Shoe shine
 

What's the best shoe polish to bring out the “oh so beautiful” shine on the ole court shoes? Yea, yea, yea - patent leather......I'm still old school and don't wanna get rid of my recently purchased leather Nikes. I've been using "Shape Up" but it cracks and the shoes look kinda old now. Anyone used "Leather Luster"?

Many use Leather Luster. Go to the bottom of this page and read many previous "Similar Threads" on the subject for product and application information.

Take it from a military man, Kiwi.

Agreed. I use to apply Leather Luster to my baseball plate shoes. It takes about a week to do it right. (Scrub shoes with included cleaner. Apply one coat, let dry. Rub with steel wool. Repeat two more times!)
I admit I like the look until it begins to crack.

Then I found that the Kiwi Premier Shine looks almost as good with a lot less hassle.

Or you could look at the top at the ads. :)

BTW, I agree with the others. Kiwi, that's what I use on my boots (waiting for the new uniform with no-shine boots.)

Of course, I have patent leathers for officiating, so take it for what it's worth. :D

I didn't stick around long enough to enjoy the "no-shine boots." ;)

My Gawd..I've been on this site for a couple of years and never noticed the similar thread option below:cool::eek: I could have saved alot of time.

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Flint MI airport
 

This may sound a little crazy!

Before I made the change to patent leather for basketball, I used to use this guy at the Flint, MI airport for my basketball shoes. I used to fly through there on business in a previous career and another ref friend told me about him.

You can ship the shoes to him and he will shine them with his own concoction of fufu dust and magic. They look unbelievable for the entire season. They do not scuff easily, they shine like no tomorrow. Supposedly what he uses is patented, at least that is his claim.

I have not used him for several years and could not find his card. Maybe someone on here knows.

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"It's the best shine this side of the Mason Dixon Line!" People actually box up and ship their shoes from around the country to Joe's Shoe Shine inside Bishop International Airport. His stand is located just up the land-side escalator to the right. Shoe shine hours vary seasonally and Joe is in on weekdays only.

His hours are:
Monday:
10:00am-4:00pm

Tuesday, Thursday:
10:00am-5:00pm

Wednesday:
10:00am-2:00pm
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BadNewsRef:

You just gave me a great idea. Since MTD, Jr., is an Air Force ROTC Scholarship Cadet, I am going to have him start spit-shining our officiating shoes along with his Air Force shoes. :D

MTD, Sr.

You betcha!
 

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