First time will have taken you all afternoon. The
next time that you do them will take around 30 mins
- 60 mins and you should be able to do your boots in
far less time than that. Follow up polishing:. This
method also applies to seen better days boots that
you want to rejuvenate. First step this time will be
to clean then with methylated spirits. They will
look milky and foggy looking but this is needed to
make sure that every scrap of loose polish or dirt
is gone.
You do not want to work any dirt back in
to the leather.. Repeat steps one to eight. If you
do happen to use too much polish and there is a
build up, do you be afraid to scrape it off. Use the metho and then take a bread and butter knife. Turn
it over so that you are using the back of the blade,
rather than the sharp side and use that to carefully
work the flakey polish away. The knife works the
same way that a bone would.
Okay ....sleeves up
 Let us start with a brand spanking new pair of
boots.
You thought the boots looked fantastic the first
time that you did them? Not nearly as good as this
time! About the only ready made shine that I would
use at a pinch is the Effax one but you have to be
so careful that you have buffed it once it has
dried and you never apply another coat without
stripping it completely with the metho. The Parade
Gloss method gives me so much satisfaction and is
low maintenance.
As a final tip if you simply can not get hold of the
Parade Gloss, you can make your own.
You can take a
tin of ordinary polish, add a few drops of
Eucalyptus oil, melt in the microwave, mix together
well and allow to cool. Very messy but does work.
Other method is to add the Eucalyptus oil to your
hot water. The secret ingredient of Parade Gloss is
all in the oil.
Happy polishing
ps..the boots here are
Kerry's 30yr old Louis Epstein show boots that after
their showing glory were used as work boots!
Restored using Claire's boot recipe |
