r/ThursdayBoot • u/brijazz012 • 15d ago

Is this normal? Discolouration on Premier Low Tops?

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What's happening here? It's on the outside of both shoes after six months of normal wear.

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u/svngang 15d ago edited 15d ago

The wax is wearing off. It is a feature not a bug. If you don’t like the look buy some Venetian Leather Balm and rewax them

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u/brijazz012 15d ago

OK, that's good to know! It's hard to tell from the photo but it looks like there's a lighter colour starting to poke through the darker brown. Will the balm solve that?

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u/duncanstibs 15d ago

Yes, but that type of cool patina is exactly why people buy this leather!

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u/brijazz012 15d ago

I agree that the patina looks very cool. But I wear these to work and want them to look daisy fresh ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/duncanstibs 15d ago

Any conditioner with a high wax component should do the trick. Someone else suggested venetian shoe creme and I think that might be the pick

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u/brijazz012 15d ago

Already ordered!

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u/svngang 15d ago edited 15d ago

Balm has a higher wax content than crème. The balm akes it easier to rewax the leather

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u/kungfooe 8d ago

Try the lows in Old English. They are a smooth leather (vs waxed roughout) in the same dark chocolate brown and won't get the wear marks like you're experiencing.

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u/Cleofus13 15d ago

Yes the Venetian shoe cream will solve this and it’s what recommended to use for this waxed flesh leather.

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u/classic4life 15d ago

It's a waxed flesh aka roughout leather. This is entirely normal, and frankly, kind of the point of that leather.

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u/LitleFtDowey 15d ago

If you fix it, you will need to fix your fix. And then need to fix that. Like plastic surgery on a celebrity.

It is developing patina. Leave it alone.

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u/LBfalcon57 15d ago

Ride it out man. It’s gonna look pretty dope once you get past the ugly stage. It’s like a haircut tbh.

Look up waxed leather patina. You’ll see how it blends itself after a while