How To Polish Your Dress Shoes | Leather Shoe Shine Tutorial
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- How To Polish Your Dress Shoes | Leather Shoe Shine Tutorial
Gents, taking good care of your leather dress shoes is important in the context of creating an image and a brand that speaks to how you take care of yourself! By maintaining a good shoe polishing routine you can be assured that your shoes will always look clean and shiny and improve the overall look of your appearance, sending the RIGHT message to those around you. It will also help your shoes last longer by adding a layer of protectant to the leather.
The tools you will need include:
- microfiber cloths
- leather shoe cleaner/conditioner
- shoe polish
- scuff cover
- polishing brush
- express shoe shine sponge
In this video I have used Kiwi brand shoe polishing products which I find helps achieve a very nice and lasting polish. Make sure you use a separate set of polishing/cleaning tools for different colour shoes (i.e. black, light brown, dark brown)
Now follow these steps to achieve an immaculate shoe shine:
1. Remove surface dirt - blow off any surface dirt then wipe the shoe with a microfiber cloth
2. Clean and condition - using the clean side of your microfiber cloth to apply cleaner and remove the dirt and grime
3. Apply shoe polish - turn your microfiber cloth inside out (clean side) and now apply a generous layer of polish to the leather and side of the soles - let sit for 5-10 minutes to absorb.
4. Shine the shoe - next polish the shoe aggressively with the polishing brush then use a new microfiber cloth to achieve more shine
5. Apply top layer shine (optional) - use the express shoe shine sponge to apply on top of the polished shoe for an immaculate shine and added layer of leather protection
Thanks for watching and COMMENT BELOW and let me know what other tips and tricks you use to polish your dress shoes!
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What are some other tips and tricks you use to polish your dress shoes?
that allen edmonds conditioner cleaner was discontinued because it strips color off shoes
Needed
Isopropyl Alcohol
Kiwi parade gloss prestige
Ice cube
Cotton applicator and buffing rag
Cold Water
Plastic water bottle
Method
1- Mix rubbing alcohol and water, only add around 2cm of alcohol and rest water in an empty water bottle
2- Utilise polishing tin lid and place ice cube on the lid. With the alcohol concoction, poke a small hole with a knife on the water bottle cap to allow the liquid to pour out. Pour a little liquid onto the ice cube.
3-Open polish and start to apply layers over the toe cap with fingers. Add 7 layers. Wait ten minutes for the polish to dry.
4- Take cotton rag and tightly wrap around your right index and middle finger. Wrap excess cloth around arm. Take alcohol water and drop a tiny bit of solution on the cloth. Dab excess alcohol water off.
5- Buff with the cotton cloth around the toe cap. Apply very little pressure, it should be like you are polishing an eggshell. Start touching the Ice cube for just a couple of seconds for the cold water and continue buffing lightly. Only touch the polish to get a little on your cloth when buffing. No need to scrape the polish, just touch.
6- Keep repeating step 5 until fully mirror shined. Once in a while add a little alcohol water to the cloth.
Bro no joke, I was about to drop $150 on a new pair of Clark’s until I polished them up using your video and a $10 kiwi kit. Now they look better than they did when I bought them 10 years ago. Great tutorial!
Ive tried various methods from different youtubers on different shoes and this was the one that left my shoe polished the best.
Thanks for this great tutorial! I'm a mom, and I had no idea how to teach my boys to do their shoes. This was so helpful!
My son has pro Thursday (going as a date with a girl older than him so technically not his) and I literally saw his dress shoes that haven't been worn in ages and died! Thank you for saving me the cost of a new pair of shoes for him (which would have been around £80 easily on top of the suit and the corsage etc). This Mum is beyond grateful for this highly informative video!
Holy crap. You were so freaking detailed. Thats amazing I already know how to polish but you were adding things like smell and ventilation and explanation the express shine that other videos didnt cover lol great job.
Jerry Hernandez thanks mate glad it was helpful!
Your shoes are great bro
Gorgeous shoes. Thanks for the help!
I bought a pair of brown shoes at Sears and only wore them like 4 times before I decided to never wear them again cause they hurt so bad! Three years later, I gave them another chance, and now they’re broken in, and it’s my new favorite shoe. I need to start taking better care of the pair. Thanks for the tips!
Thank you for sharing tips
Good video. You may want to consider adding a segment on spit shinning, at least the toe.
This man is fine as hell. And he knows shoes so he's a def 10.
I think 🤔🤔🤔 nice work bro😁✌️✌️
Super helpful video, I recently taken on the 70s look so this video was very helpful
RADD's RANDOM GAMING glad it was helpful
Woow excellent, thanks
Seriously, you should see my shoes. I hope my shoes come out as shinh as yours were to begin with (they're not dress shoes, just brown leather boots). I bought them second hand and I can't wait to make them shine.
My shoes aré peeled would this work
Good video👍.
Efrain Deledesma thanks
"or maybe you like that"
Thanks man.
And this is over why Billy Batts and Tommy got killed .
Can someone recommend a good tutorial for brown cowboy boots
Needed
Isopropyl Alcohol
Kiwi parade gloss prestige
Ice cube
Cotton applicator and buffing rag
Cold Water
Plastic water bottle
Method
1- Mix rubbing alcohol and water, only add around 2cm of alcohol and rest water in an empty water bottle
2- Utilise polishing tin lid and place ice cube on the lid. With the alcohol concoction, poke a small hole with a knife on the water bottle cap to allow the liquid to pour out. Pour a little liquid onto the ice cube.
