B-Man2
Well-Known Member
Hey guys .
If you’re like me and wear your roughouts on a daily basis, after a number of years your boots are going to start to look pretty funky and loose that Steve MCQueen look. This is especially true if you followed most of the advice you received here, and dubbed your boots a number of seasons over the years that you’ve owned them. Pretty soon you’ll realize that while dubbing the boots protects your feet from getting wet and muddy , the dubbing also acts like a dirt magnet and reaches out and attracts every piece of dirt and dust you happen to walk through. Pretty soon boots that looked like the boot on the left ……….. end up looking like the boot on the right of this photo .
So ….. After coming to the realization that I didn’t look like Steve MCQueen EVER. ,( A hard reality to accept
) I decided I needed to either start wearing a new pair of Roughouts or figure out a way to revive my old pair . After all there was still some life left in these old boys and I just wasn’t ready to put them out in the trash . So it was time to try something I had never done before . To literally give them a complete scrub down and a bath with saddle soap and a scrubbing brush. When I had finished the first boot I was surprised at the results and thought I’d pass the results on to anyone having boots that needed to be revived . I’ll be doing the other boot and will post some photos of the pair of them once they dry out . Remember if you scrub them down , let them dry slowly on their own without using a hair dryer or putting them next to a heater. On a side note . The boots needed new heels as I had worn the heels down to the inside of the heel compartment . Did you know that in spite of being made of hard rubber the heels are actually hollow with vertical and horizontal rubber bars forming a cross inside of the heel giving the heel 4 small air pockets . I’ll tell you more about this in another post as I ended up having to repair the heels myself do to the crazy cost of replacing the heels on Roughouts.
So here’s the end result compared to the other boot. A bit of dubbing and I’m good for another 1000 miles I’d say
If you’re like me and wear your roughouts on a daily basis, after a number of years your boots are going to start to look pretty funky and loose that Steve MCQueen look. This is especially true if you followed most of the advice you received here, and dubbed your boots a number of seasons over the years that you’ve owned them. Pretty soon you’ll realize that while dubbing the boots protects your feet from getting wet and muddy , the dubbing also acts like a dirt magnet and reaches out and attracts every piece of dirt and dust you happen to walk through. Pretty soon boots that looked like the boot on the left ……….. end up looking like the boot on the right of this photo .
So ….. After coming to the realization that I didn’t look like Steve MCQueen EVER. ,( A hard reality to accept
) I decided I needed to either start wearing a new pair of Roughouts or figure out a way to revive my old pair . After all there was still some life left in these old boys and I just wasn’t ready to put them out in the trash . So it was time to try something I had never done before . To literally give them a complete scrub down and a bath with saddle soap and a scrubbing brush. When I had finished the first boot I was surprised at the results and thought I’d pass the results on to anyone having boots that needed to be revived . I’ll be doing the other boot and will post some photos of the pair of them once they dry out . Remember if you scrub them down , let them dry slowly on their own without using a hair dryer or putting them next to a heater. On a side note . The boots needed new heels as I had worn the heels down to the inside of the heel compartment . Did you know that in spite of being made of hard rubber the heels are actually hollow with vertical and horizontal rubber bars forming a cross inside of the heel giving the heel 4 small air pockets . I’ll tell you more about this in another post as I ended up having to repair the heels myself do to the crazy cost of replacing the heels on Roughouts.So here’s the end result compared to the other boot. A bit of dubbing and I’m good for another 1000 miles I’d say
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