The Simple Way of Polishing Boots

by The laser guy in Living > Cleaning

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The Simple Way of Polishing Boots

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There is a lot of instructables on how to polish your combat boots and there all so complicated.This instructable will show you the old fashion way of polishing.

Things Needed

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You will need
kiwi black shoe polish
2 cotton rags
a rug so you don't get polish on your floor
a nylon
a hour

Preping

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Put 1 finger in the rag and wrap it around your finger like shown. then you rub your finger in the polish and get a good amount on the rag.

Polishing

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now you rub your finger in circles on the boots.make sure you don't make your circles to big and there should be like a dark chocolatly excuse my spelling layer on the boot. Wait about 3 minutes before the next step so the polish can dry.

Buffing

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Now you take your 2nd rag and wrap it around your fingers like you were polishing. then you do small circles like the last step and take the excess polish. Now you repeat this till you got your boot as shiny as you want it. almost forgot every 3rd polish take the nylon and buff it.It takes off the extra polish and gives it a nice shine. Please rate this instructable and if i could do something better let me know.

Done

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Now you are done polishing your boots that should look somthing like this but I'm not done yet