Uniform guide
Polishing your shoes
There are lots of suggestions for ways to polish or 'bull' shoes. A lot of these methods involve a quick fix to get an instant shine, but often these don't work or only work for a short time. Often the result is you'll have to strip all the polish off the shoe and start again. The 'slow' way to polish is the right way. Here are some tips to polish your shoes:
- Clean off any surface dust with a piece of cotton wool or soft cloth. Polishing over dust will only mean that you engrain foreign matter into your shoe and will stop you from getting a good shine.
- Dip a separate (don't use the dirty cotton wool) piece of cotton wool or soft cloth into some water, soaking it. Squeeze out the excess water.
- When the cotton wool/cloth is damp, dip it into some polish.
- Apply shoe polish in a circular motion (small circles) onto the shoes.
- Applying more water when the cotton wool or cloth starts to become dry.
- When the shine starts to appear, dip a fresh piece of cotton wool/cloth into the water then into the polish and build up the layers of polish on the shoes by repeating this until a deep shine appears.
- Don't overshine your shoes once you obtain the initial shine as you will lose the best finish.
398 Squadron ATC
A uniformed youth organisation in Staines, Egham and surrounding areas.
