Ultimate THURSDAY BOOT CARE Guide | Rugged & Resilient, Thursday Chrome, WeatherSafe Suede

For Thursday Rugged & Resilient leather, clean the leather with a damp rag, brush with a suede brush, and then use suede spray conditioner.

For Thursday’s smooth leather (Thursday Chrome, or Horween Chromexcel), knock off all excess dirt and condition with Venetian Leather Balm.

For their WeatherSafe Suede, use a suede brush, suede eraser, and then wax the toe and heel to recreate the WeatherSafe suede styling.

Check out my other Thursday Boots Review videos:

0:00 Intro
0:30 Thursday Boots Care Overview
0:57 How to Clean Rugged & Resilient Leather
5:25 How to Clean Thursday Chrome Leather
6:57 How to Clean Thursday WeatherSafe Suede
8:47 Bonus Waxing Tip

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[LAWLESSXX]

All my leather boots and gear I clean with damp warm rag, then apply golden mink oil with a soft bristle leather brush, then run over it with a blow dryer so the oil soaks in better, then finally wipe it down for any excess with a soft rag that I use every time. I got a wooden box I keep my leather care stuff in.. its a routine I really enjoy, try to do all my daily leather gear at the same time and sharpen my most used edc knives too, and clean my pew pews too lol. Basically my whole Sunday

[Vultain]

*Proceed at you own risk* You can also work the wax in with a high power hair dryer or alternatively a heat gun. Still safer than a lighter.

[billybob]

Great info for my new Thursday Captains. Mine are in Arizona Adobe. Interesting though is that the company sent me a new pair since the first had a major QC flaw in the sole. Wonderful company.

[sapclan]

Great info on how to clean the rugged my outsole was getting worn. So good info on how to get looking new again

[charles-griffin]

So fun fact. Its possible to bring them back to the original color after massacring the poor things. I never had boots and was taught to polish dress shoes by my father… i got the Tobacco rugged and resilient line then proceeded to put brown kiwi polish on them. You can imagine how bad that turned out. I kept adding coats until it looked mildly shiny and okay. Although they did have a gray tinge and was a muted shine.

Fast forward to now I tried heat, alcohol and conditioner method to remove all these coats and finished with dawn dish soap. Dry them out. Condition. Coat in weather protectant. They look better than new. I love the patina look and they are super clean and broken in. I hope to eventually get into saphire products since there are so many videos on it. But thats a story for how bad you can screw these boots and still make them wearable. Awesome video, this helped me take a lot of pointers in taking care of my boots ever since Ive gotten more.

[Crackers]

Love watching this Bill... You do a great job... By the way, a little brown polish on the tips of your sole area that has lost their color works great...GG...IN

[That_s_Delinquent]

Finally a useful video!

I want Thursday boots and I intend to buy ones that will last but I didn’t know if I should get the rugged and resilient or the regular because I don’t know which one would last the best and one that I could keep looking the best. The problem I have noticed that the rugged and resilient tends to fade in color especially in there Arizona adebo where it ends up looking like a lighter brown rather a darkish burgundy. This is a great video thanks.

[jasonanthonyschultz]

Lots of good helpful information, but you forgot to protect them! What about a waterproofing spray like Saphir Super Invulner or Tarrago High Tech Nano Protector?

[awesomeerr]

Thank you so much on the burnishing info. I had my explorers and cavaliers restored but the colors was not as dark. I was wondering how to do it and alas i found your video. Thank you.
I will burnish my boots.

[johncoursey]

Don't put a lighter flame on your boots. Use a hair dryer or a heat gun on a low setting. A direct flame can burn the threads in the seams and the boots will fall apart. You don't need to heat the bar of wax, friction is generally enough to heat it and get a thin layer in something. Then use heat to soak it into fabric or leather. Really you can use a rag and quick movement, the heat from friction is enough usually.

[tommythetrain]

I just used Indian tanned leather treatment on tobacco captains hope it be alright!

[Sshooter]

Trenton & Heath have a video on what products to use on them.

[TheWolvesblood]

Is a suede brush the same thing as a horsehair brush?

[stevenroche]

Great content, William! Do you ever polish your dress boots? That would be a good video.

[bryansierra]

Can you use the Venetian Balm conditioner on the Rugged boot?

[AllThingsFascinate]

Can you help us decide befween the classic and the r&r Captains?

[UnknownUser-rbpd]

I think suede shampoo is one of these products that are very simple but are much more expensive because it is packaged for a particular purpose. I would use any relatively pure liquid soap instead. That could be pure laundry soap used for things like down jackets or a colour free hair shampoo. There are lots of brands out there that produce PH neutral soaps and shampoos and I doubt your suede shoes are any more delicate than your scalp and the shoes will get much more abuse.

[jamesn]

If you’re ok with changing the look of your boots, is it ok to use a shinier conditioner?

[texasbryan]

Thanks for this info William. I put Bick 4 on my Tobacco Thursday Cadets about 2 weeks ago. It definitely darkened them. I ordered the Saphir suede shampoo you mentioned. I hope that will strip out the Bick 4!

[prestonradtke]

For the weather safe suede, do we still need to apply stain protector/waterproofing spray? Or is that part of the weather safe umbrella?