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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