sandeepsasi
Well-Known Member
Hi @moktan,i don’t think they are the same .. one needs to be careful with saphir rénovateur as in some cases it will cause the paint/polish to come off .. usually they recommend applying a little on the portion on the counter above the heel to check .. also if you notice in the herring website , they advise you against putting this on shoes made by Carlos Santos of Portugal… .. the mink though less advertised is known to be more versatile if used infrequently in small dabs .. you may want check some good advice here too ..
I completely missed the warning about the Renovateur on the Herring Shoes website. Based on the product description on the Saphir website and various reviews, the Renovateur first seemed to me to be magical shoe care product that can condition as well as polish leather. Anyway, I cancelled the Renovateur and requested them to replace it with a Saphir horse shoe brush which they did.
By the way, the mink oil lotion also contains beeswax. So, is a separate polish like this really necessary?
And, how often do you recommend using the mink oil lotion and the polish (if it is needed)? Some write-ups say that a nourishing oil/cream need to be used before polishing only if the leather appears too dry and otherwise, only periodic polishing is enough.
At least to a novice like me, the Saphir catalog seems a bit confusing as I find an overlap in the composition as well as the purpose mentioned in the description of their various products.
With regards,
Sandeep Sasi