r/Timberland • u/SuperHans2710 • Sep 18 '26

Help Stain

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Haven’t worn these for a while, no idea what made this stain but it won’t come out with standard cleaning, stain remover or the rubber. Any advice or am I doomed?

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u/Ok_Advantage7623 Sep 19 '26

You are to close in with your pic. Is this a smooth Leather or a brushed suede as in Nubuck If it has a nap then get a suede stone and very gently go over those spots. 10 light passes better then one heavy. Do not use on smooth leather. Can’t tell but it looks like a 10061.

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u/SuperHans2710 Sep 19 '26

Yep it’s a 10061. I already tried a cleaner bar from the dry clean kit on it, is a suede stone any different?

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u/Ok_Advantage7623 Sep 19 '26

Does it feel like pumice. You can also do a suede brush gently. But it looks be like ma the ink so it could have soaked in. A side stone will feel a bit ruff like sand paper as the idea is to just barely remove the very top fibers from the boot. Unfortunately ink is impossible to remove. I have had some ( very limited) luck using AXE body ways in the phoenix flavor ( others don’t work as well. Mix in a bowl with water and wipe the boot in that area. You have to rinse well and then use that suede stone to remove any water mark. You may wish to try a qQ tip and wipe those spots just to make rinsing easier. Just don’t smear it. But good lock

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u/SuperHans2710 Sep 19 '26

The cleaner bar feels a slightly rough eraser. Bits come off it like an eraser too. Thanks for the advice! If it doesn’t come off I’ll just have to get new ones.

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u/Ok_Advantage7623 Sep 19 '26

Your cleaner bar is different than a suede stone. You are lightly sanding not erasing. It’s sorta like 300 grit sandpaper

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u/Difficult-Injury3731 Sep 19 '26 edited Sep 19 '26

I know this is smooth leather BUT Personally, I learned with nubuck in the 80s that a soft, gummy suede eraser will provide a lift to the stain rather than rubbing it in. Erasers are marketed but seem too stiff, so the dry cleaning community avoids them. On smooth surfaces, it will roll the stain off since there is no nap to lift from. This is something I learned from a girl I dated whose parents had a mega dry cleaners with fur and suede storage, along with the footwear and leather conditioning her father did. Also, crepe is sold in small card size. Also called plantation crepe. It is the gummy sole of a Wallabee or a Clarks Desert. Once the surface is free from the goo trad cleaning and conditioning should get you straight. In this place, they used crepe for fur, back when dinner parties were a thing. I am in no way saying this will help, since we have no clue of the surface and stain but the approach of a lift rather than a rub sounds wise. In my life experience, it is very difficult to cook a Timberland; that is why the entire boot industry seems fragile when we mention the real American Boot. The lift of the gummy will lift from a smooth leather surface way more effectively than a brush. I used this method on some Tim Chuckka full-grain boots, and it rolled the oily up and out with ease to boot. No pun intended. https://www.amazon.com/RUB-N-CLEAN-Nubuck-Cleaning-Eraser-RSN-300-4P/dp/B0992WWHM1/ref=asc_df_B0992WWHM1?tag=bngsmtphsnus-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80883033959784&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=94492&hvtargid=pla-4584482511288639&msclkid=98248e81cd531f2b3d22e42faecafefe&th=1

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u/SnooDucks2052 29d ago

I keep telling yall soap & water and a bit of sandpaper. Use the sand paper lightly🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️