as many of you know i like to pass on helpful hints frequently and receive the same from you. i learned this from a redwing shoe salesman many years ago and have been doing it since. spray you leather shoes or boots frequently with lemon pledge, let it soak in some and brush very well with a good horse hair shoe brush. ive done that for years and my leather shoes and cowboy boots last and last and always look good. they get softer and softer. lemon pledge is the same today as it was years ago.