Polishing Boots

This is my first Instructable..Be nice :P


Firstly, you will need a few things;
A Pair Of Drill Boots/Combat Boots.
Three Pots Of Kiwi Black Shoe Polish.
A Marker Pen.
A Pair Of Tights.
A Pack Of Cotton wool.
Scotch Bright.
A Tub Of Brasso.
A Tap that runs water.
 

Step 1: Kit Prep

First: Get your Tights and roll them into a ball, so that they are around fist size, or smaller! And are compact, tie a knot in the end so it will stay like that.
-Take all 3 Tubs of Polish. Label them, on the bottom of the Tub. With these Labels.
-- Tub one 'Layering Polish'
--- Tub two 'Bulling Polish'
---- Tub three 'Water-bulling Polish'
This way, you use the polishes for what they say, so that you don't get the polish dirty and it won't scratch your boots. Which is what you do not want!
If at any time throughout polishing your boots you find that you keep getting scratches, and you are using clean cotton wool and can't find a reason, use a new tub of polish. Its likely you'll have grit in the polish scratching your boots.

Then, get your boots. If you were issued them and they are already in a bad way, take all the polish off of them. Using Scotch Bright. Just gently rub the scotch bright over the toecaps and the heel and it will peel all the polish off, I recommened doing this out of your mums kitchen! Try not to use chemicals such as nail varnish remover as this can damage the leather and make them less waterproof.

Once you have done that just rub the boots down with some plain cotton wool, so that they are soft. If they are a little rough, then scotch bright them gently again. If it is the leather that is damaged, its out of your hands. Try and exchange the boots. Or do the best you can with it.

 

Comments

[ebaneser]

Great work! I myself am in cadets and it has kept me puzzled as to how they get their boots so shiny

[TheGreatBeagle]

I spent 20+ years in the [U. S. of A.] Army and I thought I'd seen just about every which way of polishing boots; water/spit, cotton balls, T-shirts, nylon stockings (that's "tights" to you Brits and other Commonwealth persons), using a Bic to melt the polish in, to using clear liquid floor wax to protect the shine. But this is a new one on me - not counter-intuitive, just new.

[hedgesci]

if your leather gets scuffed up or scratched up , just keep putting on a good base layer of polish on them. i went through half a can on a bad spot on the toe. it still was spit shine