Bulling Boots

Words of wisdom from blitz2163 - again a Selvyt cloth is well worth the money. After every 5 layers of black or so I would put a layer of brown - for me it made a deeper darker 'shine'.
 
midville said:
Words of wisdom from blitz2163 - again a Selvyt cloth is well worth the money. After every 5 layers of black or so I would put a layer of brown - for me it made a deeper darker 'shine'.
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kiwi oxblood works quite well for this as well, i used blue as well before which helps with a deeper shine as well
 
Big Kev said:
After a while, dip the duster in some water, then use the circular motion to get a shine, after that, top up with very small amounts of polish and water.
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Strange as it seems you can actually finish off bulling black boots with Dark Tan polish. Many boy soldiers from the 1960s were issued with amunition (all leather) boots, the natural dimples in the leather were flattened down either with an iron or the handle of a spoon held over a candle. Plenty of bulling as descriped above with black (Kiwi worked fine but Cherry Blossom would NOT layer) polish. Then when they had a very good layer and ready for "parade" they used the top waxed layer of Kiwi Dark Tan which seemed to give an added deeper shine!

Soldier: "Sergeant Major, sir, these leather boots will never bend"
Sergeant Major "No but you feet will"
 
collisster said:
I've just read that some people use a spoon to flatten out the leather pores. how do you do this?
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be very careful you can right royally **** the leather up if your not careful
 
Bowl of water
Tin of Parade Gloss polish
an *amazingly* clean lint free cloth

Place lint-free cloth over your index finger, dab it in the bowl, then dab it on the polish. Tiny, tiny circles on the shoe. NEVER touch the side of the cloth you will be using to polish. This is imperative as even a spec of dust will scratch the surface of the polish and dull the shoe.

Do that for an hour (infront of the telly or summin,) 1 hour+ on each shoe.

When you are finished, place toe cap under a slowly running (but not dripping) tap, and slowly "drag" (and slant) the shoe out to get all the droplets off cleanly so you don't get any water marks.

I won many drill comps by doing the above. :cool:
 
Ugley_Matt said:
Not having a go but i've always wondered what is the Forces obsession with shiney boots? Does it make for a better solder,airman etc?
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its all about disapline and self control a solder is no use if he wont listen or cant control himself.
Plus it looks dam good
 
Ugley_Matt said:
Not having a go but i've always wondered what is the Forces obsession with shiney boots? Does it make for a better solder,airman etc?
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It's all about self discipline and self respect - a lot of kids these days could learn a thing or two from shiny boots.
 
It's a lot to do with respect for self, and also for the uniform (and thus the unit you are representing whilst wearing it.)

From that, discipline soon follows as you want to be the best you can be for the sake of the unit/force you represent.
 
"greens are for dyin' in, not ironing"
It's the shaving twice a day that gets me, but it's all about self-discipline and respect an all that.

I've never put a hot spoon on my boots, but I think it's something to do with flattening the leather pores or something.

also, nothing beats your girlfriend's hair straightners for creases on your greens.
 
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