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02-24-2007, 07:42 PM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: molalla
Posts: 1,272
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Ok how much maintenece do you do on your boots
I hear people complain about their Boots not lasting ,heres my question do you put any thing on your boot`s to keep up your exspensive boot`s water proof ??????????????????,I know that I do mine quite often so I get a longer lasting Boot 
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02-24-2007, 08:49 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Tigard
Posts: 3,042
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Re: Ok how much maintenece do you do on your boots
None. 
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02-24-2007, 11:10 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: On the Deschutes
Posts: 2,465
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Re: Ok how much maintenece do you do on your boots
dry them slowly,,,,,,,soft brush them off,,,,,,,,,,and put some leather preservative or whatever your boots need on them. ....
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02-25-2007, 06:29 AM
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Halibut
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Clackamas County Oregon
Posts: 2,231
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Re: Ok how much maintenece do you do on your boots
Xtra Tuffs.... Hose them off...
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02-25-2007, 08:03 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Hillsboro Oregon
Posts: 7,786
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Re: Ok how much maintenece do you do on your boots
Clean them and oil them as required, never use heat to dry them. I am wondering with all the boots that use cordorua (sp) if that mud can be pushed in to the gortex liner causing them to plug up like by brushing the boots of or even using water if that clogs gortex up..
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03-01-2007, 02:25 AM
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Tuna!
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Beaverton, OR. USA
Posts: 1,214
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Re: Ok how much maintenece do you do on your boots
I learned from my dad to use Huberds boot grease. It is the best that I have found. Here is a link to a site that tested several types and Huberds tested out the best. Better yet, it is made here in Oregon!
http://www.hotchkiss.k12.co.us/hhs/E...en/leather.htm
Google Huberds boot grease to find their site.
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03-01-2007, 03:45 AM
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King Salmon
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Clackamas, OR
Posts: 11,222
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Re: Ok how much maintenece do you do on your boots
For my leather boots I always used Bear grease seems to keep them for a long time so long I wore the bottom right out of them. My new pair is Condura and I have had them for three years and have not done much but wash the mud off and let dry never had a problem rp
Found this link
http://www.scoutingdigest.com/index....sk=view&id=100
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03-01-2007, 08:55 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 149
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Re: Ok how much maintenece do you do on your boots
none, and I always throw em on the boot dryer cause I like toasty toes in the morning..
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03-01-2007, 10:47 AM
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Steelhead
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: salem
Posts: 414
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Re: Ok how much maintenece do you do on your boots
No greasy kids stuff for my boots and they have lasted for years.I have too many other things that require regular maint.If their lucky, they might get hosed off.
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03-01-2007, 12:05 PM
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Sturgeon
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Washougal, WA
Posts: 3,821
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Re: Ok how much maintenece do you do on your boots
Daily while hunting I dry them out.
If im traveling in snow or heavy rain I brush them off and grease them with Obenauf's every evening.
After the season I usualy hit them up with some saddle soap and then a light oil and store till next year.
Obenauf's grease was my first choice for years but now on my lighter hiking type boots I use the Obenauf's oil.
The Obenauf's doesnt seem to hang in well with heavy snow and gets cleaned out of the leather. For this reason I usualy revert back to mink oil for heavy snow use. Mink oil doesnt let the leather breath though.
I shy away from the synthetic chemical stuff like Sno-seal.
My boots usualy last through a few soles or till my foot rubs through the Gortex liner. 3 to 5 years or 200 to 300 miles is about the average life span.
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Last edited by Chesapeake; 03-01-2007 at 12:11 PM.
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03-01-2007, 12:15 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Forest Grove, OR
Posts: 753
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Re: Ok how much maintenece do you do on your boots
hubbards boot grease.
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03-01-2007, 12:24 PM
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Chromer
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Auburn, Wa.
Posts: 656
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Re: Ok how much maintenece do you do on your boots
Clean em and grease em once a year and put em on a Peets dryer every night when I wear em if it's possible.
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03-01-2007, 12:44 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver
Posts: 2,669
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Re: Ok how much maintenece do you do on your boots
Red Wings - mink oil - on the boot dryer - I agree with them warm toes in the morn.
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03-01-2007, 02:57 PM
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Ifish Nate
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Everett,Wa.
Posts: 2,162
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Re: Ok how much maintenece do you do on your boots
Take them off at night and put them back on in the morning. 
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