Xtreme should only be used for restorative purposes - not daily and can also be used on hard leathers to help soften them. The moment its applied it provides waterproof for your military boot, and as time moves on the oil goes deeper into the leather and helps maintains the leathers suppleness - this is the common reason the leather starts to crack is when the leather is dry and has relatively no oil content left.

Slightly higher synthetic and oils content which is absorbed into the leather without over softening it. Preserve the shine and quality of your military boots with Altberg Leder Gris brown boot wax, the traditional choice for modern leathers. The formulation of Leder-Gris wax oil paste will also give a longer shelf life after the PET screw top container has been opened. Leder Gris wax also helps to prevent general wear and tear like cracking leather, so your footwear is more likely to last. The oil goes deeper into the leather and helps to maintain the leather's suppleness by replacing leather oils lost during the drying out process.The oil goes deeper into the leather, and helps to maintain the leather’s suppleness by replacing oils lost during the drying out process. Please don't send a possible faulty or warranty product back without completing the claim form first, as we are unable to refund your postage if you do. I took the leather and boots to the Pittards Tannery laboratory in Leeds and they quickly identified the problem - it was not the leather - but the leather treatment! Purchasing experience at John Bull is excellent (product info, communications from seller, swift despatch and tracking). Use a brush to work the wax-oils into the leather, and brush vigorously to drive into and below the leather surface, pay particular attention to the flex area and stitched seams at the base of the tongue.

The specialist oils in Leder-Gris® penetrate the surface of the leather to keep it supple, whilst the waxes remain on (or closer) to the surface to enhance water repellency. The result was Leder Glös, which will give boots a high shine finish when used regularly – however for more adverse wet conditions, Leder-Gris remains the best product for waterproofing and keeping the natural oils in the leather. Timescale to deal with your claim - for technical faults or repairs we use the services of the original manufacturer or nominated agent for inspection, testing and high quality guaranteed repairs.The company was a PLC, and as the new millennium property boom began to get up a 'full head of steam' the land the tannery was on became 'apparently' worth more than the tannery itself,and so the last British Tannery making top quality water repellent (WR100) boot leather was shut down. I have been so impressed with the waterproofing qualities of the product, and its ease of use, that I have decided to use it on my other leather hiking boots etc. The oil goes deeper into the leather, and helps to maintain the leather’s suppleness by replacing leather oils lost during the drying out process. We had noted that after 6 months the leather we were using in our gamekeeper boots was absorbing 14% - over twice as much. Developed by Altberg to be better than standard wax polishes and updated recently with a new improved formula, Leder Gris is a traditional boot care for modern leathers.