In our latest video kirby allison founder of the hanger project talks about the proper care of a wolverine 1000 mile chromexcel boot using the saphir greas.
Chrome excel leather care.
Brushing vigorously and you want to brush it vigorously not only helps to remove dirt but it also heats up the leather moving around the oils and helping to remedy scratches and scrapes.
The process is usually achieved by placing hides in acidic drums or baths consisting of a mix of chemicals.
Caring for chromexcel is very easy using saphir s greasy leather cream.
Generally chrome tanned leathers yield soft supple and durable leathers while vegetable tanned leathers are round and full feeling patina well and are easy to coax into shapes using heat and moisture.
Wet blue hides after receiving a vegetable retannage now natural in color.
My particular shoe care regimen is very simple and closely resembles the mac method clean with a soft damp cloth allow to dry completely away from heat and moving air.
Chromexcel and shell cordovan will scratch and scuff rather easily and due to the high grease content these scratches can be buffed out rather easily.
The temporary displacement of these oil and wax blends causes the leather to lighten or shift.
Generally chrome tanned leathers yield soft supple and durable leathers while vegetable tanned leathers are round and full feeling patina well and are easy to coax into shapes using heat and moisture.
No shoe polish required.
Designed to both condition and recolor chromexcel the cream has a very light oily texture and applies easily using either your fingers or a chamois.
How to care for chromexcel.
Because it has a very light pigment it is not necessary to perfectly match the color.
The chrome ions displacing the water are smaller than vegetable tanning molecules which generally makes chrome tanned leather thinner and softer than vegetable tanned leather.
However shell cordovan is the only leather where you can completely remove a scratch.
This is the wax before being melted and hot stuffed into the leather.
Brush vigorously for several minutes using a horsehair brush.
The original pull up leather chromexcel is hot stuffed with plenty of oils and fats that add both softness and water resilience.
Horween s chromexcel leather is one of our favorites here at tsm thanks to it s durability and gorgeous properties.
Bloom is a desirable characteristic as it means that the leather is properly nourished with greases oils wax.
First you want a good horsehair brush.
Every 10 15 wearings apply a light haze of neutral creme cordovan or venetian cream sparingly.