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By eHow Fashion, Style & Personal Care Editor
Shine Shoes
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Tired of having your shoes look worn-out a few hours after you’ve bought them? Want to keep your shoes looking as good as new? Fear not-- with a few handy supplies, and by following these steps, you can learn the easy way to shine them like a pro.
Clean dust and dirt from the surface of your shoes or boots with a shoeshine brush or damp cloth.
Use a shoe polish brush to apply a conservative amount of polish to the surface of the leather. Brush in circular motions until the leather has a dull coating. Get into tight spots using an old toothbrush.
Brush shoes or boots with a shoeshine brush.
Buff to a gleaming shine with a clean cotton cloth, such as an old sweat sock or T-shirt.
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Comments
Ham12 said
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lichaem said
on 11/27/2006 if you use leather luster make sure all the waxs are off then apply a thin coat with a one inch foam paint brush that can be bought at lowes for 48 cents then put in the over for five minutes then take them out and put in a place where they can dry in piece after they dry apply apply a somewhat thick coat make sure you don't over lap when you put the coats on or you will get lines that are very ignoring you must go to the very next to the very stroke make sure you don't put to much if you do it correctly that should make it look plastic but if it looks like crap buff the whole shoe with the steal wool and do another some what lite coat if its to thin then it will not be as shiney but ou could just do all thin coats but it would take forever make sure when you clean your shoes use pledge not windex becaus ewindex makes it dule and pledge make it shine due to the oil in it and if it scuffs buff the shoe with steal wool and apply another coat if the shoe is about year old you want to buy a product called zip-strip which can be bough from www.leatherluster.com except for the foam brush do not use the applicator that it came with buy the one inch foam paint brush at lowes if you follo wthese instructions then you should be safe these were taught to be by a marine DI who when i first saw his leathr luster and his spit shines thought that they were plastic so belive me follow these instructions
lichaem said
on 11/27/2006 I know the best way to spit shine. first you need to apply a coat of leather die to your shoe or boot this works the same the leather die helps the polish stick to the shoe so that polish doesn't crack of then take some regular kiwi and rub it into the whole shoe you should do this in lite coats for about three coats then take a litter then quickly go over the whole shoe make sure the flame touches the polish but don't let the actual litter touch the polish then wait about twenty-seconds then do a very quick coat with parade gloss and your shoe will shine make sure your rag is not dry so it wont scratch the polish and make sure you go fast so you make your own friction after that all you need to do is spit shine into till your shoe is completely smooth I do what i call the tv test if you c an watch tv in it perfectly thet they are done and if done right wour shoes will look like corfram and i can prove it because i've gotten inspected an accused that my shoes were fake and if you need proof of my shoes come down to walter hines page high school at the page njrotc.
anonwhocares said
on 10/19/2006 NEVER USE KIWI PRADE POLISH, i kid you not, dont fall into that trap at first you will use it and you will be amazed but after a few coats your boots will start going waxy and hazzy, I thought i would try that **** in basic tranning but i quickly learned that that stuff is crap, and you end up getting your boots tossed accross you gear.
Anonymous said
on 8/25/2006 I'm the shineboy at a prestigious country club and the method I use is not only fast, but works great.
Use a horsehair dauber (small round brush) to liberally apply polish to the boot/shoe. Once the entire surface is well coated I use a 1000F Heat Gun from Lowe's or a really high temperature hairdryer works too, just not as fast. Heat the shoe and wax until it looks like a liquid mirror then allow to cool and dry for 5-10 minutes until completely cool to the touch. For faster shines I put the shoes in a mini-fridge behind my counter. At this point I either apply another layer if needed or buff to a high shine on a horsehair wheel but you can do the same with a horsehair hand brush. Use only Kiwi can polish. Parade gloss, original blend, or premium paste are just variations of wax mixtures and will only slightly effect the shine. Parade gloss creates the toughest and longest lasting shine and the price difference isn't much.