@@typicalmexicanog1987 this is my fourth year in Naval JROTC if you didnt shine your shoes already then i would say for the first time just kinda play around with them but try to follow a vid simmilar to this on it but not everbody shines shoes the same theres no right or wrong so just go your own way and see were it takes you
Ankit Shah I'm a 3rd year Air Force Jrotc cadet and do not put that much shoe shine on your shoe. I was taught way different by my army and marine recruiters.
Esmymarie Contreras The way he shines the shoes are similar to what I was taught. The big difference is how much shine he puts. In school I was taught to use a rag, but I don't have a soft rag so I decided to use the cotton ball method. Thank you for informing me though, since this is my first year and semester
I learned to put the polish on, using a couple drops of water to make sure the shoe retains some moisture and doesn't crack. Use a rag to apply it. (Press hard so it goes into the leather and looks dull with no reflection.) Then wait a few hours for it to properly sink in to the shoe. (I just wait until the next day.) After it has sunk in, take the polish off by wetting a rag, wringing it out, and rubbing the shoe with the slightly wet rag (which should be wrapped around your index or index and middle finger), while applying a lot of pressure. The final step is to get the rag even more wet, this time wringing it less and buffing the shoes. (Buffing is just swiping the rag left and right on the front part of the shoe.) The way that I do it, once mastered gives you a better shine than the man in the video and I haven't even been in NJROTC for a whole school year yet. I hope the version that I have been taught helps!
I was following this expecting it to not work for me but the result was actually shinier than my other pair! Thank you so much for posting this video, I was just doing stuff to my shoes with the shoe polish hoping it'd be shinier but it never did lol
It's not required. But I mean if you want to polish every part of the shoe go right ahead. I'm in AFJROTC and what we do is basically the same except we use cotton t-shirts.
okay thank you this is very helpful im in jrotc as a freshmen and since ami is coming up in about a few months i wanna be prepared and this stuff also counts as my grade
Thank you, this is very helpful. However, I recommend everyone to use a piece of cloth instead of a cotton ball, if you want to get your hands less dirty :)
Lincoln polish will get a better shine overall, much faster way to do is spend a few more dollars and buy better polish. Kiwi is good all around polish but not great. Colonial 1909 is much much easier, you lightly apply a coat, let it sit 20 minutes and buff off, my boats are way shiner with little to no effort
The best way is to put the polish on brush it with the horse hair brush and use a shine cloth to buff it out. This way is too time consuming and takes too long
antonio ortiz if it’s a black lace on a black shoe there is not point to take them off. The polish will get absorbed by the laces and help with the shine
Omg, take the laces off first. Additionally, get a spare toothbrush to clean the area where the leather meets the sole of the shoe. Look into getting some edge dressing for the sides of the sole of the shoe as well. (If they allow you to use edge dressing that is)
Want a better method without too much to do just wet a cloth spread it on the shoe before it sets in put a tiny bit on the cloth and work the front with polish and water if you need more water put some more on after 2 of those on both shoes you have a mirror shine
That's WAY to much polish! Putting that much on can dry up the leather and crack the shoe, I'm in cadets and one day when we were practicing our marching a guy's shoe started cracking up on the parade deck because he was newer and didn't know that you shouldn't put that much on, also you shouldn't put on KIWI polish at all, it's crap, no brand shoe polish I buy at my local dollar store works far better then that kiwi shit!
