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Old Mon May 05, 2014, 07:24pm
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Question Recommendation for Shoe Polish (Leather & Patent)

Any particular brand to recommend for polishing your leather/patent kicks? If you please post a link for the purchase that'll be great. Thank you~!

Ps, I've tried a bottle of that brand starts with "Ta sth." but the foam on the top didn't hold long... it was great otherwise though.
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Old Mon May 05, 2014, 08:32pm
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Polish patent leather shoes? Why? I don't think I could get them any shiner even if I wanted to.

As for the basic leather shoes, I have always just used kiwi paste wax and a rag.
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Old Mon May 05, 2014, 11:56pm
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Polish patent leather shoes? Why? I don't think I could get them any shiner even if I wanted to.

As for the basic leather shoes, I have always just used kiwi paste wax and a rag.
saw a couple of products that were for patent leather.. and they were neutral/transparent color
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Old Tue May 06, 2014, 01:03am
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saw a couple of products that were for patent leather.. and they were neutral/transparent color
That may be, but do you find that your patent leather shoes stop being shiny?

Perhaps try a little warm water and a soft cloth. Maybe some windex? Maybe even some nail polish remover? I've actually used the nail polish remover on some patent leather shoes many years ago to remove scuff marks...and it worked great. They were not referee shoes, however, and they may have been a different material.....so try it in a non-visible spot first (or on an older pair).
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Old Tue May 06, 2014, 01:51am
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That may be, but do you find that your patent leather shoes stop being shiny?

Perhaps try a little warm water and a soft cloth. Maybe some windex? Maybe even some nail polish remover? I've actually used the nail polish remover on some patent leather shoes many years ago to remove scuff marks...and it worked great. They were not referee shoes, however, and they may have been a different material.....so try it in a non-visible spot first (or on an older pair).
thanks for your advice, i'll give it a try once my patent ones got scratched
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Old Tue May 06, 2014, 06:12am
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I've Never Used This Product ...

Honig's Whistle Stop - A24 - 'LACK POLISH' PATENT LEATHER POLISH
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Old Wed May 07, 2014, 10:25pm
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That may be, but do you find that your patent leather shoes stop being shiny?

Perhaps try a little warm water and a soft cloth. Maybe some windex? Maybe even some nail polish remover? I've actually used the nail polish remover on some patent leather shoes many years ago to remove scuff marks...and it worked great. They were not referee shoes, however, and they may have been a different material.....so try it in a non-visible spot first (or on an older pair).
^^^^^Windex. I wore them for 20 years while in the military and all you need is windex. Once you scuff them though, they are done as you can't fix the scuffs.
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Old Thu May 08, 2014, 03:19pm
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I use Pledge on my Patent Leather ReZigs...works perfectly.
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