Help me clean these boots

[DonttouchthatLarry]

The grain of my leather boots is full of mud so what's best to use to clean them? When I wipe them with a damp cloth they appear clean but the marks show up again once dry. I've got cleaning/conditioning stuff for horsey items and walking boots but am scared I might ruin them. Any ideas before I use tack conditioner on them 😀?

Dry soft brush, followed by a damp microfibre cloth. Repeat if necessary. Try it on a small area first. Then treat with leather food/appropriate shoe polish. Otherwise bring to a Timpsons or other cobbler.

As above!
Soft brush when dry. Microfibre cloth then I apply a shoe cream and buff

The mud will come off but it will take some time. It's not a five minute job. Unfortunately is the nature of that kind of leather to accumulate dirt in the cracks. Also, let the shoes dry completely before polishing, otherwise you'll just trap the dirt.

The leather might be a little dry and need some nourishment, so treat the leather with a nourishing balm. Do that first and then use something like a Meltonian / TRG cream polish on them to bring the colour back up and pretty sure both ranges have something very near this colour.

Saddle wax.

I use the TRG renovating creams on my Amber colour boots
I'm sure they will have a colour match

Saddle soap with a shoe brush or old nail brush - dry off with microfibre, then a cream based leather conditioner, let that soak in, buff that, then add a good polish on top, let dry and buff again with shoe brush.