How do I treat these boots?

[Gunner]

For Christmas I got a pair of artic boots, made of a material called Kamik, i think thats the name, anyways they seem like leather outers I was wondering what I should put on them to treat them. Thanks. Geoff.

 

[MichLee]

I am not sure exactly but if it is a leather I prefer Sno-Seal on leather boots. I warm it up and warm the leather then rub the liquid into the leather until it wont take any more. It usually takes a few applications.

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Lee

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[Greg Davenport]

Gunner,

If the boots have thinsulite or gore-tex material inside... don't use snow seal or any other product like it. The thinsulite and gore-tex will be ruined once the treatment soaks through the leather and into it.

I suggest you contact the manufacturer and find out exactly what the boots are made of and if they advise an appropriate treatment to winterize them...

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Greg Davenport
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[Will Kwan]

Kamik, I bet you are Canadian. This the name for the company that makes the boots. Smooth leather boots benifit from boot dressings and Niki-wax. The problem with treatments are that foot sweet will not get out easily. Suede and nubuck require another type of spray.

Will

 

[HJK]

Try TECTRON spray. It doesn't interfere with goretex and in a recent backpacker magazine test it rated best overall. I use it with good results. Use two treatments and ensure you let the first treatment dry well.