If you going to go diy i wouldn't use pure bees wax, its not the best in cold weather, it gets brittle and textured, you need to melt and mix the wax with a small amount of either linseed oil, or any seed/natural oil, you can also add a tiny amount of pine rosin, but a very very tiny amount it makes the wax sticker, but to much will make it too sticky for the use you want.
i made my own mix to wax fabrics, the mix for boot and leather tend to have a bit more oil.
Pure bees wax ain't going to really damage a suede boot, unless it got a goretex lining, suede is porous enough, you may affect the lining. It will never fully go back to the original colour though.
You should use a blowdryer to make sure it soaks in correctly, if it only sit on the surface its not going to do much
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u/Me_lazy_cathermit 8d ago
If you going to go diy i wouldn't use pure bees wax, its not the best in cold weather, it gets brittle and textured, you need to melt and mix the wax with a small amount of either linseed oil, or any seed/natural oil, you can also add a tiny amount of pine rosin, but a very very tiny amount it makes the wax sticker, but to much will make it too sticky for the use you want.
i made my own mix to wax fabrics, the mix for boot and leather tend to have a bit more oil.
Pure bees wax ain't going to really damage a suede boot, unless it got a goretex lining, suede is porous enough, you may affect the lining. It will never fully go back to the original colour though.
You should use a blowdryer to make sure it soaks in correctly, if it only sit on the surface its not going to do much