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Originally Posted by BigUmp56
I finally decided to hang up my old +POS plate shoes and try something new. I went with the Spot Built U56 high tops this time. Yesterday I worked a double header on a newly renovated diamond that had this extremely dry and nasty redish clay, worse than what I've ever seen before. For a minute I thought I was in Alabama, but I digress. As I had just received the new shoes Friday I didn't have a chance to put more than one thin coat of polish on them yet. At the end of the games they were just a mess. I tried to brush them and then wipe them with a damp rag, but this stuff seems to have permeated every pore in the leather and they still looked like hell. So, I'm looking for suggestions on how to clean them up and do a better job of preparing them before I have to call a game on this crap again.
Tim.
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Tim,
I have the same shoes. Here is what you do:
Take a rag soaked with 70% rubbing alcohol and remove all the polish you applied. Take down every bit of black that you can. Order a bottle of Shape-Up Instant Military Spit Shine at the following link. Follow the directions explicitly. Your shoes will have a brilliant spit shine that only needs to be wiped with a wet cloth after games. After about 20 games you may need a touch up, or when a catcher steps on them, but the shine lasts and lasts. It is not a polish, but a special polymer and it is fantastic.
Steve
http://www.shoe-stuff.com/index.htm