Scared of wearing your leather sole outside?
The sole guard is the key to make your sole last longer. This unique vegetable oil based solution works to help nourish as well as protect leather soles. If you find yourself walking from more than the car to the office door, this product is for you.
How to know if your sole is leather?
To determine if a shoe sole is leather, inspect the edge and grain for a fibrous, slightly uneven texture (synthetics look uniform), smell it for a distinct organic leathery scent versus a plastic/chemical odor, and feel its warmth, porosity, and supple but resistant flex (rubber/plastic feels colder and springy). Perform a tiny water test, real leather will darken and absorb slightly while synthetics bead up, then examine under magnification for irregular pores or fibers rather than uniform bubbles. Check the construction: leather soles are often stitched (Goodyear or Blake welt) instead of only glued, and look for labels or product descriptions stating “leather sole.” As a last resort, carefully test a small scrap with fire: leather chars slowly and smells like burnt hair, while synthetics melt and smell like plastic.
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Hydrophobic oils repel water, salt, and grit at a molecular level, allowing the sole of the shoe to last longer between resoles, and thus extending the life of your shoes; and this is only compounded by the conditioning aspect of the Sole Guard.
How to apply it?
Take a Wool applicator Dauber and put some Sole Guard product on it. With your applicator, cover the entire leather sole in the product, it should slightly darken the colour and will lighten again after drying.
This product is ideal for any of your luxury sandals, flats, loafers, boots.
Let the product dry for about 2 minutes
How long is it effective for?
Saphir Sole Guard’s protection isn’t permanent, it depends on use. Expect effective waterproofing/finish for roughly several weeks to a few months under normal city use. Reapply sooner if you wear the shoes frequently, in wet conditions, or if water stops beading. Practical guidelines:
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- Light/occasional wear: reapply every 2–3 months.
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- Regular/daily wear or wet conditions: reapply every 4–8 weeks.
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- Check by sprinkling water, if it soaks rather than beads, it’s time to reapply.
You have a pair of Chanel flats, Louboutins sandals, loafers with a leather sole, take care of them from the start to make them last longer.
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