Makers of shoes and bags, please stop using that plasticized flaking garbage on leather. It is the bane of my existence, and I can't be the only one.
Too often the lifespan of an otherwise intact shoe is cut short by this crappy, flaky, rubberized coating that lines the interior. Same goes for the trim on bags. Many leather bags have this synthetic whateverness as trim which is basically the end of being able to use that bag. Yes, I have gone to the trouble of scraping it all off and using Angelus to try and salvage the trim on some leather pieces. But what even is this substance? It sucks and in no way enhances the comfort or breathability of the shoe. Why go to the trouble of making leather goods only to squander their useful life with this junk?
There are SO many pairs of shoes that I would love to still be wearing years later but I can't because I would be leaving a Pigpen-style trail of shoe dandruff everywhere I went. Thrift store stock tells the same story, people are forced to stop wearing perfectly good leather and suede shoes because although the leather is still fine, this crap is the only part of the shoe that went bad.
Submitted July 10, 2026 at 04:02PM by RxkMadam https://ift.tt/AS7PNBY
