| wear western boots, you'll scuff up the leather at | | | | when you use it. It's not a cure-all. But along with |
| some point, no matter how hard you try to avoid | | | | a touch-up polish, it'll salvage most of it." |
| it. | | | | Bick 4 is an all-purpose leather conditioner that |
| But there's no need to take scuffed boots to the | | | | won't ruin the color of a boot. And using it |
| Dumpster. With a bit of patience and the right | | | | regularly also will maintain leather's suppleness and |
| methods, you likely can have those boots looking | | | | shield it from the elements. |
| good again. | | | | Somers said that with some dark-colored rough |
| Dave Somers, a buyer of cowgirl and cowboy | | | | boots, especially so-called "distressed" boots, |
| boots at Drysdales Western Wear in Tulsa, Okla., | | | | simply rubbing the scuff mark with your fingers |
| acknowledges it's difficult to remove scuffs from | | | | will remove it. |
| such footwear. However, if there's one product | | | | "The oils in your finger will usually rub it out," he |
| to use over all others to combat this problem, he | | | | said. "But that won't work on a smooth-finish |
| says, it would be Bick 4 leather conditioner. | | | | boot." |
| "That's the best overall boot-care product that | | | | In the case of scuff marks on black boots, |
| we have," he explained. "It has some cleaning | | | | Somers said, simply using your usual black shoe |
| properties with its good, old-fashioned polish." | | | | polish will do the trick to erase it. |
| "The scuff marks may not completely go away | | | | |