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InductionRoar said:
13m said:
InductionRoar said:
Interesting points, though wax polish is unlikely to change the colour of any non crust leathers.
Coloured polishes have their uses though they are wildly overstated and IMO cater for a market created by the manufacturers. People who buy "premium shoes" would not consider using anything other than "premium polish" on their shoes and within those ranges (Saphir I am looking at you) is every conceivable colour and treatment so it goes that you use black polish on black shoes, tan polish on tan shoes etc. I fell into this trap but I even use blue on my cherry shoes every once in a while and they haven't yet turned blue.
The solvents in polishes (both wax and cream) will remove some of the surface pigment so depending on how much of the colour of the leather is achieved via surface polish will depend on whether a pigmented polish is required to replace what is lost with the application of new wax.
13m's shoes appear to be quite dark brown (almost chocolate) so the dark tan wax is still lighter than the leather so will alter the colour (if at all) less than using neutral.
I suspect in either case the difference would be so minimal as to be unnoticeable.
I used some mid tan on chestnut shoes over the weekend and the areas where I used it ARE noticeably darker.Coloured polishes have their uses though they are wildly overstated and IMO cater for a market created by the manufacturers. People who buy "premium shoes" would not consider using anything other than "premium polish" on their shoes and within those ranges (Saphir I am looking at you) is every conceivable colour and treatment so it goes that you use black polish on black shoes, tan polish on tan shoes etc. I fell into this trap but I even use blue on my cherry shoes every once in a while and they haven't yet turned blue.
The solvents in polishes (both wax and cream) will remove some of the surface pigment so depending on how much of the colour of the leather is achieved via surface polish will depend on whether a pigmented polish is required to replace what is lost with the application of new wax.
13m's shoes appear to be quite dark brown (almost chocolate) so the dark tan wax is still lighter than the leather so will alter the colour (if at all) less than using neutral.
I suspect in either case the difference would be so minimal as to be unnoticeable.
Surely mid tan is lighter than chestnut so it could be reasonably expected that neutral would have had the same effect in this case. If we are talking about specific areas I assume we are talking about toe and heel caps? If so a higher shine in the same colour will often give the effect of them being darker.
Goaty Bill 2 said:
13m said:
Couple of questions: Are you a storm trooper and why are there tweezers in shot?
Surely the fact that the table top is neither wood nor marble deserves some comments of derision as well?This is the shoe thread after all.
Standards must not be allowed to slip.
at least the releases for next year look good.
first hit on google https://www.vouchercodes.co.uk/debenhams.com?ppcid...
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