What do you use ??

Do we have **** shoe polish lovers like we have **** car polish lovers ??

Just asking as i was polishing my shoes tonight with the cheapo cherry blosson & wondered if there was 100% Carnabau wax for shoes.

TIA

 

Several pairs of Patrick *** and Kiwi does me

 

I got a good deal on some Zymol, so every sunday during the summer I sit outside and use the shampoo, then clay bar, then zymol wax for a fantastic mirror finish

Takes hours, but the results are fantastic

 

Kiwi Parade Gloss all the way ! Some boiling water, 4 layers black then 1 brown and 4 black again

 

I will post a picture of my Ammo Boots tomorrow.

Normal black kiwi polish is the best you can use. There is a use for parade gloss - but I liken it to a wax, rather than a polish

Sonic' - I can get that finish on any pair of dull leather shoes with nothing more than a 90p tin of kiwi black

The technique you use depends mostly on the type of leather the shoes are, the finish you want, and how often you want to re-do them. Of course everything I will say only applies to what I consider 'proper' leather shoes - not treated, or painted leather.

If we have any Guardsmen on here, I instantly bow to their superiour knowledge!

 

Polishing one's shoes to a high gloss is a load of bull.

 

I had to land at a different airport today.

 

My father was one ... i learned from the best.

 

But doesn't it leave a mark on your Reebok Classics?

 

I've been shown and taught by plenty - yet I can still not manage the same standard. No replacement for being one. But thats what you get for not having anything better to do for your working day

 

 

I agree. Normal Kiwi all the way.

 

Kiwi or Cherry Blossom are as good as you can get I think. Kiwi might just have the edge perhap's. Regular use will extend the life of the shoes significantly too as well as maintaining their appearance.

Les

 

I am still working my way thought my Churches Shoes polishes which came with a nice wooden shoe care box as part of a Christmas pressie
kit includes brusehs, cloths and various polishes.

 

Serious question: what's in shoe polish?

I have googled and searched before and not found anything. There is no list of ingredients on the tin

 

In our supermarket, up here in St Helens, they sell little plastic boxes with a sponge in the middle. The sponge is specially treated with stuff.
I take the lid off, rub the special sponge on the shoe and it is shiny Gone are the days of various cloths, tins of gunk, dirty fingers and lost time...
I dont know if this invention is available out of St Helens but if you shop around, these ingenious devices can be bought for as little as 59pence!!!

 

long chain hydrocarbons mainly vlong though something like 30+ carbons as opposed to petrol which is around 8 carbons long

don't put it in your tank though (lots of det)

 

NOoooooo!

These things contain silicone - fine if you want a quick shine - bad if you want to feed, preserve and protect the leather. If any shoe is treated with this type of product you can forget ever getting a proper polish on the shoe again.

As for what is in shoe polish - generally it a mixture of petrolium products and natural ingedients such as bees wax and vegetable based oils.

 

Where any bees harmed in the making of it ?