Super Easy 5 MINUTE Shoe Shine 

Your shoe shine video took me down memory lane. My dad worked six days a week but on Saturday his only day off, his gift to my mom, brother and I was to clean our shoes. When I heard he had passed away my first thought was, who is going to clean mom's shoes? Thank you for the reminder of a wonderful man.

My father (late) was a Police Inspector, in Maharashtra Police, India. 45 years before, I used to shoe shine his Shoulder cross belt, waist belt, his revolver cover & his shoes. Almost every alternate day, as his duty hours used to be irratic & long. I was 11 years old, It used to take 1 hour for completing polishing job. It was boring, but he used to encourage me for best shine. Due to all those old memories, I even today wear only black, pure leather shoes, with lace, No push in shoes, Which usually no one wears, & also my shoes are mostly shining, & my son daughter & wife critisises me for not using colourful ones, I hate those sports shoes & I am always proud of Black shining shoes + a neat clean old executive type dress. I know the power of impression, I get things done fast, people confide/trust me. I am likeable & a well dressed personality speaks volumes. & So on & on & on .......... Thanks to my father Late Madanlal Surajmal Tasgaonkar, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Maharashtra, India. Thanks for reading my emotional post.

My dad was in the Navy and he taught us very early how to shine our shoes. I agree it is therapeutic.

I just learned probably a year ago how to dress properly for a business setting, and last week was the first time I bought a pair of real leather shoes instead of the cheap ones you can get at Walmart. I went in looking for just the shoes but the cashier lady threw in a bottle of leather lotion and a bottle of waterproofing solution and told me that real leather needs to be cared for regularly and it kinda put me off for a bit but I thought "eh why not I'll probably get good at it" well after about a week or so I sat down with the shoes in front of me and had no idea what the first step was, after seeing this video you helped me realize that cleaning and shining my shoes is kinda fun thank you for showing me what I'm looking for whenever Im cleaning my new shoes. They look really great with my work clothes.

When I was very young many years my Mum and Dad were very very poor my clothes were sometimes second hand and were full of holes but my Dad showed me how to polish shoes,whether it was because he was in the British military during the war I will never know but I always had polished shoes,I have always polished my shoes to the this day,many thanks for the video.

Just what I learned to do while I was.in the Navy. I found too that after using a horse hair brush after applying polish a few times, polish builds up in the brush and all you have to do is hit your shoes with the brush every few days and they come out looking great.

5 minute shoe shine in 11 minutes and 48 seconds. Ha ha. But, seriously, very good video. I sure remember doing a lot of shining on my black dress oxfords. I still have them from bootcamp in 1986.

Considering most of us basically live our lives in front of a screen, it's hard to imagine not having time to shine a pair of shoes while watching Netflix.

I use an (unused) soft bristle toothbrush as a dobber. Works well getting in between the crack/area where the upper meets the sole.

Whether a man or woman is wearing a thousand dollar suit or is dressed in business casual, if his or her shoes are poorly maintained or improperly cleaned and shined, his or her entire look is marred. Your primer on shoe shining should be a requirement for all who take the maxim “dress for success” to heart.

Excellent video. I have always been a little apprehensive about my shoe shining technique, but perhaps a good cream is all that was missing.

I just learned of your Channel after watching your Q & A Session with the Kavalier. I have watched a couple of your videos on your Channel and find them informative and interesting. Very well done videos! Good job and keep up the great work!

I have had more fun shining my shoes today! Thank you for your expertise.

I've always just used the shoe polish in paste. I believe now I'll go with the creme polish. Great job.

Love this channel and everything the brothers are teaching us. They need to get some wireless microphones though to help with the sound quality. Inexpensive and very effective. You can use lapel clipons too.

Thanks man I just got a job as a shoe shiner for a speakeasy thanks for the short demo it’s really helpful

Great video, Looking at your video makes me realize that I forgot to do the heel block lol. Im such a noob at polishing shoes thanks again Trenton and Heath.

Very enjoyable video, guys. I would love to have the video end with before and after shots of the shoes.

Great video on shoe shine! Thank you. I would've loved to see a before and after photos comparison of the shoe.

Thank you. Your video reminds me of the time I spent as a boy with my later father who taught me how to shine and take care of my shoes. When would it be appropriate to use a cream on the heal block as you show in this video verses using "heal and edge dressing?"

Another great video showing guys how easy this is...I use old sport socks cut open as shoe shine rags, they work great for that....Guys, shine your shoes and boots.

