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#Waterproof #Boots and #Shoes:

1 pound boiled #Linseed oil
2 oz of #Wax
2 oz of #Turpentine
1 oz burgundy #Pitch

Melt over a slow fire.

With this, [rub onto] new Shoes & Boots in the #Sun with a #Sponge [until] dry.
[Repeat] until fully #Saturated.

Then the #Leather is #Impervious to wet.
The shoes and boots last longer, acquire softness and #Pliability & are the most effective against #Cold.

- William #Hone (The Every-day #Book)