RedWing GT from Cherry to Russett..

[Doug C]

I applied a couple of coats of Tarrago's russet brown color cream polish to my redwing black cherry GT's the other day... after rubbing them down a few times with acetone. I'm not sure if I love the new color but I think I like it better than the cherry color, next time I'll probably used kiwi brown over this. What do ya'll think?



Doug C

 

[bseal]

I don't quite understand why you chose to remove the blue tape.

 

[Doug C]

:lol: , that dang tape took me forever to mess with too - there's got to be a better way!.

Doug C

 

[Falcon_52]

I like the new color much better, Doug - 110% improvement! I'd say the experiment was a success.

Regards,

Noel

 

[Doug C]

thanks. I'm enjoying them a lot more now. The draw back is that I lost the contrasting white stitches on the body of the boots but I was able to keep the welt and (welt) stitches clean and original. I'm not saying that the black cherry had a lot of purple to it but there were certain lighting situations that it felt a little that way - I don't get that now. I actually planned to get the 9013 (natural colored leather version) and gradually darken them a bit with kiwi polishes.. but I just don't feel the need to now. Plus I like the design of these boots much better than the type I repro service shoes that I had (and loved the color of).
Doug C

 

[Marv]

I actually prefer the original dark cherry colour, sorry.......never really been a big fan of russet, good job though

 

[Doug C]

don't like russett? come on man, to me it's an icon of the 40's.. that and the color of vintage denim, kind of a technicolor thing between the two of them IMO. But that's alright, I know it's probably not for everyone, as a matter of fact I never see anyone with russett leather anymore, which is probably part of why I dig it. BTW, I will probably use kiwi brown over this russet next time which is what the military guys did I think.
Doug C

 

[kevlarg]

don't like russett? come on man, to me it's an icon of the 40's.. that and the color of vintage denim, kind of a technicolor thing between the two of them IMO. But that's alright, I know it's probably not for everyone, as a matter of fact I never see anyone with russett leather anymore, which is probably part of why I dig it. BTW, I will probably use kiwi brown over this russet next time which is what the military guys did I think.
Doug C

The kiwi brown is pretty dark so it might turn them back to something like the original cherry color you worked so hard to remove. I use the Kiwi tan over my russett jump boots and it keeps the color just right.

 

[Doug C]

ok, that sounds logical.. I'll try that, thanks for the tip.

Doug C

 

[chicken]

The color now seems to be closer to Alden 405s (Indys) now.

Although I really like the original cherry color, I also love this type of experiment. Nice change, Doug.

 

[Doug C]

chicken wrote:

The color now seems to be closer to Alden 405s (Indys) now.

Yes, that's true.. well closer to my 405s after I darkened them with brown kiwi :roll: , which did a great job of darkening them without having to fork out $700. I just can't seem to be able to leave well enough alone I guess . Thanks for the complements btw.
Doug C