As reported earlier in this thread I got a pair of Brasher boots about this time last year. Sally walks nearly every day and has various pairs of boots, she has always preferred the lighter weight designs but from my own experience you always have a hell of a job getting any of them to turn water. Despite multiple coats of water proofer for the type of construction.
With some encouragement from Wendy and myself we finally convinced her to get a pair of leather boots to put the wet foot problem to bed. She got a pair of the same brand and style as mine Brasher Country Walkers.
Boots are only as good as the care you put into good maintenance so I have invested in a boot care kit from Altberg. Yorkshire boot makers who are up at Richmond in North Yorkshire. They manufacture high end boots and shoes for walking, mountaineering, motorcycling, the police force and military so know a thing or two about the construction and maintenance of the same.
Alt-berg
I already have brushes and various tins of polish, dubbin, spray and creams for most footwear maintenance. My brushes though are dedicated mainly to black and brown polish, two brushes for each. The wax oil for the boots is neutral in colour as it is used for nourishing the leather and waterproofing the same. Hence the dedicated kit for the maintenance.
The kit consists of a large tin of Leder Gris water repellent wax oil which is neutral in colour and a smaller tin of military brown wax oil used for filling in scuffs in the leather. They come with a short putting on brush for driving the oil into the seams and buffing brush which does what it says after the wax oil has hardened and soaked into the leather. You can apply the wax oil to damp or dry boots. The object of course is to keep the leather as supple as possible and avoid any cracking. Here are ours after their first going over with the Leder Gris. I am waiting for the coating to harden off for a few hours before buffing. Sally's new boots have already dropped a shade from the light brown out of the box.
The boot maker and bloke that owns the factory has a few YouTube videos that cover all aspects of boot maintenance.
