Shoe polish

MoneySavingUser

So I have a few shoe polish 'bottles' where the sponge applicator is all worn - it is quite hard to get the polish out and even then the sponge is useless.

I was thinking to remove the liquid (can tell there is some in there by shaking them) and then using an old sponge to apply it to shoes.

any better ideas?

meritaten

sorry - I use the round tin polish! one black one brown and vaseline does patent!

saving_is_fun

Vaseline, really, I am intrigued, would you mind telling me how it works and what you do?

flipperNI_2

I use the shoe bottle polish on OH shoes and give them a quick buff, then spray with Back to Black for the inside of cars. Another quick buff and the result is shoes so shiney that OH is embarrased to wear them sometimes. Gives them the look of bulled shoes without the hard work.

squeaky

flipperNI wrote: »

I use the shoe bottle polish on OH shoes and give them a quick buff, then spray with Back to Black for the inside of cars. Another quick buff and the result is shoes so shiney that OH is embarrased to wear them sometimes. Gives them the look of bulled shoes without the hard work.

Gawd... the HOURS I could have saved from spit and polishing when in the Royal Navy!

I'd guess this stuff wasn't invented way back then :-)

Back on topic.... no better ideas - sounds like a plan to me

GlynD

squeaky wrote: »

Gawd... the HOURS I could have saved from spit and polishing when in the Royal Navy!

I'd guess this stuff wasn't invented way back then :-)

Back on topic.... no better ideas - sounds like a plan to me

Always use Kiwi and a little Dark Tan every now and then deepens the shine

squeaky

GlynD wrote: »

Always use Kiwi and a little Dark Tan every now and then deepens the shine

TBH I can't believe anything can beat a proper spit and polish. Preferred polish was Cherry Blossom.

I was so good at it that when they decided to mount a polished boot as a special trophy it was muggins here who was chosen to polish the ENTIRE boot, not just the toecap area. Every spare minute for a solid week! For months afterwards I'd be dreaming about polishing boots

GlynD

squeaky wrote: »

TBH I can't believe anything can beat a proper spit and polish. Preferred polish was Cherry Blossom.

I was so good at it that when they decided to mount a polished boot as a special trophy it was muggins here who was chosen to polish the ENTIRE boot, not just the toecap area. Every spare minute for a solid week! For months afterwards I'd be dreaming about polishing boots

Now I know why matelots boot were always rubbish - CHERRY BLOSSOM??????????

Unbelieveable.

Come on you Brown Jobs - put this man right! :cool:

flipperNI_2

squeaky wrote: »

TBH I can't believe anything can beat a proper spit and polish. Preferred polish was Cherry Blossom.

I was so good at it that when they decided to mount a polished boot as a special trophy it was muggins here who was chosen to polish the ENTIRE boot, not just the toecap area. Every spare minute for a solid week! For months afterwards I'd be dreaming about polishing boots

I agree nothing like the proper way, but OH is such a big kid, he is sure to find the biggest muckiest hole to play in, so the quick way will just have to do him. If i spent all that time and hard work and he got his shoes mucky i might just have to strangle him.

building_with_lego

flipperNI wrote: »

I use the shoe bottle polish on OH shoes and give them a quick buff, then spray with Back to Black for the inside of cars. Another quick buff and the result is shoes so shiney that OH is embarrased to wear them sometimes. Gives them the look of bulled shoes without the hard work.

Any chance of a link to the stuff you use, flip? Pretty pleeeease? I've found tyre shine and bumper shine but not sure if it's the right stuff. I find a monthly polish works a treat for school and work shoes but I like the sound of "embarrassingly shiny". May make DS's shoes last a little longer too.

meritaten

saving_is_fun wrote: »

Vaseline, really, I am intrigued, would you mind telling me how it works and what you do?

real patent leather shoes are a bu99er to clean and keep supple - they tend to crack across the top of where the toes bend........anyways - Vaseline keeps them in tip top condition. my nan always told me to put a thin layer of vaseline on them and leave overnight then wipe it off and buff with a soft cloth. if you wear them often - gives them a lovely shine!

if you arent going to wear them for a while (weeks rather than days) then put a thick layer of vaseline on them and it 'preserves the surface and stops them drying out).
as vaseline is clear - it doesnt matter what colour the patent leather is! My OH had red patent leather shoes which lasted him for years and I always had him clean them and preserve them with vaseline. (Much cheaper than the 'patent leather cleaner' the shoe shop tried to sell him!)