Tips for caring for your hiking boots

Your hiking boots are subject to significant wear and tear and it is essential that you take good care of your hiking footwear to ensure they last a long time

In this article we a going to look at a few things that you can do on a regular basis to care for your hiking boots.

Day to day care: Hiking boots come in contact with every day mud which left to its own devises can cause damage to your hiking boots. This iswhy it is a must to clean your boots after every use

It is also important to keep an eye on your hiking boots looking for signs of damage and ways to help prevent them from becoming worse.

The amount of maintenance that your hiking boots will will need purely depends on the amount of ware and the severity of the terrain in which you use your hiking footwear. The more use that your hiking boots have the more upkeep and maintenance you will need to perform.

Cleaning your hiking boots: All hiking boots can be cleaned with warm soapy water but don’t get carried away with the soap as to much can do more harm than good.

Drying your hiking boots after use: It is very important that you allow your hiking boots to dry completely before using them again. Hiking boots must be left to dry naturally and away from direct heat. Too much heat can cause the leathers and waterproof lining to dry out to fast and shrink. This will cause the leather to crack and the waterproof membrane lining to shrink and not function correctly.

It is also important to use care product on your boots to help nourish the leather and keep the waterproofing properties of your hiking boots. Here at new forest footwear we recommend the use of Nikwax that help to nourish and prolong the life upper leathers and suede’s. We also recommend regular treatment of waterproofing spray to your hiking boots as this helps your boot stay waterproof for even longer

Here at new forest footwear we stock a wide range of care product to help you keep hiking boots in their best condition so they for even longer.