conditioner ? for boots

[wapitirod]

I had a friend give me a can of stuff from Queensland Australia called Driza-Bone. He gave it to me for treating my outback hats and dusters but it also works better than anything I've found on leather boots.  His son in-law brought it with him when they came to visit from New Zealand.

[high desert rambler]

i use 1/2 beeswax and 1/2 mineral oil for treating cotton canvas, but i imagine you could use it for leather as well... but the mineral oil will probably soften it up a lot - which you may or may not consider desirable... i heat it in a mini-crockpot, brush it on with a paintbrush and simultaneously run a heatgun (or hair dryer) over the material so it soaks in well...

as far as commerical leather treatment products, i'm very happy with Pecard's.  lots of "pros" recommend Pecard's...

[BowPlinker]

I do leatherwork full time for a living, don't mean I KNOW more than anyone else though. All of those mentioned are good and will work to do some good,, bottom line is how old is the leather, how dry, how wet, and how it was tanned as what to use for best results,,
BUT in general to much of anything is not good or wore than nothing,
Mink oil is easy to find and use on boot leather in general, I like bear oil beeswax for if I had to use only one, and best all around is Montana pitch blend.. Just my opinion,, meats foot oil is great to treat dried out leather but will not help weather proof or keep nasty stuff out,,
There is difference with what you "treat" the leather with and what you "protect" leather with  
Just like shampoo and conditioner and lotion for you hair and skin they all do a certain job   .
Montana pitch blend can do all those jobs for average use boot because the mink oil conditions the leather, and the pitch and bees wax seals and protects
Ken

[Bluefeather]

The problem with using some types of sealers with Goretex has to to do with petroleum products dissolving the Goretex material.Many wax products are petroleum based or contain some type of petroleum based additive.

[amar911]

I have been using Kenetrek Boot Wax lately. It has a lot of the same substances mentioned by others, but it is not supposed to attack the glue that bonds the rubber rands to the leather.

Allan

[Shakes.602]

I use Montana Pitch Blend on about anything Leather, but I bought some SnoSeal for Waterproofing my Hunting Boots. Dont know how it will combine with the Montana, but its got enough of the same stuff in it, I doubt I will have any trouble. The SnoSeal came Highly Recommended!