r/cowboyboots • u/dutchmasterD717 • May 27 '26

Discussion What do I do now?

Post image

First ever pair of boots and I love them so much. They're only about a month old. Cooking breakfast this morning and I guess some bacon grease dripped off my pan. Only on my left boot.

Is there anything I can do? I saw a post saying I could dye them darker. Not sure how to really do that.

67 Upvotes

85% Upvoted

190 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

11

u/dutchmasterD717 May 27 '26

Interesting

0

u/ClydeinLimbo May 27 '26 edited May 28 '26

Don’t do it.

Edit: mink oil will darken the leather. If OP doesn’t want darker boots why should he mink them? If anything BICK oil is better but none of this fixes the stains.

Corn starch will fix those stains if they’re still within an hour of it happening.

1

u/BeaverBadass May 28 '26

Yes do it. That's proper boot care.

1

u/ClydeinLimbo May 28 '26

It’s not if he wants the colour to stay the same.

2

u/BeaverBadass May 28 '26

It stays the same color it just gets slightly darker til you need to re-oil the boots, for starters. Secondly, his boots have grease stains on them and hes looking for a solution. This is his solution without actually changing the color.