Boot Polish

[nobull1]

I wear a pair of steel toed work shoes just about any place I go. They can get pretty beat up and scuffed after a short period of time. For the last few years I have been using brand X(don't remember the name, and threw out the bottle). This was a sponge applicator that applied colour(dark brown) as well as a wax shine. This product worked excellent and lasted a long time. It made the shoes look like new. Now they tell me that they have sense stopped production and there are a couple of replacements that people are using. One is EMU, which really doesn't have much colour and very little shine. Overall not a good product in my mind. The other is Tana which has a lot more colour and shines relatively good. The problem with this is, it doesn't seem to last as long as previous brand x. I really don't want to have to polish and coat them as a 2 step process. This is a lot of work and they get marked easily. I would like to see if anyone has a product they use that has lots of colour, shine and lasts. This isn't rocket science, somebody must make a long lasting product.

 

[Egon]

I just Burnish my boot toes with a little steel wool when it's fancy up time!

 

[billbill1]

Egon, I do the same with the same results!!!

 

[DieselPower]

Having served in the Army I can't stand a dull pair of boots. I just polish my boots every night with either Kiwi or Lincoln shoe polish and a shoe brush. They stay nice and black and even keep a nice shine.

 

[RobertN]

I treat my boots with "Obenauf's". It is a preservative, not a polish. With regular treatment though, my boots look very good, although they have a flat finish, not a polish finish.

This stuff was developed by a firefighter to resist all the nasty stuff that comes with fire retardents, ash, and numerous other icky stuff encountered on a fireground. I started using it after reports from other fire fighting buddies.

It would even help Egon's boot

 

[Dozernut]

I clean mine good then apply mink oil or saddle soap, this conditions the leather and water proofs. Then a good coat of Kiwi Parade Gloss buffed with a brush. Close to spit shine but not quite, did that enough in the past.

 

[caver]

You might ask my suprivisor. He seems to know a lot about
boot polishing<snicker>

sorry, couldn't resist

 

[Podunkadunk]

I was Navy, I use Kiwi. It's what I used in basic and throughout my time in the service. Works like a charm, just requires a little "elbow grease". Of course, they make the "cheater" shine in a bottle now that I think you are talking about.

 

[Egon]

Nobull; the esiest way to a solution is two pairs of working boots. One you wear for real dirty work, the other is for looking like your a working man.

 

[nobull1]

Egon

Actually I have three pairs . The problem is, even the dirtiest I still like to keep looking good.

The Kiwi liquid(bottle) might be something to try. I haven't seen that around, but neither have I looked too hard. The product that I had before, was just 30 seconds and the shoes looked like new, it was great and lasted. I don't want to put a whole lot of effort into a old pair of shoes, but 30 seconds every other day is .

Brian