SHINING MY WIFE’S DR. MARTENS: DOC MARTENS 1460 SHINE TUTORIAL 

When I was a kid and also well into my teens I always loved shining my father's boots and leather items. He needed for his shoes, boots and leather items to look great. Dad was in the AirForce, then when he was a policeman and then he was in the Border Patrol. In all of those jobs he had nice leather shoes and boots and leather accessories that needed to be taken care of and well polished. It was my job and joy to shine his things, especially the things he wore to special events, his "dress" items. I was probably about 5 when I first started, I was so proud to have been given such an important job to do. I used cold water for the spit shine, because I was a girl and I wasn't going to be gross and spit on my daddy's shoes, eww gross (lol). I'd feel so happy when I could see myself on the toes and know my daddy was going to look top notch at work. I never heard the phrase mirror shine until I started watching your videos, we always called it a spit shine. Dad would say I made his things look pretty spiffy. He's gone now, five years without him, my son has some of my dad's shoes, even though they're far too small for him. I think the next time I visit my son I'll give my dad's old shoes a mirror shine, if I can. I'll probably cry while doing it, but it's OK sometimes you need to do things to feel close again or remember days long gone.

Probably the most expensive shoe shine a pair of Doc Martens has ever seen! Very nice job. They look awesome.

So I asked if this could be done and you said as long as its leather and surprise surprise here you are actually showing it being done. 40 plus year Doc wearer. Thanks mate, you made me one happy Irishman lol.

I wore Doc Martins going to school in the 1970s. They were like a badge of office in our school. I had a Black pair and later on, an Ox Blood pair. Once they were worn in, they were so comfortable, they were like leather slippers and polishing them was always a joy. Your mates would give you some stick, if you turned up and your Docs were not polished like a mirror. Happy days.

I loved this video, a spit shine on Dr. Martens really made me chuckle.

Wow never expected to see something like this on your channel. Very interesting. A mirror shine can make any pair of shoes look better

Happy wife happy life, shine those boots chulo, do what la nena tells you or else. Great job..... glad to hear she wanted that mirror shine boieeee.

You have a beautiful family brother! Great video how she’s appreciates the shine.

Thanks Preston’s. Those are the first Doc Martens I have seen shined up. Great video.

You polished cheap Chinese leather to a excellent shine. I am impressed.

She used to roll her eyes at your RU-vid videos. Now she is smitten as the first in person guest star

Good to see you take care the wife needs that says a lot about you I m happy that you guys are ok and to see new video 😎👍

This was quite relaxing to watch. I've been shining shoes since childhood but I couldn't never understand how to get that mirror shine. I've been planning to do this on a pair of Doc Martens myself.

I've been wearing Docs for over 20 years and never even considered them with a mirror shine. You've inspired me to attempt one on my new Made In England Oxblood boots. Cheers!

Yay! Finally, I’m so excited to watch lol!! I love them 😍😗🙌🏻

Fancy Shoes and a chubby cheek baby what more could you ask for

Nice! Great Family! I’m loving the Character of the shine table! 🕶

Was about to ask about DMs and here I find a video! Thank you!

Going through a correctional academy and need to polish my docs to a shine. This was very helpful. Thank you

Awesome. Perfection. Love your channel! Thank you.

So cute!! Lovely family, Preston 💕

Oooo. Seeing your family for the first time. Lots of 😘😘😘 for your child. Such a lovely baby. May God bless her.

Gorgeous shine as always !👌❤

Thank you for the amazing video, you have a beautiful family Preston

Haha my wife has the same exact pair in the same size! This video gives me a reason to clean her shoes up too.

I can't wait to work on mine. Thank you for posting this! 😍😍😍😍😍

It would be interesting to see a six months update of these Doc Martens!

Your wife is a beast for wearing docs straight out of the store I still have pink spots on my heels from fresh docs

So happy to see your wife is beautiful!

Absolutely Genius. U r such a pleasure to watch. Thank u!

Glad I came across this.. thanks for posting.

Preston, you have a very elegant family..lol Seriously, your wife and daughter are beautiful and I wish you all the best.

Please do more Dr. Martens videos! I own a pair of their maroon brogues. I hope you can do mirror shine to something similar to it!

Glad you are back !

I found a pair of Doc Martens at a Goodwill Store in my size. They were a bit dirty, but once clean turned out to be in perfect condition. I wear them with jeans or casual dress with khakis.

I did the exact same thing to mine. Gives them a very military spit shined look

I have a pair of Caterpillar Steel Toes that are 15 years old. They're still waterproof, and I spit shine them using this method (minus the alcohol) a few times a year. They still look brand new and the toes genuinely look like they're made of glass. Look after a good pair of boots and they will last a lifetime.

