A few times a year, the lover of beautiful shoes, in other words the calcéophile, devotes a little time to taking care of his oxfords, his derbies… Brush to dust, cream to nourish, shoe polish to shine, here is a holy Trinity.
The most meticulous and the most patient push the pleasure to the icing.
But, nothing to do with pastry, although the idea is similar: to bring shine.
This treatment is a long-term task.
It is necessary, in fact, to apply shoe polish with a very soft cloth, while regularly moistening the surface of the shoe with a little water.
By dint of convolutions, a kind of emulsion is created and, oh miracle, the leather begins to shine.
Not like patent leather though, it's much more subtle.
The icing is the end of the end in boot material, on the black or brown models.
A shoe that has never been glazed will take longer to revive.
One that has already been comes back quickly.
This technique making the leather brittle, we are content only…
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