terpentine-wax pastes for mirror shine shoe polishing

[le.gentleman]

Gentlemen,

I use to polish my shoe's with the terpentine-wax pastes from Kiwi - 'parade gloss' and the EM2 from Eduard Meier and German RTW, MTM and bespoke shoemaker. Eduard Meier offers a number of different colours but I am always looking for some other pastes. I use the mirror shine way of polishing shoes to achieve the best shine possible, it took me more time than polishing with usual wax pastes but nothing goes over this superb mirror shine.

Could you recommend some new brands?

Thank you

[T4phage]

I personally use Saphir's products (both the Medaille d'or and standard lines) which are made from a base of beeswax. Other excellent products are from Baltayan and La Cordonnerie Anglaise.

A good flash movie of shoepolishing can be found at the J.M Weston site :http://www.jmweston.com/index2.htm under "Art and the Material" -> "Maintainance".

[le.gentleman]

That is exactly the way I clean my shoes. Starting with polishing the shoes twice without water and the coloured terpentine-wax shoe polish,, then with a steadilydecreased amount of uncoloured shoe polish and constantly increasing amount of water I produce the mirror shine. If you know use a fine, nylon pantyhose/ pair of tights and very fast polishing, the now developing heat seal the surface - voila this is the best shine you can get on your shoes.

Using different coloured shoes polishs (Oxblood, brown and then dark-brown)at the beginning you get an individual, absolutely marvelous looking pair of shoes - your friends will envy you!

[Sandy]

Using different coloured shoes polishs (Oxblood, brown and then dark-brown)at the beginning you get an individual, absolutely marvelous looking pair of shoes - your friends will envy you!

In a slight variation on your suggested procedure, I used cordovan shoe polish on a 2 inch dremel power driven wheel to "burnish" the toecap and seams on my Tom James Barton (C&J) chestnut brogues, followed by an overall dark brown polish.The result is that II now have a new pair of shoes that look antiqued and unique in color- tint..I couldnt be more pleased with my 'burnt umber" highlights on a mahogany base color shoe.