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To make the soles of shoes or boots unspent last long enough, you can protect in two ways:

a) Implementing a good glue (the one used by shoemakers will do) to the soles of boots and covering with a layer of sawdust (which can surprise you in any woodworking shop). The more fine sawdust will be more compact when dry. Let dry for a day.

b) To protect impermiabilizar and wear leather soles, you must do the following: Wear the boots for a week or two, in order to make the leather soles and lose the protective coating can absorb our formula. After this, the soles are cleaned well (which should be well dried) with a brush or dry brush. Then put into a tin can to melt four ounces of animal fat with two ounces of pitch or turpentine, until dissolved and form a liquid evenly. (Watch out for burning). Done the above, are applied several coats of this liquid to the soles clean and dry until they are embedded and no longer absorb more they are dried and are granted a last layer, especially in places where the liquid is dried more easily. Other tricks or techniques or survival camping

Compilation of Notes-Luis Alberto Hernandez.