Shining boots after an ex

[riekert.n]

I've gotten back from the field and I'm trying to polish my boots to a high shine. Unfortunately I scuffed the tips of the boots and now they won't polish. I've applied many layers of polish to the boots, and everything but the tip gleams. Any way I can fix this?



"At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them." :remembrance:

 

[Eye In The Sky]

If you are talking combat boots, well they are combat boots right?  Not parade boots.  Apply polish, buff, voila. 

If you are looking for a parade boot-like shine on cmbt boots, well remember that parade boots get their shine by the polish filling in the cracks, etc in the leather, producing a flat, reflective surface.  If you are or want to spend that much time in your life for cmbt boots, go for it.  BUT...you could spend that time doing something else.  Personally, I have never cared that much for cmbt boots and I have other stuff in life I'd rather spend that time on. 

:2c:

 

[riekert.n]

If you are talking combat boots, well they are combat boots right?  Not parade boots.  Apply polish, buff, voila. 

If you are looking for a parade boot-like shine on cmbt boots, well remember that parade boots get their shine by the polish filling in the cracks, etc in the leather, producing a flat, reflective surface.  If you are or want to spend that much time in your life for cmbt boots, go for it.  BUT...you could spend that time doing something else.  Personally, I have never cared that much for cmbt boots and I have other stuff in life I'd rather spend that time on. 

:2c:

I can't wear my DEUs for this Remembrance Day ceremony, and I'm trying to get my combat boots up to scratch..

 

[Nfld Sapper]

Well you got more than one pair of combat boots, use the other ones......

 

[riekert.n]

Well you got more than one pair of combat boots, use the other ones......

Same problem on both. The issue is that it isn't the polish that's scuffed, it's the actual tip of the boot. Now the tip acts like a sponge and just sucks in the polish instead of allowing it to be shined.

 

[Nfld Sapper]

Just keep working on it then, or just go with the WWB..... ;D

 

[brihard]

Same problem on both. The issue is that it isn't the polish that's scuffed, it's the actual tip of the boot. Now the tip acts like a sponge and just sucks in the polish instead of allowing it to be shined.

Combat boots'll do that. That's what happens to boots that are worn in the field. Everyone else will be in the same boat- do what you can and don't worry about it.

 

[Cansky]

Try putting the polish on and letting dry once hardened and dry then re-apply polish and buff.  Should look pretty good after that. 

 

[riekert.n]

WWB?

And @Brihard, I appreciate it but that's not what my RSM is going to have to say tomorrow.

 

[riekert.n]

Try putting the polish on and letting dry once hardened and dry then re-apply polish and buff.  Should look pretty good after that.

I'll give that a go

 

[ModlrMike]

I've gotten back from the field and I'm trying to polish my boots to a high shine. Unfortunately I scuffed the tips of the boots and now they won't polish. I've applied many layers of polish to the boots, and everything but the tip gleams. Any way I can fix this?

Yes, be happy they're black and call it a day. They're combat boots, they're not supposed to be shiny!

 

[Nfld Sapper]

WWB?

And @Brihard, I appreciate it but that's not what my RSM is going to have to say tomorrow.

Wet Weather Boot aka Gortex Boot....

 

[riekert.n]

Wet Weather Boot aka Gortex Boot....

Hahaha! I wish I could get away with that. I have two pairs of the Mk3.

 

[Eye In The Sky]

Same problem on both. The issue is that it isn't the polish that's scuffed, it's the actual tip of the boot. Now the tip acts like a sponge and just sucks in the polish instead of allowing it to be shined.

Psstttt.  Just a quick point...everyone here gets what happens to combat boots when they are worn.   

 

[Nfld Sapper]

Hahaha! I wish I could get away with that. I have two pairs of the Mk3.

You should have also been issued WWB.....

 

[riekert.n]

You should have also been issued WWB.....

Reservist here.. I've heard that I was supposed to be issued 4 pairs of boots. Two like what I have and two of the WWB. But honestly I'm lucky to have two pairs at all. My first two years in I only had the one pair.

 

[cupper]

Just don't get too worked up about it. Those of us on the army side have been through this for decades and it will probably go on until the end of time.

And I'm pretty sure the RSM will take the fact that you just came off an exercise into account. After all, at some point in his career he had to go through the same thing you are experiencing now.

The standard is clean, black and IIRC (it's been more than a few years for me) a brush shine. The key point is not to look like a bag of s**t.

 

[Nfld Sapper]

Reservist here.. I've heard that I was supposed to be issued 4 pairs of boots. Two like what I have and two of the WWB. But honestly I'm lucky to have two pairs at all. My first two years in I only had the one pair.

Reservist here too but I do have a whole closet full of boots of which only 2 pairs are my own purchase.....

 

[riekert.n]

Reservist here too but I do have a whole closet full of boots of which only 2 pairs are my own purchase.....

Really? Yeah if I could I would keep one pair aside for regular parading, and the others for field use.

 

[icdbko32]

you could try doing a spit shine on them, i've had to do it before and although they don't look as good as they did prior it gets them back to polished quickly but its wear off with use all the same