The satisfaction of cleaning and conditioning your Dubarry boots

Our family loves our Dubarry boots.  As a horse show mom I can honestly say that my Dubarry country boots have saved my life.  They are simply the most comfortable, warm, and waterproof boots that need no breaking in.  And one appreciates these qualities greatly while trudging around across fields and barn aisles, sometimes in rain and/or mud, for 4+ days of a 3-Day Event.

With our fondness for these boots so established, it may not be surprising that it gives me great satisfaction to clean and condition them periodically.  Do I sound OCD?

On that note, here is an abbreviated recap of our recent Dubarry Spring Cleaning.  Unfortunately I do not have any Before pictures, but you probably didn't want to see those anyway.  They were pretty grim...

As far as cleaning products go, we have so far stuck with the Dubarry line.

Dubarry Cleaning Products

Here are the boots after cleaning and drying for about a day.

Cleaned Dubarry Boots Looking a Bit Dry and Discolored

It was nice to see the boots emerge from under layers of dirt and muck, but they looked dried out and the leather had lost its color in places, especially at the toes.  At this point it's important not to lose hope.  Conditioning will bring them back to life!

Here is the result after using the Conditioning spray and rubbing the smoother leather pieces (the feet and the leather insets on the shafts) with the Leather Cream.

Conditioned Dubarrys.  Much better.

Conditioned Dubarrys Ready for Action

Not only does the color look more even, the leather feels so nice and supple now.  These boots are ready to get back out there.  Woo hoo!

Ahh.  So satisfying.