# Shoe Polishing? Any insight?
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [December 18, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001 "2008-12-18T20:21:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001/1 "2008-12-18T20:21:52Z")
I recently picked up a couple pairs of Allen Edmund’s and I want to be sure to polish them at least once a week. Keep em looking fresh.
Do any of you gentlemen recommend a product/kit/method?
\<3
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### Author:  [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001/2 "2008-12-18T20:26:14Z")
You are gonna ask these schmoes?
[ot.com/tsl](http://ot.com/tsl)
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### Author:  [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001/3 "2008-12-18T20:34:13Z")
kiwi cotton balls and water is all you’ll need
i prefer a 100% cotton cloth to the cotton balls … more water less polish get’s the best shine once you’ve polished them a few times
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### Author:  [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001/4 "2008-12-18T21:10:32Z")
Kiwi and a brush works well. Although the military guy would know best.
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### Author:  [@fbrendan](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fbrendan)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001/5 "2008-12-18T21:17:26Z")
What they said.
And Mr. Clean Magic Eraser for scuffs. I swear to God.
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### Author:  [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001/6 "2008-12-18T22:12:49Z")
> [@fbrendan](#):
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> What they said.
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> And Mr. Clean Magic Eraser for scuffs. I swear to God.
mr clean magic erasers can remove genital warts
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### Author:  [@Smaefer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Smaefer)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001/7 "2008-12-18T22:15:28Z")
Kiwi blows!!!
Lincoln wax is all I ever used while I was in the military,
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### Author:  [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2008, 4:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001/8 "2008-12-19T04:48:34Z")
i don’t remember what polish i use but i like using the soft brush more than just cotton balls/rags, they come out better. buuuttt that could just be because it makes it easier? idk
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### Author:  [@Jagermeister](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jagermeister)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2008, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001/9 "2008-12-19T05:28:29Z")
If you can’t afford both, just get one.
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### Author:  [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001/10 "2008-12-19T16:13:39Z")
i also used kiwi, water, and balls of fresh sexy cotton. be sure to get the fresh sexy ones. They heat the wax up.
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### Author:  [@n20junkie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n20junkie)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001/11 "2008-12-19T20:34:56Z")
Parade gloss, or Lincoln wax, both put a pretty nice shine on. Of course, I’m sure he’s not gonna polish the shit out of his toes and heals and let the rest look just ok. He just wants to keep em black and kinda shiny.
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### Author:  [@psychopjv](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psychopjv)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2008, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001/12 "2008-12-20T08:51:47Z")
eww parade gloss always looked like crap. it had that wannabe shine. i enjoyed the mirror shine i had going on.
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### Author:  [@n20junkie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n20junkie)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2008, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001/13 "2008-12-20T09:02:25Z")
My jump boots from my stint in the 82nd still look like glass after 4 years of not being used, parade gloss baby. Using a heat gun on your boots, will allow it to literally drink up half a can of Kiwi, and let it cool and then buff. Lasts forever. All it needs is a little touch up from scuffs.
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### Author:  [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2008, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001/14 "2008-12-20T09:56:10Z")
Yea parade gloss was a wannabe shine I like my kiwi black + a light + spit and one of my original brown t-shirts. Shined better than my car after getting detailed
Good thing I’m in air craft maintenance so crawling on the ground under the plane and what not the boots see polish once a month. Just to keep them looking black
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### Author:  [@n20junkie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n20junkie)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2008, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001/15 "2008-12-20T13:03:17Z")
> [@ILC](#):
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> Yea parade gloss was a wannabe shine I like my kiwi black + a light + spit and one of my original brown t-shirts. Shined better than my car after getting detailed
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> Good thing I’m in air craft maintenance so crawling on the ground under the plane and what not the boots see polish once a month. Just to keep them looking black
You do realize that parade gloss was is just higher luster Kiwi product right, not talkin about leather luster.
Don’t worry, you can get your green funky boots soon enough.
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### Author:  [@16vCorvette](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/16vCorvette)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001/16 "2008-12-20T14:07:45Z")
+1 Kiwi and a brush
Hey, Tommy, if I was gonna break your balls, I’d tell you to go home and get your shine box.
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### Author:  [@burnt\_toast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnt_toast)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001/17 "2008-12-20T14:10:40Z")
yep, as most said: kiwi, cotton, water.
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### Author:  [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2008, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001/18 "2008-12-20T14:13:37Z")
Kiwi, Light it on fire; put it out and apply. Then buff with water and and buff out with a cotton cloth and/or a piece of womans nylons.
Can make Leather shoes look like Corfams.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001/19 "2008-12-20T14:15:13Z")
ah the military knowledge in this thread is overwhelming
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### Author:  [@ILC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILC)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/shoe-polishing-any-insight/60001/20 "2008-12-20T14:19:52Z")
> [@n20junkie](#):
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> You do realize that parade gloss was is just higher luster Kiwi product right, not talkin about leather luster.
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> Don’t worry, you can get your green funky boots soon enough.
I don’t like the texture of the parade gloss especially on larger pore leather boots.
I’m excited for my green boots
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