Shoe polish: thoughts, fun facts, questions

[Baeau]

..Who here loves polishing their shoes? Not many, I'm guessing. ..

I'll never say, "I love polishing shoes", but I don't mind. I've worn boots all my life. Polishing them has become part of life, or something do. My wife has worn Danish/Swedish clogs forever. Her whites (back office medical assistant, when they had to wear proper med' office uniforms) had to be cared for, weekly. Never did find a good white polish.

I've used paste polish, but the best black was a liquid. One day, I had a customer in my shop, his toddler was crawling about. He picked up the little one, & saw my highly polished dress boots. He asked what branch of the service I had been in. He was ex-Navy, & could recognize ex-military people by the shine on the shoes. He was devastated, when I told him it was a liquid polish, by a major maker, for kids shoes.....referred to as Scuff Coat. And, that I had never done military service.