I was thinking of doing boot polishing videos, various punk / hardcore / skinhead style boots and whatnot. I wasn’t sure if people would care about seeing it but after seeing the response to this video I think it would be a great idea! Great vid

I recently copied your tutorial on mirror shine on my new-issue Magnum work boots which responded amazingly to the mirror shine. They look too posh for work now!! I thought I might have gone over the top but after watching this I'm satisfied I'm not too precious. I had a pair of DM uniform safety shoes which I mirror shined and they lasted me over 20years. I love telling some of the new recruits that my shoes are older than them!!!😂 They are still perfectly wearable but the sole has worn to a shine too now so a bit dangerous on wet surfaces..... Ordering a pair of Altberg boots for work now so I suspect they will get the same treatment... Keep up the great videos.

i was a punky skinhead in he early 80's, had a pair of ox blood docs, pained them with a red leather paint, 'lady esquire' then polished with a red cream..... boy they were red !! my second pair of ox bloods i polished heavily with black boot polish.... gave the boots a bronze look to them. the rest were just regular black... either never polished, or high sheen polish.

Ciao Preston, great job for your Wife.... now we are waiting the same shine for your baby 😉🤣💖 Bravo bravissimo 👍👏💖

I still own 2 pairs of Doc Martens and will continue to own them until the day I die. Japan is one country where teens to around middle age population seems to be fanatically about wearing Doc’s. Back in the 90’s I was in the U.S. military stationed in Japan for a good number of years. That was how I learned about Doc’s. They look great and you can comfortably walk your ass of in those shoes and you do indeed do lots of walking when I was there in Japan. The shoes versatile enough to wear with just about anything.

I mainly use the doc martens leather conditioner...on everything from the sandals, wingtip, creapers brings them back to a smooth soft finish. It is more of a wax than I'd say a cream

I’ve been low key waiting on this.

You have a wonderful family, Preston

Excellent job sir... Happiest moment for your wife

She looks very cute, youthful and cheerful. What a lovely family.

Thx bro best way to shine the Ol 3 holes

Great job...like glass. Subscribed.

I was looking for this. I have a pair of navy Docs that need some love. 😁

Awwww man, what a sooooooooperrrr cute baby! Not a hair out of place

Great meeting you the other day. I wonder if my Doc question was partial inspiration for this vid ;)

I think I can definitively say that this is the first time Saphir has been applied to Doc Martens.

Thank god there is someone else who waxes their Docs! Always have and im in my 50's now and still wear them

Nice to see your lovely family...,

I love the spit shine look . Im pretty sure i would slap a saphire mirror gloss the same moment i would get my hands on one of those :P.

Nice touch on the shoes with the mirror shine!

You can spit shine anything! Wow Beautiful family

Great shine!

I love it!!! Do you think I can get that glass toe done on my new Rockports?

Wow look at them boots come to life!

Loving your wife? king energy 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Why is this so soothing 😅😅😅

Little feet AND a new pair of Docs...JELLY!!!

Great job!

I am obsessed with Doc Martens. They are pretty much the only shoes I wear. My last pair of "vegan" leather ones were finally starting to breakdown a bit after 7 years of faithful service. For Christmas I got myself a new pair, in real leather this time. I, of course, gave them a good conditioning and brushing right out of the box. I also buff them off with a horsehair brush every night when I take them off, just to get rid of any dust or little scuffs from the day. Since they are real leather I am being extra obsessive about keeping them pristine. I just use a neutral cream conditioning polish.How do you avoid staining the iconic yellow stitching when using pigmented polish?

Got my first pair of doc’s in 1973, still wear a pair regularly today

... and here I thought I was the only one mad enough to mirror gloss my DMs!!! 😂

Your wife looks great!

The quality of vintage models is much better. But I don’t know if they have tiny sizes, too. Price difference to normal 1460 made in China model is about 50 Euro. Really thick leather and quite easy to polish. Quite elegant in red with blue jeans. Great videos by the way. I do have good results with shoe polish from Switzerland: Burgol.

Marvelous shine !!

Hi Preston, new subscriber here though I’ve watched quite a few of your videos. I wear a pair of R.M. Williams Craftsmen boots that I’ve already polished but want to get it right with conditioner too. Should I try to remove the polish, condition and start again or will conditioner draw through the existing polish. I loved your mirror shine tutorial and can’t wait to get mine gleaming! Thank you Tom

You are completely awesome! Did you do that for me? I feel like you did since I asked about my Doc's the day before. No matter if you did it for me or for "your wife", thank you! You are awesome! Thank you!

Hey. Love your videos. It’s inspired me to pursue classical men’s elegance and take a good care of what’s on my feet. Started looking for used ‘hidden treasures’ and renovate them. Though, I am just starting this satorial journey. Got two questions: 1. How do you get a good mirror shine on black pair of brogues? Wax seems to get into holes all the time. 2. How do you enroll on your donation list? I just started my legal career as a legal counsel trainee. Hence, might need an elegant pair just to start off.

Beautiful as usual.

Nice Shine! Hope you went on an anniversary date with your wife wearing her Doc's.

Great video!

