My take on transforming Stafford Wingtip Boots

[Margotron Varsity Member Find all posts View Profile Close Margotron]

Soooo I was enticed by Joe's color alteration of the Stafford's, and decided to give it a try. Ok, actually, I put some neutral wax on, let it sit too long, then couldn't buff it out (anyone have any tips?)


I broke out a trusty bic lighter and melted all the wax (i know, i know), then hit them with some AE walnut shoe cream. then buffed them. then tried the wax again because I'm not good with that jazz and figured "why not?"


anyway. here we go








I actually dig them

[alan Dappered Veteran Find all posts View Profile Close alan]

Better than I would have expected! I already passed on them once, but I may have to give them another shot. At the very least, they may make for good shoes bad-weather days when I don't want to chance it with my AE Bayfields.

[kevinD Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close kevinD]

Looks good

[Margotron Varsity Member Find all posts View Profile Close Margotron]

[Margotron Varsity Member Find all posts View Profile Close Margotron]

Much better than I expected. Also not nearly as loud, and oddly distressed. For a good, long minute when the wax was stuck on parts still and my room was smelling like an oil refinery, I thought they were a goner

[Teej Varsity Member Find all posts View Profile Close Teej]

I've considered doing something like this too them but I kind of dig the color already. The only thing I had to do was add some dr. scholl's inserts because they were killing me before. They're great now and breaking in well.

[90Shilling Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close 90Shilling]

hey, nice job! they look great and more expensive than how they look brand new from Joe's photos - your's have an aged look to them now. Margotron, between the frankenwatch project and this, you might be one of the most creative (and daring) contributors on this forum. looking forward to your next project!

[nicholascrawford Varsity Member Find all posts View Profile Close nicholascrawford]

Stellar.


I made the same mistake with wax in the past and melted it too by putting them in front of a vent while the heat was running.

[jessy_diamond Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jessy_diamond]

Wow, you really did a great job. They look way more expensive now.

[StevenDElliott Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close StevenDElliott]

Def buying these today, is the size a full size down? Im a 10, so should i get a 9 ? I went to the store in NYC 34th street and they didn't have them to size em up, but def wanna grab em.


Edit, other sites say almost a size and half. Let me know what everyone is. My foots pretty narrow as well

[jicarv Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close jicarv]

@StevenDElliott - Yes, for me they were 1.5 lower than my AE Dalton boot size.

[alan Dappered Veteran Find all posts View Profile Close alan]

I picked some up earlier while running errands. Sure enough, I had to size down by 1.5 sizes.

[Furious Styles Varsity Member Find all posts View Profile Close Furious Styles]

Those look really good! I tried some on today and I think I'm going down a full size, from 9 t0 8. They didn't have any 8s, so I'll grab them next time I'm near a store that has them.


Great job and thanks for giving Joe's technique a test.

[Margotron Varsity Member Find all posts View Profile Close Margotron]

I'm sized down wayyyyy more than normal, but also wear thin socks. I bought 9.5 but wear an 11 in Strands

[Margotron Varsity Member Find all posts View Profile Close Margotron]

In the wild