--- title: "Video: How to Waterproof Leather Hunting Boots and Gloves" description: "This handy trick will let you condition and waterproof all your favorite leather gear." date: "2017-06-26" modified: "2017-06-26" authors: - name: "Aram von Benedikt" job_title: "Writer" link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/aram-von-benedikt/" url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/video-how-to-waterproof-leather-hunting-boots-and-gloves/" categories: - "Gear" - "Hunting Gear" --- # Video: How to Waterproof Leather Hunting Boots and Gloves ![Waterproofing leather]() *Video: How to Waterproof Leather Hunting Boots and Gloves Aram von Benedikt* Here’s the best way to waterproof your leather boots and gloves. The best part? It’s dirt-cheap. This trick will also soften and preserve the leather. Just pick up a wax toilet gasket at the local hardware store, clean up your boots or gloves with a brush or cloth, and then warm them in the sun or in front of a stove or heater. Then rub the wax into the leather. Let them sit in a warm place or in the sunshine while the wax penetrates. That’s it—you’re done. Check out the video to see exactly how I do it. *Video by the author.* #### RELATED: [How to Make Your Own Bow and Arrows]() ## Author Aram von Benedikt is one of *Outdoor Life’s* western writers. He has no formal credentials as a writer, only the authenticism born of a life spent in the backcountry and a library of 3,000 books. Writing for *Outdoor Life* came as an unexpected blessing, and he’s still mildly surprised every time he sees his name in print. He lives on a remote Arizona desert ranch with his lovely wife, a handful of half-wild kids, a dozen horses, half-a-thousand cows, a plethora of cactus, and the occasional, big desert muley. ### Author social links [Facebook]() [Instagram]()