Brown Leather Maintenance

Here's a how to, for those of you who need to know how to properly maintain your brown leather.

You'll need:


Fiebings brown leather dye (Available for about $8.95 at any shoe repair shop)

Nail Polish remover (Must contain acetate)

Brown Shoe Polish

I recommend doing all of your brown leather at once so the shade is consistent, unless of course you're talking about a new item.

Step 1: Strip off old polish with the nail polish remover. Use a damp a paper towel or cloth. (Remove belt buckle first if dying belt, it unsnaps)

Step 2: Using supplied applicator apply Fiebings brown dye over leather.

Step 3: Drink beer and/or smoke a cigar while dye dries.

Step 4: Apply a couple coats of brown polish and you're in business.

**This is a great time to use Brasso on your belt buckle and snaps.

Time lapse for steps 1 and 2 is about 30 minutes.
Keeping a good coat of polish on your leather gear will look good and extend the amount of time needed between dye jobs.

This also works for black leather using Fiebings black leather dye.