This is phenomenal gorgeous job. I’ve learned so much. Thank you so much, sir!

Just watched this again and went to your website to pick up some cream polish. Thanks for the discount guys, glad to give you my business instead of Amazon. Keep up the great vids and I'll be waiting for the next one

I usually polish the shoes I wear for work once a week. I wear them everyday. now they actually look better than when I bought them, the color is so much more intense and beautiful

I Am Really Enjoying My Shoe Shine Kit I Ordered From Your Potter Shoe Shop. I Find The French Polish "Saphir" Much Better Than Any American Polish.. Patrick..

I love everything about this channel

I enjoy these videos. Very down to earth and great tips. Keep up the great work. Question though, if you accidentally rubbed the darker cream onto the lighter coloured upper, do you just wipe it off and blend it as best you can or is there any quick and special technique you can use?

How long do you suggest for the wait time to dry off after putting the cream, before the second run through with the horse hair brush. Great video by the way. Makes me want to shine my shoes right now.

Oh man, those are some real clean shoes to begin with! In Sweden, our shoes tend to get really dirty, but worst is by far the salt thats put on the roads 6+ months a year. This often leave a white wave like stripe along side the shoe from water and salt. What form of cleaning and everyday maintence would you recommend? Thanks for a great channel.

Shining your leather shoes or boots on a Sunday evening can be very satisfying. Ad a wee dram (just a small one!) and put on a Chet Baker record and you are on top of the world.

Thanks for the video! You do it really great! I have enjoyed it!

The first time I've watched a video from you. I hope you've learned to shoe a final BEFORE and AFTER picture. This is the perfect example of where it should be used.

So happy I found your channel. Awesome content!

Just got my “color 8 cxl” TBC Vanguards. I’ve got burgundy and brown sapphir polish on the way. Wish me luck…ps got neutral crème too.

Please talk about the different colours of Saphir creams and the colour shads preferred for different kinds of leather

Important content. Looking forward to recommended products for sneakers, shoes. Reviews. Methods and techniques. Leather Protestants. Sprays. White sneaker care. Can’t wait. Just subscribed. Also just watched you on the kavalair.

i love your work we need more like this video

My dad was a professional and had about 10 pairs of dress shoes, all black. He would shine them up every month or so and I'd watch him work, fascinated. Just got done shining my one pair of dress shoes.

Great vid! I have a question for maintaining my leather shoes. Let's say I condition, cream, and wax a pair of shoes that I wear once a month. How do I maintain those shoes? Can I put more conditioner on top of the wax? Do I put more wax on top of the wax? Or do I have to strip everything off and do the condition, cream, wax process all over again? Thanks!

11:48 of valuable information & excellent presentation. And head bobbing. :D

Should be great to see a project with the cooperation of The Elegant Oxford guy ... !!!

I’m not a business person, but I do have a number of really nice leather boots and shoes which I love polishing. It’s so satisfying… Even just watching your videos I get such a sense of satisfaction, am I a bit sad?😅

that's a good shoe shine!

How do I get scuffs out? Theres thick scratches on the tip of my favorite brown shoes. A quick polish made them *way* less noticeable but theyre still visible to me.

Awesome video...thanks for sharing.

If you use a wax polish after these steps, can you just apply cream etc when you next polish your shoes, or do you have to take the wax off first?

a perfect and intelligent job

Pro tip: don't buy shoes with contrast stitching, it looks cool on the rack but it's just not worth it

is there anything you can do to a shoe to repair the creases in them? obviously using shoe trees helps prevent them, but these shoes looked like they had their fair share of creases! Any recommendation helps!

Wow I've been doing my shoe polishing all wrong oh my God no wonder I'm having such a horrible time thank you so much

Thank you!

Excellent advice.

Been trying to sort out best way to handle the sole and heal block. Is there any benefit to edge dressing vs doing a polish?

Ok new girl here, can someone tell me if shoe polish is the same as shoe cream or shoe wax or is it it’s own thing altogether? (Send help 🥴)

Great video! I use wax to polish my shoes. It seems that cream may be a better alternative. How do I remove wax build up? Ty.

