So I recently starting purchasing nicer shoes (AE) that will last me a long time and I had a question on the caring for the shoes. I copy the following from a style forum post on shoe care:
•Don't wear any pair of shoes 2 days in a row.
•At the end of a day, use (preferrably cedar) properly sized shoe trees in the shoes. leave 24hrs.
•At the end of a days wearing, take a moist but not soaked cloth over them to remove dirt & dust.
•Sparingly apply a leather conditioner (Lexol, etc) to the leather about once per month.
•Let dry about 1/2 hour, then brush with a clean horsehair brush.
•Then buff with an old clean soft cotton or flannel cotton rag.
•Just lotion, dry, brush and buff.
I have been doing all of the steps listed above but in regards to brushing with a clean horsehair brush, do you use one horsehair brush for brushing all of your shoes? Or do you have a separate brush that you use on your walnut colored shoes vs. your black shoes. I have noticed after putting the AE conditioner on my walnut strands some of the color(shoe oil I'm guessing) has come off the shoes when I rub in the conditioner. I didnt want to transfer any black color to the walnut shoes with the brush. Thanks for the help.
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