3-Open polish and start to apply layers over the toe cap with fingers. Add 7 layers. Wait ten minutes for the polish to dry.
4- Take cotton rag and tightly wrap around your right index and middle finger. Wrap excess cloth around arm. Take alcohol water and drop a tiny bit of solution on the cloth. Dab excess alcohol water off.
5- Buff with the cotton cloth around the toe cap. Apply very little pressure, it should be like you are polishing an eggshell. Start touching the Ice cube for just a couple of seconds for the cold water and continue buffing lightly. Only touch the polish to get a little on your cloth when buffing. No need to scrape the polish, just touch.
6- Keep repeating step 5 until fully mirror shined. Once in a while add a little alcohol water to the cloth.
It is helpful
I have always wondered why there are so many different shoe polish colours. Thanks to this fucking genius I now know - you use the colour that matches your shoe colour. Well I never would have fucking guessed that!!
That tip seems to be idiot, but it's not, since there are people who use colourless polish for every shoe colour, which won't give good result; and there are people who use black polish on brown shoes to darken it.
What all stuff have you used, could please list it down..
As long as you apply the express shines on top of the kiwi polish that should be fine. As the products in the express shine are known to dry the leather of the shoes.
Aviel Keidar agreed. Definitely need a base layer underneath.
the only thing i disagree with are your product choices
i would suggest red wing or saphir products
Nice guide !
Thanks very much!
What shoes are those? They look great
NickFisher thanks. It’s a captoe derby from Stacy Adams
I agree. Those shoes are very classy. Love the color and design
I’ve had two pairs of these shoes. They look great but if you wear daily they’ll fall apart quickly, poor quality. Only reason I wouldn’t buy again
What did you use to recolor the brown midsole
What brand is the conditioner/cleaner?
Can you wash the towels in the laundry afterwords, or do you just keep using clean spots till it's toast? Thanks for the vid!
SoiledErmine I use the towels a few times and then wash with other rags or towels
Here's the OG OCD microfiber towel cleaning video: czcams.com/video/X9W-mMJicSM/video.html
What if the shoe polish is coming off of the shoe how do you set it in
I have a Oxford dress shoes not made of leather but kinda of a suede material. They're tan. I'm going to work out the creases but notice it's starting to lose it's color. I still wanna make then look nice and new besides just retouching the color.
SuperJed90 awesome brother!
Maybe you like that lol 😂
How often should you polish your shoes etc
Nate Rain depends how often you wear them. For shoes in regular use I suggest polishing every couple of weeks
Can I do this for leather marching boots?
You can do it on anything leather
I remember in school kids in Cadets would have this polish for their boots, they had stories about sniffing this stuff and getting high before a parade.
those quick shine sponges ruin the finish. bright shine only for five mins and then eats away all your hard work.
don't use them on shoes you care about.
Yes, I agree. I tried those sponge applicators for a few months, but the classics give a better quality shine. :)
Will shoe polish rub on to pants once it’s dry I don’t want to mess up my pants but I also want ni e looking shoes
Not as long as you buff them with a rag or brush after it dries that takes the excess off that didn’t absorb into the leather
I mistakenly usesd black polish on brown shoes how can I get it off, is there solution???
I have used nail polish and an old toothbrush to scrub old product off the shoe. I also do this to strip old build up of shoes.
Or you might get high....maybe you like that 😂
after you cleaned and conditioned the 2nd shoe did you wait a few minutes before applying the scuff cover? also, did the scuff cover make the shoe cap a darker brown or is the shoe naturally darker at the cap? i re-sell on eBay and have my first pair of mens dress shoes-salvatorre ferraegamo brown cap toe oxford's
Yes I waited about 10 minutes to allow the shoe to dry before applying scuff cover. The shoe has a natural dark toe but the scuff cover darkens it slightly.
If the tongue of the shoe and the eyelets (the holes for the shoelaces) are dirty, you should remove the shoelaces. You don’t want to get the laces dirty. A pencil eraser can also remove some cuff marks before you start shining and polishing. Nicely done.
5:00 ;)
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What is the name of that brand shoe cleaner/conditioner you used?
Seqenenre Tao II Kiwi
send me the make and model of those shoes, bro. i need a pair in that color.
they're cheap 60 dollar shoes from macy's captoe derby from Stacy Adams. buy some allen edmonds they are better.
@@kevin1049 I also have the same shoe but in Canada they cost over 100 dollars. the make is stacy Adams
my shoes are not as dark brown, should i still use the same dark tan polish? or the kiwi neutral polish?
Arth Armani it will darken the colour a bit so if you don’t want that then use neutral.
Shouldn’t you have removed the laces ? @ 4:50, ok
You can remove them if you want a more detailed clean yes.
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Bro, quickshine wack and it destroys your shoes
Do not use the express shine my shoes got spoilt because of it
By blowing you spit on it. So, use the actual pro brush bruh'.
Didn't remove laces, opinion invalid.
Best useful BLOW JOB ever
Ok you lost me at the goatee, the earring and the necklace.
bad job. your shoes are cracking. i bet that instant shine has silicone, which is actually very bad for leather.
I respect your opinion. Agreed instant polish really for last resort or in a rush etc.
Was looking for a tutorial on the shoe polish with a brush applicator but he chose to not use it soooo....... thanks for nothing
oh dam! And all these video's are made specially for you! And if you can not figure out how to apply with brush instead of towel you must be REAL stupid!
Bad work they are the same