Shoe care product for AE rough shoes

[runner-guy]

Hey fellas. I was thinking of getting this product from Men's Wearhouse along with some shoe trees during their BOGO sale. What would you think about using this for the rough brown AE MacNeil?


http://www.menswearhouse.com/shop/p_...noSpecialSizes

[jason_carreira]

No idea what's in that... I'd say get Lexol

[runner-guy]

@JC - Which Lexol product? Cleaner or Conditioner?

[jason_carreira]

Conditioner. They're new shoes, right? They don't need a cleaning yet

[mystix]

I used all Allen edmonds products on my rough macneils.


Started with the cleaner/conditioner

Next the dark brown polish

finished with natural sole dressing

[Acousticfoodie]

@runner-guy: I say get Lexol or the AE conditioner/cleaner and natural sole edge dressing. That's the care I use on all my rougher leather shoes from AE and other brands. I only do conditioner -> cream/wax polish on my calfskins.





Here's a top view of the shoes that I use in my regular rotation:





As you can see using just conditioner works great: My brown longwings and black hills only use this method.

[Focuspants]

Foodie youre killing me here man. Next paycheque is going to shoes. I hate you :P

[runner-guy]

Acousticfoodie = showoff. Just kidding. That's an incredible collection.

[Acousticfoodie]

@runner-guy: Just showing how effective plain ole conditioner can be is all!

[jason_carreira]

Where do you live again foodie? What's your shoe size? I'm not saying I'm planning to raid your shoes....

[runner-guy]

I called AE and they recommended either saddle soap or the AE Leather Lotion.

[jason_carreira]

Do not use saddle soap on anything... unless you have a saddle, I guess, but not on shoes

[Tat]

Nice shoe collection, makes me wana take pics of mine!

[jicarv]

How about using Venetian Shoe Cream?

http://aheadlongdive.com/2011/03/11/...an-shoe-cream/

[jason_carreira]

Yeah, that's another possibility. I use it on my shell cordovan.