What is the best thing for polishing lilitary shoes ( im at military school)?

im using kiwi nuetral right now and kiwi regular

What is the best thing for polishing lilitary shoes ( im at military school)?
They also sell a product called Parade Gloss. You should try it and learn how to spit shine. Nothing beats a good spit shine.
Reply:In Vietnam my father kept a pair of boots that was new and highly polished hidden for inspections.
Reply:If they are the fake leather ones most anything will do as you will not be able to add layers for the most part. But I would suggest getting a chamois cloth (like for polishing cars). They are larger than the little shining cloths that come in shoe shine kits and are better to work with.





If they are leather take some really fine sandpaper and sand any cracks, scratches or pores. Use a liquid polish to blacken the sanded places and then use regular Kiwi as it has a higher wax content. As you spit shine over time the wax will leave layers and get smoother and smoother. After time you will get a pair of shoes/boots that can look like you spent hours on them after a 5 minute shine.





The ultimate best for real leather is buy a new pair. Sand everything down to the gray underneath. Then dye and then polish with regular polish. They will look like black glass for years.





Now that I think about it I would contact someone in the Old Guard at Ft. Myer at Arlington Cemetary if they are not leather. You are a cadet so I am sure you could find someone to help you. They do leather like I explained so I bet they have some trick for the nonleather ones. They do things like take green bayonet scabbards and turn them shiny black.
Reply:Kiwi makes a parade gloss that works beautifully. And once you have enough parade gloss on them, you can go back to neutral for daily upkeep, or buff out any scratches in the parade gloss.
Reply:Kiwi, spit, soft cloth, elbow grease.





Ex-Marine here.
Reply:I have used KIWI PARADE GLOSS for all my shoes. I found an old pair of work boots while cleaning out the garage. I THINK I bought them about 1995. I wiped them down and put on a couple of coats of Kiwi Parade Gloss, did a bit of gluing of the heal and sole...use them riding my scoot. Wore them last week in the St. Pat's Day parade and they looked GOOD.
Reply:If they're leather, then I have no clue.. if they're the new high-gloss dress-shoes, then they have a polyurethane veneer and can just be swabbed with windex.
Reply:The quality of a soldier is often measured by how much time, effort and care he/she expends their boots. Here's how to apply that high-gloss spit shine:


Spread a medium-thick layer of paste polish over the portion of the boot to be spit shined.


Allow it to dry for 5 to 10 minutes.


Wrap a soft, clean cloth around your index finger so that it is smooth (no wrinkles). Alternately, you can use a cotton ball. Dip your finger or the cotton ball into a container of water. The cloth/cotton should be wet, but not dripping.


Buff the dried polish (using a circular motion) with the wet cloth/cotton ball, until the wax starts to become shiney.


Still using the damp rag on your finger, apply a fine layer of polish in a circular motion and keep on rubbing lightly until a hazy shine develops.


Using the (now) damp cloth, or cotton ball, keep applying THIN coats of wax, buffing them with a small circular motion.


When the boot is highly glossed, use a clean dry soft cloth or a shining brush to give it a final buff.


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Reply:I'm a retired marine and what you want to use is a cheesecloth or a diaper with ice cold water, alternating between your polish and the neutral.



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