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Daily care: when mold grows on your boots — mold countermeasures

Daily care: when mold grows on your boots — mold countermeasures

This is the mold-countermeasures edition, for when mold has grown on your boots. We introduce a daily-care method for gently removing it with the correct steps and protecting your precious boots.

Daily care: when mold grows on your boots — mold countermeasures

Step.1 Pre-care

Spray Leather Cure Mold Mist Platinum onto a cloth and use the sprayed cloth to gently wipe the dirt off the shoes, as if stroking them. Since the cloth wipes up the mold, always use a clean part of the cloth.

When handling moldy shoes, work in a well-ventilated place, for example with the windows open.

  • Do not brush mold. It can spread to other items, and inhaling mold is bad for your health.
  • Wear a mask if needed.
  • Seal the cloth used to remove the mold in a plastic bag or similar before throwing it away.
Daily care: when mold grows on your boots — mold countermeasures

Step.2 Spray the mist

Once the mold on the surface of the boots has been removed, spray Leather Cure Mold Mist Platinum over the entire boot.

Daily care: when mold grows on your boots — mold countermeasures

Step.3 Cleaning

If dark, blackish patches remain on the surface, they are the roots of black mold. Remove them with a cleaner (the sand-eraser side of the Two-Way Gum Cleaner).

[Caution!] The roots of mold cannot be removed completely. Nor can staining from blue mold, red mold, and the like be removed.
Daily care: when mold grows on your boots — mold countermeasures

Step.4 Apply cream

For two-tone boots, moisturize with a cream for delicate leather (Boot Black Delicate Cream). If you want an overall shine, use a colorless emulsified cream.

Daily care: when mold grows on your boots — mold countermeasures

Step.5 Brushing and finishing

Brush the whole boot with a pig-bristle brush to work the cream in.

Finally, polish with a cloth and wipe carefully with a dry cloth. A brush and cloth alone are enough to give a beautiful finish.

Daily care: when mold grows on your boots — mold countermeasures

Before

Daily care: when mold grows on your boots — mold countermeasures

After

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