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It’s done with practice, patience, the correct polish and cloths. It’s not overly easy to begin with but, as with everything, practice makes perfect. It also helps to have decent leather to begin with.
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I dunno but it looks proper shite lol
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All sorts of old wives tales, but I never found any of them to produce noticeably better results, than the dusters, budget polish and spit we were issued: small circles back and forth (like a typewriter moving across and down a page), working up to larger ones.
We only had to do toecaps & heels, so applied polish elsewhere but didn't buff it, so the contrast improved the effect. :)
At least you won't have to dodge the fuckers trying to stamp on your toes before parade.
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A good high wax low oil polish Kiwi Parade gloss or Saphir mirror. Plain water, middle two fingers no cloth. Some swear by sylvet(?) cloth. You can remove small scuffs by rubbing with a piece of a pair of old tights.
Everyone has their own theory I was taught by someone who had done The Guards Rowellian Company and inspected by a Household Cavalry Regimental Corporal Major and this always works,
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Can anyone do a mirror shine (aka glaçage) to this standard? I can't. This is by someone who works in a Geneva shoe shop.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgjQG95gITT/
I've been watching youtube experts. They all have different methods. Some use a cloth, others use fingertips. Some use ice water, others use warm water. There's even a guy who uses water with rubbing alcohol in it. But he's American, so there's nothing he can teach the English about shoes.
One day I would like to try the molten beeswax method used by Guards regiments.
How it's done: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10158910936410615