffing the shoe with newspaper. It’s not a great solution but it’s better than nothing
@@TheElegantOxford great! Thanks! Have a nice week
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