I say don't use ? I say don't use UNLESS you require it. And you mention you don't care what points are find valid but yet you could use this as an argument saying I trust the forum ? Your intellect surprise me with every single reply. I start to find the dumb word I use on you get validate with your continuous assumption.
Asking people to read an article and judge for themselves is misdirecting ?
And it started out me asking you why not mink oil. What you quoted is not even in our argument to begin with which does not validate your points either.
Phone too hard to quote. Try page 4 what I started asking you initially. let me know what I've said wrong until the part which you assume mink oil I stated is red wing ones and then your weird assumption start to kick in.
LOL. OH MY GOD. I really don't know where you went to school, but you obviously lack any reading comprehension and are as incompetent to write your argument as what people on this forum are saying about you via pm to me.
1. You lack critical reading.
2. You lack thinking and reasoning.
Let me break down for you again, since you are so bad at reading your own posts.
Personally I feel LP overkill, But then again it is good for our humid weather and warm weather. then Mink Oil don't use for our weather - you can use for leather products but not leather shoes. I will be getting the Obenauf Leather Oil instead to try. IMO you should try that. Then get a horse shoe brush + a leather cleaner and start buffing/scrubbing your denim stains. It will go off.
Here, I said that LP is overkill. And I said not to use Mink Oil because it contains silicone.
Look at the post before I posted this. It was referring to my picture showing RED WING MINK OIL.
Lexol itself is a brand. Saddle soap any brand also can. Not sure when I going to order. May purchase a few things from Rakuten at once to make it worthwhile
Then you went on to say that why mink oil shouldnt be used on leather boots? When in fact, my mink oil refers to the Red Wing Mink Oil in the picture I posted. Did you even read before that?
Why mink oil shouldn't be use on leather boots? Humid weather isnt damaging to leather itself but easy for mildew to buildup on your leather product so I don't see why lp is required because of our weather when keeping your boots dry and store it at "airflow" places would be sufficient
Then I went on the explain
Because mink oil contains silicone (it states on the ingrdients) that blocks the leather from breathing. In our weather where you sweat a lot, you are gonna make ur boots unable to breathe with all the sweat moisture inside. It's meant for snow and slush where your boots are gonna get wet so the silicone layer protects it. Obenauf LP does not have silicone, so your leather still breathes and has protection. But like I said, LP is overkill and you will get the same protection if you use the leather oil which probably is better. Your boots won't dry overnight unless you put in shoe trees. I keep my shoes in the cupboard.
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Here, I am explaining the difference between Obenauf LP and Red Wing Mink Oil. One contains silicone, one does not.
Then you went on to explain that :
There are other mink oil out there which don't contain silicones. And silicones isn't that harmful tbh, it's really over exaggerated over the net. Beeswax on LP works the same way as silicone but it is "organic" compared to silicones that's all.
Here you talk about other mink oil. But you do not provide any example brands. Then you say for what? And in this context, the mink oil I am referring to with Legend2127 is Red Wing Mink Oil which I advise him not to use. To which I replied
Like I said, Red Wing Mink Oil is the ideal type of Mink oil that everybody will go for since it's readily available in shops at SG. Nobody is going to research specifically for mink oil that does not contain silicone - precisely because it is easily accessible. Of course companies don't disclose their products, its called marketing. Companies not so stupid to disclose their product information online for everyone to see - Look at McDonalds. The only way to tell whether the actual product is good is from the consumers. That's why companies do survey, to gather feedback from their consumers whether their products are good. That's exactly the same as forum people reviewing products. And with so many brand affiliates on Styleforums/Reddit, I will trust the reliability of these websites than company marketing gimmicks.
And where can you find information? From 1) Your actual use 2) Experience of others. I will trust the experience of people who have used the products extensively and reviewed along with my own usage of Mink Oil/Obenauf/Lexol
Of course, people are free to use whatever they want, its their boot, not mine. But with RW's Mink Oil having a big word saying "Contains silicone", then it will not be used for my boots and will be confined to leather accessories such as belts.
Here, again I am talking about Red Wing Mink Oil. Because of the previous picture that I posted containing Red Wing's Mink Oil that I am referring to.
Then you went on to say:
You say you don't trust marketing gimmick but yet you buy into LP marketing gimmick? Like I said, beeswax and silicone basically works the same. You are not eating it, why bother if it is natural or not? Your boots is not a living thing, it's dead and all it need is oil to prevent it from drying up. And animal rights ? You wearing leather boots and you telling me animal rights? Lastly, Please stop misdirecting people that silicone is bad for boots like how your 'reliable' forum people spread mink oil will go rancid so avoid it at all cost in the past.
Just because you don't know how to google for other mink oil option without silicone does not mean everyone is as dumb/lazy as you.
Here, you say that I am misdirecting people because I tell them not to use Red Wing Mink Oil.
When just a few months ago, you said:
Honestly, I won't suggest red wing Mink Oil because it contains silicon. Not that it is really bad but I prefer not to deprive my leather from "breathing" properly.
Here, you are totally contradicting yourself. Do you understand now? You say I misdirect people. You did the EXACT same thing.
Why not as long it does not contain petroleum and silicones. I would very much recommend the all natural leather conditioner/boot oil and not their mink oil since their mink oil contain silicones or petroleum iirc. MANY upmarket reputable conditioners contain mink oil like saphir renovateur for example.
Proper treated REAL mink oil does not rancid or damage your boots in long run, some people who did not want to use mink oil is because it soften your boots over time and for those people who wear safety boots you don't want it to be soft.
Mink oil is expensive and many product does not contain real mink oil but substitute.
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And don't bother using Obenauf LP unless you intend to wear your boots for NS outfield. Other than the protection you does not require, this product have several downside you might want to consider first before using. I've used it twice I don't like how it does to the look because I buy these boots for visual appeal not go war with it.
Here again you are contradicting yourself. I talk about fake mink oil. You did the same.
Your points does not matter as you said some points are VALID. The argument is not about the points. It is about the validity of forum posts. So difficult to understand? Yet you say you don't trust forums. You are totally contradicting yourself and yet you fail to realise.
What I quoted has total validity with our argument because you are arguing that I am misdirecting people when in fact, you gave the exact advise to people. That is why I quoted you. How is that not valid? Are you that blind to understand this? I tell people don't use mink oil as it contains silicone. Obviously in a red wing shoe thread where the general consensus of mink oil is the red wing mink oil, people are going to be looking at it because it is the ideal type. Do you know what an ideal type is?
You said don't use obenauf unless you are using for NS outfield? You dumb or what? Obviously you are being sarcastic here to show that obenauf is not needed? Now you try to turn around saying don't use unless it is needed? Who in the right mind will use red wings for NS outfield. We all have NS boots for that. Or you don't understand what you wrote at all?
You tell me why don't use mink oil. I tell you the exact thing that you said a couple of months back. And you said that I misdirected people when you were giving the same advise and thinking the exact same thing.
You got read what you write or just ignore your own post? Or maybe a different scribblemyname posted? Lol. Go and read your post. I alr quoted it so nicely for you