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    How often do you clean your field boots?

    Before a show? Every week? EVery day? Whats the usual! I just bought some new ones and want to keep them in tip-top shape!
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    This is the only part of my "tack" you could say that I feel I am lazy about. I only polish them at shows, granted I polish them every day at shows. Besides that I wipe them off with a towel after every ride. Maybe polish them if I have some free time about once a week or so.
    There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the
    inside of a man.
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    • #3
      Every time I ride in them, just like all my other tack. I'm kind of anal about it
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      • #4
        I treat mine as just another piece of tack. Therefore they get cleaned after every ride.

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        • #5
          They are not my 'everyday' boots, so I pretty much clean them after each time I ride in them. Not polish, but wipe/clean.
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          • #6
            I bought my first boots in '04 (paddock boots) and didn't do squat with them cleaning wise, and only a few months ago the leather broke... on the sides of the ball of my foot on both boots. You can clearly see the patterns on my socks when I wear them. The laces and ties have also broken apart. My mom has tried to throw them away several times but I can't part with them. Five years of molding to my foot makes a pretty comfy fit!

            I've had my field boots for about a year and I haven't had any problems with the leather, (cleaned about once a week) only the zippers. I went to the tack shop and tried out some boots before I went the shoe repair route and absolutely fell in love with Sergio Grasso boots! If I had boots as nice as those I would clean them every day!

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            • #7
              My boots get cleaned after every ride! I paid way too much $$ for them...

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              • #8
                I rarely wear them unless I'm showing, but I do clean and polish them after every use -- I store them in a boot bag with my nice spurs, small boot jack, boot pulls, spare pair of zocks, footies, and shoe polish kit --
                "I never mind if an adult uses safety stirrups." GM

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by ponyxjd View Post
                  I went to the tack shop and tried out some boots before I went the shoe repair route and absolutely fell in love with Sergio Grasso boots!
                  Uggg, now I want them haha! some day! I'm on the repair route currently. Those boots have made me decide to keep on the repair route until I can afford them, or until my oldies totally give out on me...

                  I usually wipe mine after every ride, clean them every week or every other week.
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                  • #10
                    My daughter NEVER cleans or polishes the inside of the boot that comes in contact with the saddle or horse....doesn't want to lose the "grip" of the boot.

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                    • #11
                      I usually just wipe them down after I ride, but I actually polish them every few weeks. And the great thing is that I can go without weeks of polishing them, but when I do, they look brand new every time and I've had them for 3 years!

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by SoBeIt View Post
                        My daughter NEVER cleans or polishes the inside of the boot that comes in contact with the saddle or horse....doesn't want to lose the "grip" of the boot.
                        I understand not polishing the insides, but haven't heard of keeping them dirty to keep the 'grip' -- Does anybody else do this?
                        "I never mind if an adult uses safety stirrups." GM

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by dab View Post
                          I understand not polishing the insides, but haven't heard of keeping them dirty to keep the 'grip' -- Does anybody else do this?
                          Not polishing and "dirty" are two different things. Obviously any dirt that accumulates is brushed off, but her boots are NEVER polished on the inside. She has a pair for schooling and another for shows as she thinks they are more comfortable. (doesn't bother me as she pays for her own)

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by PletchersMom View Post
                            My boots get cleaned after every ride! I paid way too much $$ for them...
                            Ditto!!!

                            And to those coveting the Sergios... I longed for them for 5 years before I actually got them and they are worth every single last penny they are so incredibly nice! I will be wearing them until holes wear through the calf

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                            • #15
                              I wipe mine down after every ride, and polish before a show, unless the shows are close enough that they are still polished.

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                              • #16
                                Originally posted by SoBeIt View Post
                                My daughter NEVER cleans or polishes the inside of the boot that comes in contact with the saddle or horse....doesn't want to lose the "grip" of the boot.
                                My mom, who isn't a horse person in anyway, will occasionally take the liberty of rubbing that shoe shine sponge over my boots without telling me, (that's what I get for leaving my boots lying around the house I guess) and I only realize this after I've gotten on my horse. It takes about 15 minutes for the squeaking to go away!

                                And to those coveting the Sergios... I longed for them for 5 years before I actually got them and they are worth every single last penny they are so incredibly nice! I will be wearing them until holes wear through the calf.
                                My trainer has them and told me that in 8 years, she's only had to have the zippers replaced twice. Seems more reasonable to invest in one very nice pair of lasting boots than buying cheap ones that fall apart every two years.

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                                • #17
                                  Mine get wiped down after each ride, cleaned if they get wet or sweaty, and polished every couple of months.
                                  "Beware the hobby that eats."
                                  Benjamin Franklin

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                                  • #18
                                    Mine get wiped down after riding and cleaned if my horse drooled a lot on them or if they got muddy. I polish them the night before a show. If I have enough layers of wax on them I can usually just scrub them with my shoe shine brush and they shine just fine from that. I only wear mine for shows or right before a show though... they're very nice Vogels that I got for $20, and god knows I'm not about to be able to afford a replacement pair, so I'm trying to keep them in good shape. (:
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                                    • #19
                                      On the advice of the tack shop owner that measured me for my Dehners, I take a brush, like a small scrub brush, and clean the dirt from the stitches between the sole and the uppers after every ride. Other than that, wipe down when dusty, polish the night before a show.
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                                      • #20
                                        When they get so dirty I can't tell they're black anymore. But I just have a cheapie pair of ariats, which still isn't an excuse for being so lazy...
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