I have a pair of shoes I use once or thrice a year, (with my very best national costume Bunad). What would you recommend to do before I put them away for storage, something that I can leave on to keep them suptle and clean, and that only require a quick buff to get ready when it's time to use them again. The shoes also have a metal buckle where laces would be if it had that. This buckle causes grievance when polishing the shoe. Both your shoe shine videos are very good and I have appreciated them a lot. Would it be possible to have a video where you explain what makes good tools for shining, you have a much longer brushed horsehair brush than I am used to and I really want to know what is a recommended kit of both products and tools.

do I have to use separate brushes for shining and for cleaning the shoes? thanks!

Hello, very interesting video. I wondered, however, what should be done to change the color of a pair of shoes, for example from british tan to dark brown. It's possible? And if so, how? Thanks a lot in advance and keep it up

Thank you for this video! What do you recommend for unusual colours like dark green or blue leather?

This is FANTASTIC. Thank you so much for this video, it's a necessary tool for everyone. I have a question: should I follow the same steps for every shoeshine? Let's say I shine a pair once a week. If I use a neutral wax polish on top of the cream polish, would you begin next week with the cream polish again? Or would you use something like renovateur to remove the top layers of wax polish first so you can hydrate with the cream polish?

Great video! One quick question, are using a shoe cleaning product and leather conditioner two necessary steps or can I get along just fine with what you have in the video?

Great 5 minutes shoes shine 👍🏼👞🌟

Thank you

Hello sir. Is it OK to use the same horse hair brush that you use for buffing off the excess leather conditioner that you use for buffing off the excess shoe cream off that you use for buffing the excess wax off with? Or should a separate brush be used for each step.

Amazing Video my man . Awsome 😃👌🤝🙏

A bit late to this video, but I thought I'd mention that I still use the horse hair brushes that my late father acquired in 1941, so they're actually 10 years older than me.

Great channel. Thanks for the input. I have 2 pair of spectator shoes (navy and cream and brown and tan) I have never seen any useful hints on any channel showing the care of these shoes. (shoes are all leather) Any tricks would be helpful.

When your 5 minute shine is my regular process lol

Thank you for your help

Add a drop cloth to the work area and polish shoes during commercial break when watching television. You should be able to polish several pair in this manner or mirror shine at least one pair for each show.

I bought some Buffalo hide boots from Origin, same process for them??

Thanks for sharing. Great info!!!

Great job

What size shoe tree for a 10.5 Thursday double monk shoes?

Love this. Thank you for the quick tutorial. Saphir seems like a good product, my question is, what do you use for a high polish. Is there any trick that you can bestow upon the masses?

👍Terrific job. Thank💞 👍Before @1:19 and After @11:19

i always wear leather shoes with leather sole.. from Pakistan.. thanks 😊

Should I be polishing my workboots?

I will have to check out your videos for salt damage

I have red shoes, but the color start to wear away after i clean it with pumpkin soap. I bought shoe cream of TGR brand in light red and i put it in to the shoes and looks good, but if water fall down in to them, the shoe cream automaticly looks very intense like if its not part of the shoe. What kind of product you recomend to make the shoe cream stay in the shoe even when water fall down in to them.

What do u need to do first it’s Confusing. To shine your shoes

Awesome video

is it necessary to have two brushes, one brush being used for removing the dust and one used for shinning? great vid, thanks.

How to remove stained and black marks on shoe.thanks

Do you recommend color polish/cream for exotic skin shoes or just neutral?

Question. What product would you recommend for a pair of boots Madre of port vitello calf leather. I read is sanded full grain leather (nubuck I suppose). Would saphir renovateur work? Or should I use something else?

Wow. Gorgeous!

What is your opinion on quick shine sponges? Should they ever be used? If so, when?

You mentioned a Cedar Shoe Shine box o your webpage, I could not find it.

Amazing brush! Where can I get one?

How often should we condition our shoes?

I went for an interview at a hotel with shoes that had spent hours polishing to a mirror shine. I was not impressed with the manager appearance. Cream shirt with his tie to one side, a crumpled up brown suit and slip on shoes. This was 10 in the morning. Alas I received a phone call from his receptionist to informed that I was unsuccessful and wished me luck in the near future. I asked her where did I go wrong to improve my chances next time. "You were to well dressed" she responded

Is the cream a cleaner Then do u polish?

Very cool!!

Hey guys, I want to get some products on your website. Can you please tell me what colors you used in this video? Thanks

Wonder if you can use these creams to use with the sneakers?

Would neutral cream work as well?

Can you use the black color for black boots ?

Please get the starter kit back on the website I’ve been waiting a while

Wow!