I use Neatsfoot Oil (the real oil, not the 'compound') on all my leather. For wet I top that treatment with the old Sno-Seal, cause I have it. When its gone I will use another waxy topcoat. If I was to retreat waxed cotton on boots, as well as a drover coat, etc. I would used a stiffish waxy type topcoat too. It is probably mostly beeswax in those.