Polishing keeps your leather shoes looking their best. It gives them shine and extends their lifetime, double whammy! Here’s the how toe on shinin’ up those shoes.

1. Prepare: Put shoe trees or something solid, like balled up newspaper, inside to keep the shoe firm. Grab the rest of your supplies – a few clean rags, shoe brush, leather conditioner, and polish. Use the rag to apply conditioner to dry spots. Let the shoes dry before moving onto the next step.

2. Shine: Use the rag to distribute polish to the top as well as the heels of the shoe. Don’t stop there; rub it in with a shoe brush in a side to side and then up and down motion. Let them dry before moving on.

3. Freshen: Like most human beings, you might miss a spot so go for a second coat of polish and really get into hard to reach places like under a buckle or the laces. Run your brush over the newly polish spots using the same stroking motion as before. Allow them to dry before moving forward to the final step.

4. Finale: Pick up another clean cotton or terry cloth rag and buff the shoes in a circular motion.

That’s it, you’re done! It was as easy as 1, 2, 3… 4 and you’ll impress others with even less trouble!

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