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i really need help with my shoes.!
i can't get the toe caps shining no matter how hard i try. ive used almost every method possible and spent around 6 hours trying to clean them. my flight sergeant is really scary and i don't want another beasting from him.
pls help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ste,
Have you tried using the old spit n polish technique? Use a yellow duster and buff them for a long long time. The wont shine in minutes, you need to keep rubbing.

1. how u know my name?
2. yes. just to verify. do u use the spit from the back of your throat or saliva?

Sounds a bit crazy but a small bit of real butter and buff away. Just make sure there arent too many dogs or goats knocking around or you will look quite the nature boy...

It works for real though

~James

how long dus it take coz i only have from when i get in from school 2morrow till 5:30 to do it

ha ha ha. I know your name cos you put it on your "Hello im new" post.
Dont greb on your boots with a greeny cos it will roll off and trickle down the side, just normal saliva.
Do them at weekends and get them shiny and then just buff them slightly on your parade nights..Never tried the butter one but it may work..
enjoy

How about a brush over with Ronseal Gloss Varnish it certainly put a gloss on my table. And its waterproof so they say

Anodrog

Cadet Cooper,

Welcome, why not suggest to a senior cadet officer that you perhaps should be shown how to 'bull' your boots?

Try cotton wool, small amounts of polish with a bit of water rubbed repeatedly into the toe-cap.

Or just apply loads of polish to your boots, so they are clean and water proof but not especially shiny, and inform your flight Sgt that you are not a 'parade ground' cadet, and would rather be a warry monster instead.

thanx for that.
im in charlie flight at the moment so i do not as yet have a flight sergeant but the two that there are, ea sprogs like me for breakfast but ill try the other methods. thanx to everyone for their help.

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There must have been a cataclysmic shift in the world order; has Sadman let go with his entire Nukey arsenal? This is a Scouser wanting to clean shoes. What is wrong with the world.
Try feathers method, but use lots of cold fresh water, then run the water droplets off under a slowly running cold tap, that will remove any excess.

Watch it Mr Parry, us scousers are a growing force on this board .. Grandad told me there was no excuse for dirty shoes. U could always use coaldust to buff them up?
But Grandad we've got an electric bar fire..

Three words, mate

Jacobean, Dark and Oak.

Gloss like glass

Aye,

Seem to remember the use of a spoon handle, a candle and alot of melted wax?

The idea, so I remember, was to heat the handle of the spoon and rub it hard,over the toecap and liberably covering the whole thing with polish, this was done until the Orange Peeling was smoothed down to an ultra smooth, then the spit and polishing could begin, in Owduns day I believe they used bone, usually, supplied from the French Prisoners of war.

This method worked well but took time and elbow grease, but it cleared the problem of dimpling.
Aye

We used the tip of a steam iron to get rid of the dimples, BUT the boot cap needed loads of polish and a tender touch or you would cock the whole thing up. It's just a bit mind numbing, but strangely satisfying when it works.
Imust, I must, I must get out more.........

Have you tried shoe polish