Thank you for the great video! Does anyone know if Dr. Martens can be resoled? I have a pair of boots that are in great shape but the sole is starting to get a little thin. Thanks!

Best shoe ever!!

excellent video...thanks....quick question....i just bought a new pair of red wing #2408 work boots...the leather is apparently called Nutmeg Ebbtide by S.B. Foot (a 6-7oz. oil-tanned leather with a slight milled grain)...i'm thinking i want to do a nice conditioning and polish on them prior to wearing them for work...hoping it'll make care a little easier in the future....or should i not worry about that unitl after a month or two of wear?....i've been using kiwi and similarly-priced products all my life on my dress shoes (40+ years)...now i'm learning about saphir products from your site....and i'm ready for the upgrade....here's what i'm thinking of purchasing from your online store, but need a lil direction....Avel leather soap for general washing of dirty boots....Saphir Medaille d'Or Renovator conditioner for replacing necessary oils....and here is where it gets a little cloudy for me....Saphir Medaille d’Or Pommadier in Mahogany or Neutral....and then finish off with Saphir Medaille d’Or Pate De Luxe Wax in Mahogany or Neutral....am i overthinking this for work boots?....of course, i'll use the products on my dress shoes later...(BTW, majority of my dress shoes are Allen Edmonds - some pairs dating back over 20 years old and still in fantastic shape after a recrafting here and there).....but do you recommend even using polish cream and wax on work boots, or just stopping after the leather conditioner?....thanks in advance

I don't see many Doc Martens near me, although every second person wears a pair of blundstones lol

Never used no shoe tree, and had the same Docs for 15 years and they are still in good shape! Polish once every other month and boom! It's sad that Docs aren't the same anymore... :(

Hi!!! I finally found a shoe tree that DOES fit my mom's little Dr. Martens. But when I mirror shined her shoes, a few days later the wax cracked ! What did I do wrong? Well. One boot's wax cracked the other was fine. Lol. I shined my docs up as well and they've been going strong. I only did the toe box. I used a little heat to fix it. So they're okay for now. Is it bad to use the mirror shine ontop of a lower quality saphir wax? I've only ran into this issue with hers. My other boots are doing well

A heat gun works miraculous. Also, if you want to prevent "flakes" from the shoe polish, you can reinforce the polish from cracking by applying a think layer of Mop n Glo. Too bad military shoes no longer need to be spit shined.

30 seconds in: Me: "This is going to be the best shine he's EVER done!"

I don't wear Docs anymore, but I did just buy a pair of Solovair classic 8 hole Derbies. Leaps and bounds a better boot than the Chinese Dr. MARTINS. Many reviewers say they are better than the made in England Doc's. I walk alot and I will say the soles on the solovairs are holding up pretty well. Also Solovairs are the original manufacturer of Dr. Martins.

I have a few pairs of doc martens work boots. I get them for almost free from work and they feel good throughout the day.

it would be nice to see a tutorial about how to remove wrinkles or creases from leather dress shoes. I bought a pair of Stacy Adams as a first dress shoe for my birthday and after wearing them pretty aggressively on their maiden voyage they instantly developed wrinkles. Probably because I purchased the wrong size. Any help with that would be amazing. Also you inspired my dad to get back into shoe shining and we bought some saphire to keep us motivated

Baby Preston is a copy of daddy, very cute. Kids grow up so fast. Enjoy the family outings.

How do you prevent the polish from attracting dust or losing its shine due to scuffing? Btw I used Kiwi Parade Gloss and Doc Martens Wonder Balsam.

Hi Preston! One question, any time that I started with the little drops of water on the shining wax, not mirror yet, I had on the toe is getting opaque until the wax disappear and the leather is again without anything. You may know what I'm doing wrong, if you could help me please I will always be grateful! Thanks

By the way, due to videos like yours, Ive graduated to ALLEN EDMONDS and BECKETT SIMONON, gracias.

I used to use some kind of blue shoe cream on my blue doc boots that I had for 20 years. My last pair of docs that I got in 2010, red Mary Janes, didn't last very long, and they would hurt my feet, even messed up my feet. Had to get rid of them.

Subscribed! 😎

Awesome job on the Boots. Is the Saphir you used macademia oil or mink oil?

I had a couple pair of jump boots with high mirror shine when I was in the Army. I loved just sitting in front of the t.v. and getting that shine just right. Would you mind possibly shining a pair of jump boots. It'll take me back.

A few decades ago (that went so fast) I bought my first pair of Doc Martens. Sadly, I ruined them by using a liquid 'polish' from Waproo that was a kind of plasticky paint. Layers of that stuff cracked and peeled over time. Is it possible to remove that coating with acetone and restore the leather?

Respect for the grind! Always producing great content!!!

Skinhead (anti-prejudice) from VA! Hell yes!

I know that this video is a couple of years old….I found it very enjoyable. I recently purchased a pair of olive green Dr. Martens that I’d like to put a mirror shine on. What color polish should I use? Your input would be very helpful and most appreciated. Thank you in advance.