[Andy]

I used to buy it in bulk from Amazon, but it's no where to be found. My local shoe repair had a replacement brand and said Meltonian had quit making the Water & Stain Protector some time ago. ??

 

[Flanderian]

I used to buy it in bulk from Amazon, but it's no where to be found. My local shoe repair had a replacement brand and said Meltonian had quit making the Water & Stain Protector some time ago. ??

Meltonian was an S C Johnson brand. And to the best of my knowledge, they decided to discontinue it. I had long bought their shoe creams when I learned they were no longer being made, but evidently it included all their products.

FWIW, I've used Tarrago water protector to treat my suede footwear, and have found it to be excellent.

 

[Andy]

Flanderian:

Good tip. THANKS!

 

[winghus]

I also use Tarrago nanoprotector on my suede shoes and water just rolls off in the rain.

 

[Peak and Pine]

I used to buy it in bulk from Amazon...

In bulk?
You running a shoe shine stand?
Yes to Tarrago.

 

[Andy]

In bulk?
You running a shoe shine stand?
Yes to Tarrago.

In "small" bulk!

 

[Andy]

Maybe I should sell the one can I have left!!!!

BTW, forgot to mention that the replacement I got from my shoe shop guy is "Four Seasons"! I'd never heard of it either, but will try the Trarago next. Thanks for the recommendation gentlemen.

 

[Flanderian]

Maybe I should sell the one can I have left!!!!

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BTW, forgot to mention that the replacement I got from my shoe shop guy is "Four Seasons"! I'd never heard of it either, but will try the Trarago next. Thanks for the recommendation gentlemen.

 

[London380sl]

Evidently that small bulk supply lasted you for a while. They discontinued production back in 2016. I remember this as in Feb 2017 the chain drugstore near me was liquidating their remaining stock at 80% off. I stocked up.

 

[Andy]

Evidently that small bulk supply lasted you for a while. They discontinued production back in 2016. I remember this as in Feb 2017 the chain drugstore near me was liquidating their remaining stock at 80% off. I stocked up.

London380sl:

Good info! Thanks. I'd been buying it from Amazon, who must have also bought the discontinued spray and just now ran out!

 

[Guest]

I used to buy it in bulk from Amazon, but it's no where to be found. My local shoe repair had a replacement brand and said Meltonian had quit making the Water & Stain Protector some time ago. ??

It probably contained the deadly PFAS created by Dupont in the 1950s. I have a can am currently trying to research whether this is a fact.

 

[Color 8]

Meltonian was an S C Johnson brand. And to the best of my knowledge, they decided to discontinue it. I had long bought their shoe creams when I learned they were no longer being made, but evidently it included all their products.

FWIW, I've used Tarrago water protector to treat my suede footwear, and have found it to be excellent.

Does the Tarrago product change the color or texture of the suede at all ?
I've been using a combination of :
1. Saphir suede treatment, and
2. Not wearing suede if rain is forecast

 

[Flanderian]

Does the Tarrago product change the color or texture of the suede at all ?
I've been using a combination of :
1. Saphir suede treatment, and
2. Not wearing suede if rain is forecast

RogerP is my mentor concerning the use of this product on suede, so I'm comparatively inexperienced. But I can tell you what I've found from my use of it on perhaps 5 pairs of footwear.

It seems that Tarrago possibly can darken some suede slightly. But I qualify the statement because if it has, it's so very slight as to make me uncertain if it did at all. But I can also say with more certainty, that if it does, other suede remains entirely unchanged. I know Roger has said that it can slightly darken lighter suede and I defer to his more extensive experience. But I have a pair of moderately light rust colored nubuck oxfords, and interestingly, they seem not to have their color affected at all? I also have a pair of darker green Sanders with plush nap, and those too seem to be unaltered.

I had an older pair of very dark brown chukkas from Brooks, and oddly, they perhaps are the only footwear in which I'm fairly certain there was a darkening. But it may be because since they were older, even though I brushed them rigorously to assure they were clean, they still had enough particles to impair the absorption of the spray. (Roger noted it's best used on new footwear.)

While I"m convinced this product is as effective as reported, I admit to still being wary of wearing suede in really bad weather, but certainly lighter showers have left them all delightfully unaffected.