What shoe polish?

[Jonny69]

This might sound like a bit of an odd question. I'm struggling to find good quality shoe polish in the supermarkets and I'm nervous about shelling out premium dollar on anything from the shoe shops without knowing anything about it. Does anyone have any recommendations for smart black leather shoes?

Traditionally I've used Parade Gloss, but while it's great on parade shoes, it's not brilliant if you're not spit and polishing a toecap. It's a bit smeary with a brush and doesn't seem to protect the leather well. Likewise, Sainsburys own (don't seem to be able to get Cherry Blossom there any more) is just greasy and disappears quickly. I'm looking for something that will put that vintage high shine on a good quality leather shoe and soften and protect it.

 

[Jonny69]

If they're synthetic you won't be able to do much. Leather usually comes back up though, and it depends what shade of brown you get.

I think I'm going to peruse the shoe shop tomorrow and see what they've got. Might end up resorting back to Kiwi if they can't convince me their stuff is better and why.

 

[Jonny69]

Woah, what a thread bump

I've got some Barkers like those, UberTiger. They do like to soak up the polish. I started popping tins open in shops to see what it was like and got some in John Lewis which is much softer than normal shoe polish. You can really work it into that sort of leather and control the colour. Good pair of shoes those - I got mine re-soled by Barker and they did an immaculate job. Well worth doing when you wear them out.