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How to Polish Shoes

How to Polish Shoes. I'm using my Drilling Shoes in this guide but I'm pretty sure it can be used for other shoes.

Gabriela Mendez

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First you want to clean the sides of your shoe with your old toothbrush with just a little bit of soap. Make sure not to get the inside wet. Have some paper towels on standby !

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Now get the Tshirt and wrap securely and tightly around your index finger like this.

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Dip your finger in water so it's damp. Place a reasonable amount of polish

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Now cover the sucker with shoe polish.

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This part is some what difficult. You have to melt the polish into the pores. Since it is leather "cow skin" it is just like our skin. But it is important that you don't burn the shoe.

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The video is REALLY BAD. Don't judge. Haha. But it's to give you an example.

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After you have "burned" your shoe you let it cool down. Then you take your cotton ball and soak it.

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Shape the cotton ball this way, so you have somewhat of a handle.

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Rub in circular motion until you see some shine. (Excuse the nails, they get messed up when doing this. HAHA)

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Do it a couple times and TADA ! perfect shoes ! ( Don't want my DI screaming ! )

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I can see my reflection :')

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Shoe Polish

Cotton Balls

Cup of Water

Lighter

Toothbrush

Old white t-shirt

Paper Towels

Also if you're afraid to use a lighter you can use a hair dryer with the same effect

Grace Regittko last month

Wow, i feel so left out, how does everyone know about the heat thing when I've never heard of this ever!!! Do you wet the cotton with just water?

Cynthia Harris 2 months ago

Thats what i do chris for my cadet boots:)

Amy Parkes 4 months ago

Wow

YuSheng BoiBoi 7 months ago

Instead of using flame directly on the leather, I find heating a teaspoon with the lighter and running that over the leather works well too...

Chris Slater 7 months ago

What school? First year or second?

Adrian Contreras 12 months ago

Nice, I'm a cadet petty officer third class in ROTC. :D

Gabriela Mendez (author) 12 months ago

That's Pretty sick. Im a ensign in ROTC and seems easy

Adrian Contreras 12 months ago

Glad I helped !

Gabriela Mendez (author) last year

Wow! The shoes look amazing! I will definitely try this! Thanks so much!

Trisha Amarante last year

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These are my drill shoes and this way is the most effective. But I wouldn't experiment with expensive shoes. Thankyou for the comment.

Gabriela Mendez (author) last year

Don't use fire to burn your shoes, especially for expensive shoes. "Fire-shining" may give you superb shining. But if you keep doing it for few more times, it will crack the leather, especially the genuine expensive leather. And you'd have throw them away eventually.

Albert Kim last year

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