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Some eye candy for you fellows that appreciate nice shoes....
Wow, Wow, Wow !!
No words for those (other than Wow obviously).......
Some eye candy for you fellows that appreciate nice shoes....
Well that is a tough one...canvas....try a hat sponge!View attachment 212705
When I saw this shoe I thought: "Diamonds on the soles of her shoes." Truly amazing.
Cindy, hope you are well, I have a question. These shoes are part leather, part canvas, the canvas has got somewhat dusty, I have got them cleaner simply by brushing with a clothes brush. Is it safe to get the rest of the dust out by using and old (dry) toothbrush?
The shoes were expensive, they were also a one off run, I wouldn't dream of using any sort of cleaner, the clothes brush is soft bristled and has done no harm at all, but the toothbrush isn't so soft. Any thoughts?
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NO toothbrush! it will damage the surface of the canvas....saw it all up...do you have a "bunny bag"????? If you lightly wash the canvas and let it dry real dry, you can use your bunny bag on it to dab white back onto the canvas just like you would ivory/white suede!View attachment 212705
When I saw this shoe I thought: "Diamonds on the soles of her shoes." Truly amazing.
Cindy, hope you are well, I have a question. These shoes are part leather, part canvas, the canvas has got somewhat dusty, I have got them cleaner simply by brushing with a clothes brush. Is it safe to get the rest of the dust out by using and old (dry) toothbrush?
The shoes were expensive, they were also a one off run, I wouldn't dream of using any sort of cleaner, the clothes brush is soft bristled and has done no harm at all, but the toothbrush isn't so soft. Any thoughts?
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The way those shoes look have been eye appealing, RRL had some British shoemaked produce a spectator that is the spitting image of your Bostonians....sadly RRL did not continue having them made. Hard to beat real vintage for quality and as with your shoes, the style....out of the ball park pretty!
I just ordered some shoe cream in a "banana" color, to agument some gold and light tan to apply on a pair of light tan/gold colored spectators. Although the shoes are no longer being worn, I still get all the shoes rotated out of the boxes and clean/condition or polish them. I am thinking that color, banana, would help keep your beautiful shoes, the color they are, if you mix it up with what ever you are already using. What do you think?
I will try to get a really good picture of the polish I have that is the Banana color...if you think it would work for you, I can get some more and send ya a freebie! I had a never been worn pair of all white footjoys, they started out being Golf shoes...I peeled off the existing soles and metal stays hidden behind the soles and in the heels, removed the thin cork layer, replaced the cork, and then made heels and soles. I wanted to do something along the use of dye work and to have some "patina" so after prepping the leather for the dye, I mixed a batch of dye with some "clear" to water down the actual color, Gold, to apply on the leather. it was really thin, which is what I wanted as it is like a "wash" when using a dye that you want to have that effect of patina. I have some pale gold shoe cream polish from Saphir, but it is really dark. I sent an email to one of the shoe makers that are shown by shoegazing.com about 3 weeks ago, and a picture of my shoe work. The response was to try this banana color, so I have it and it was exactly what I was looking for. I'll post a picture of the shoes and the polish. Like I say, if you think if can work for you I can buy some more and ship it to you.Here are some of the Lattanzi tans. Mine are different again, they are more like a light coffee tan colour. It has a very ltalian flavour.
Lattanzi tans
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Real shoes are always such a nice feel to own and wear. Daniel LOVED wearing some of the higher end shoes regardless if they were vintage or modern custom handmades. Vass were comfy as are some of the Barker Black, and all his higher end vintage. I was super lucky to find so many pairs of true vintage for him that had never been worn...no easy ordeal and picked up several pairs of spade soles that were never worn. I still look at what is online....some good deals are out there.Here are some of the Lattanzi tans. Mine are different again, they are more like a light coffee tan colour. It has a very ltalian flavour.
Lattanzi tans
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In 7th grade I had an ex Scottish army Sargeant for a teacher. As punishment for any transgression, perceived or actual, us boys were made to shine his shoes. They had to be to his absolute satisfaction or one risked having the punishment upped to a strapping with the good ol' razor strop. We even had to shine the under arch of his dress boots.Some eye candy for you fellows that appreciate nice shoes....
For all the time put into these, I would in a total cost would have to charge about $250.00 as so far I already have two days on just cleaning and conditioning, one day on the white suede getting cleaned with the shampoo, then another day getting the "Bunny Bag" application, you have to use the suede brush and apply more "Bunny Bag" several times to work it all in evenly. Later I remove excess conditioner and start applications of black shoe cream on top of delicate cream to give the final polish wax something nice and smooth to sit on for the final wax polish for that mirror finish, but that comes after I do the soles.