Re: Gore tex sock liners
Viberg sells a boot wax that is remarkably similar to Obenaufs and may be easier for you to get, the jar even looks the same. I've been using it on my Hanwags and Viberg work boots for several years with good results. I should say though, I take out the laces, wash the boots with saddle soap and clean the goop out of all the nooks and crannies, apply the wax generously, heat it lightly with a heat gun(carefully around the rand) until it has melted and soaked in then do it again and again until it stops melting in. I do that two or three times through the year. My boots rarely leak. My experience with gt sox is that, while they may or may not keep your feet totally dry, depending on conditions, they really help to make your feet warmer when damp, if that's a consideration.
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