Smithy
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Some spit too if I'm honest Jonny ;-)
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Some spit too if I'm honest Jonny ;-)
Why not, I always do when I'm bashing the kiwi in haha
D97x7
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Attempted boot restoration
Phase 1
Washing and drying
So far so good
Both pairs are about 12 years old, were in rotation for about 5 and have been abandoned in a damp shed for around 7.
I think the Iron Rangers will be fine, tough old boots they are, but unfortunately a rat seems to have chewed the 1907s, still I think they'll be wearable, I probably won't be though.
Phase 1
Washing and drying
So far so good
Both pairs are about 12 years old, were in rotation for about 5 and have been abandoned in a damp shed for around 7.
I think the Iron Rangers will be fine, tough old boots they are, but unfortunately a rat seems to have chewed the 1907s, still I think they'll be wearable, I probably won't be though.
B-Man2
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Nick
Wow ! Those were in dire straights . Did you use a little saddle soap on them first to get the dirt off? There’s a wealth of youtube videos out there to help you out with this project . The boots start out much like yours and by the end of the video they really look great . The iron rangers you showed were so bad I didn’t realize they were rangers until you took some dirt off!
Wow ! Those were in dire straights . Did you use a little saddle soap on them first to get the dirt off? There’s a wealth of youtube videos out there to help you out with this project . The boots start out much like yours and by the end of the video they really look great . The iron rangers you showed were so bad I didn’t realize they were rangers until you took some dirt off!
B-Man2
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Chandler
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They don't stay white for long.
Micawber
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Smithy
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Especially in my case
I have to use white soles for sailing which is fairly standard on most yachts to stop marking the deck. But I have dedicated sailing shoes for that, not boots ;-)
Smithy
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I should add as I just remembered that my survival suit for winter sailing (here you need a proper insulated and buoyant survival suit so if you go overboard you can survive for a reasonable period in freezing ocean) and which is that hyper lurid orange SAR colour has white soles too. Can't scuff the deck even in life-threatening conditions!
I owned one white pair at school but had a brown sole, I hated those black slip on sandshoes though with the big rubber half Cornish pasty toe cap hahaEspecially in my case
Smithy
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Gosh that's a blast from the past. Sandshoes were compulsory at school back home for PE.
Haha I know, compulsary UK too, and god help if you forget your shorts, undies it was
a few kids got called skids at my school for obvious reasons haha 
