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Just a careful scrub with white spirit and wire wool. Then a good quality re - dye followed by the usual polish and dubbin routine

Happy to report that rich has been in touch offering a full refund or a partial one to cover re dye costs. I'll be hanging on to them as the fit is great. He also sent full instructions for stripping and re prepping them

Cheers sadler. How would u recommend stripping it? Advise would be great as they fit really well.
You can even see the brush marks around the top where it's been slapped on!

A couple more rounds of steel wool vinegar dye would do. These where originally undied when issued. Soldiers themselves had to polish them to black. A soldier wouldn't complain for getting good quality boots. These are well made and are the same quality as the legendary polish made low boots. Come ...

I would quite happily re dye them but I doubt anything I put on it will penetrate what's already on there and I'm not certain about how to strip this shit off. As said it's like a PVA rubber paint

Exactly what mine look like, but mine also have lots of chips and scrapes from two events so look even worse.
If it proves possible to remove this stuff it may be possible to properly dye them, but it's stuck like paint so who knows

Both myself and another guy in my unit, Das Reich have bought these boots from rich recently. Great leather, nice sole and bloody appalling dye job!!!!!! Steer clear. Some sort of almost rubberised black coating over bright orange leather underneath. Really piss poor patchily painted on. The black i...

Damn good start to the season.
The comraderie and beer tent antics are a good as ever, and the addition of a bicycle truppe for this year is only adding to the fun and falls!
If u haven't come to meet the gang, pop along at a show

I have one of these and yes they are very dark grey.
However you can see a whole host of shades in original pics.
Perfectly good to use but just take the buttons off the shoulders or you'll be bleeding wearing y straps!

Unfortunately bushey is looking unlikely for me due to family commitments so it'll be rgm next I think.
I am a member of das reich herr piper

SS pea dot cammo in wrong colour combination. Pea dot had five colours - two browns, three greens. While there where variations in the shades between makers, there should always be three greens and two browns. Sad to see some well known sellers are still offering 'excellent repros' that are wrong an...

Finally, I have upgraded my 4 man oakleaf zelt from Panther Store to an eight man. I will not post a pic as there are plenty on the forum already but i will add some feedback. As many will know, with SS cammo they are up there with the best. The print is great. The fabric is heavy weight and the wea...

Next up - my newest Janke addition - a 'sunday best,, EM/NCO walking out visor. I will continue to sing the praises of Janke. No offence to Erel owners but the quality, attention to detail and shape of these caps is outstanding. If you have ever owned an original Erel, these new so called ones bear ...

Well just to add something to pg.net i thought i'd start a new season new gear/review thread. Post your new stuff with an honest review. First up from me (one of three) is a Hessen open-necked SS officer's tunic. Having owned a few chen gabardine tunics I believe this is still one of his. Hessen bou...

Yeah Russel Cobb was snapping away. He's got some nice pics of the event - which was a damn fine event.
Just send him a friend request on facebook
Jim - Das Reich