This shoe grease does work to make shoes and boots more waterproof, but not so great as a conditioner in my opinion. It smells terrible, like an old garage, and I think it must have a ton of petroleum based actual grease in it. There are a lot of other conditioners out there that I feel do a better job, have more conditioning ingredients and smell a lot better. Bought it because of all the great reviews, but I sadly disagree with them. Not sure why I'm keeping the can around, as I always reach for other conditioners first.