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Article #22Re: Treating Nubuck + Goretex boots.
From: Roger Caffin
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 07:05
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 07:05
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> > The problem here is that most anything you put on the leather will stuff the > > Goretex membrane so it no longer works. > > So one shouldn't spray Goretex lined boots with something like > scotchguard? My suspicion is 'no' - as wouldn't it clog up the little > pores, making the goretex useless as it is no longer 'breathable'? A little bit on the surface of the leather might not penetrate to the GoreTex membrane. OK. But you would not get much protection from that 'little bit', and it would not do very much for the leather preservation either. > If so then this is another lie told by people at adventure stores... Well, they probably just repeat what the sales rep said, and the sales rep just repeats what he has been told to say by the vendor's marketing department. Staff at outdoors shops aren't paid a real lot, you know... cheers Roger Caffin
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