How To Clean Wooden Clogs

Our clogs are made in the same hand-manufactured way as in the 70's. They are produced with natural grained leather.

Construction and Materials – Original Classic Design with Alderwood Footbed

Notes for Our Customers

The soles are made of alderwood, which is a hard but fragile material. The rubber soles are glued onto the wood. Due to these facts you should, before purchases, be aware of the following:

The leather may vary in color and thickness.
The leather may have tears.
The leather is hard in the beginning but will soften and stretch with wear.
The natural colored leather is totally untreated and very sensitive to moisture and dirt.
The leather can be treated with a small amount of natural olive oil to make it more resistant and for a darker tone.
The natural colored leather will darken with time.
The wood may chip if you should knock into something.
The wood may vary in color and there may be twigs in the wood.
The rubber soles can wear down and even become loose from the wood after frequent use.
The rubber sole can easily be replaced at your local shoe repair shop.
The color on the rubber sole on the painted wooden sole will disappear almost immediately upon use.
The color on the wooden sole will wear off with time.
The shoes will not last long if you use them in dirt and moisture since they are of natural materials.

Care Instructions:

Cape Clogs can last you a lifetime with the correct proper care. Make sure your kids can inherit them by following these tips:

Clogs will last longer if you don't use them every day, all the time.
If the clogs get dirty you can clean them carefully with a little bit of sandpaper and treat the wood carefully with small amount of olive oil and they will look great again.
If you don't use the clogs in dirt and moisture they will last longer since they are constructed with natural material.
The color on the wooden sole will wear off in time. If you want to paint them yourself use water – based color.
The clogs will last longer if you re-sole them regularly. The rubber sole can be easily be replaced at your local shoe repair shop. Don't use the clogs without a rubber sole since the wood will wear down very quickly.
Be careful using your clogs in water since it may loosen the glue between the rubber and the wood and the sole might come off.
Be careful with the wooden sole because should you knock into something the wood may chip.
Water makes the leather very stretchable so don't use the clogs if they are wet since they might stretch a lot and loose shape very fast.
If you open the buckle when taking on or off the clogs the nail will not break and the ankle leather strap will keep the shape.
The wooden soles ( only unpainted ) can also be treated with a small amount of olive oil or similar since it makes them more resistant to moisture and dirt and also gives them the right looks.