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How does one waterproof mocs?

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SelfYewDave:
Curious, would you recommend this on buckskins as well?  Does it make them greasy to the touch and uncomfortable to wear?


Thanks for all of the really helpful info so far. :) :) :)

El Destructo:
They will get darker....softer...and wont breath quite as well as without this treatment...mine arent greasy....they feel like a pair of weather proofed boots do...a little tacky ....but this goes away after time.....

DBernier:
Back when I knew God as a corporal, (60's to 80's) and I did a lot more trekking. On my mocks I used a mixture of 1/2 boiled linseed oil, 1/2 turpentine and 1 cu.in. of beeswax. I melted it and then brushed it on. I heated each coat with a heat gun. I did this till they were saturated. In the winter I slipped them on over another pair that I wore with wool socks. As the fellows said nothing could be "waterproof" but this worked fairly well in the winter. In the summer the recipe worked good also. They just leaked thru a bit sooner.

Dick

leapingbare:
eh i just wear erm wet till they dry out. I'v also used needsfoot oil.

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