how do i polish my boots using kiwi? i've tried more than 30 mins polishing it but still no use?

Question

this topic is for people who wear boots(NPCC) help pls!!! i use kiwi black for more than 40 mins now....how do you make it shine???

Answer 1

As an ROTC cadet for four years, plus in various other military programs as a kid, i can tell you honestly that boot shining is an art.

First of all, you need a couple things.

1) good polish. Kiwi is good.
2) a rag... Cotton is good, silk is better.. handkerchiefs with minimal stitching work well.
3) a cigarette lighter or matches.
4) a cup of water... preferably a disposable cup.
5) a lot of time.

First let me wade through the mystery and tell you that if youre shining a new pair of boots, its going to take a long time to get a good shine out of it. Not an incredibly long time, but it will take a bit of dedication.

Picture it like this. Leather boots are cow skin. Just like your skin, its full of holes (pores) and irregularities on the surface, and that takes away from the shine. Basically it looks like sandpaper when its under a microscope. You need to fill in allll those little vallies to make it nice and shiny.

So heres what you do. You melt the wax with the lighter... i used to let it flame up, cover it with the top lid, and let it cool back down to a solid. Wrap the cloth over your index finger (or middle too if you like), get it soaked in water, and get a little bit of polish on it. Wipe it around in little tiny circles on the boot over and over, covering the entire surface with a good coat, using more polish as necessary. Make sure you spend enough time on one area that it it looks like a dull haze. After the first coat, use a different area of the cloth, dip it in water, and use that to wipe off the haze created from the polish solidifying from the first coat, always going in tiny little circles just like the first time.

After you do this over and over, youll notice it gets markedly shinier every time. In fact, the more you shine the boot, the less time it will take to return that shine next time (provided nothing disastrous happens to the boot in the meantime). Everyone in my squad paid me to shine their boots, and it works every time!

Answer 2

The shine isn't in the polish, the shine comes from the spit you put on a rag (cloth diaper old soft t-shirt)and start rubbing in until you have a shine you like. This can take hours most military men and they have done it for a while can do this in 2 hours some less but most a 2 hour period is needed. Your hands will cramp and you will need to drink plenty of fluid and if you choice to use a damp rag or just pore water on alittle at a time than make sure it is warm and just alittle will do at a time

Answer 3

heres an old trick we use in boot camp take a match and place it in the middle of the wax, let the wax melt a bit and then to put out the flame put the kiwi cap on top. Use this wet wax on your shoe and buff away thats how we used to do it got great results.

Answer 4

dampen a rag (lightly) and rub on a good amount of polish, then take a rag and polish (the best way I've found is by taking each end of the rag and pulling back and forth, QUICKLY until it SHINES). It will be necessary to rub it to a shine in small parts, but it can be done, just take another dry rag.

Answer 5

you need cotton balls, water and a lighter. you want to heat the wax slightly, mix in a little water and dip the cotton ball. then you make circular motion. you have to use several cottonballs and you have to have a good shine rag (I was in the service). 30-60 min per boot. you can repeat and you should get a good shine.

Answer 6

maybe your leather is all worn out.

try using kiwi leather black dye. the same bottle design but instead you have a dye. you have to color it and then use the kiwi polish.

or try applying the kiwi, then leave for several minutes. do not wipe. then go with the brush.

Answer 7

How you polish your boots with a bird (KIWI)?
Kiwi dont fly but dont use it to polish your boots.

Answer 8

go to a shoe polishing stand and have it done for u

Answer 9

You hire someone else to do it...

Answer 10

brush it on.. then buff..