Boot regs?

[J2H]

I wear Galls High Gloss boots or jungles

[Grumpy]

What happens when you scratch them?  How do you go about fixing the scratch?  With polish, I just fill it in.
Plus, I can get my boots to look better than patent leather or Corfam.

[Storm Chaser]

What happens when you scratch them?  How do you go about fixing the scratch?  With polish, I just fill it in.

That's one of the reasons I always polish my boots; even my field pair. The shoe polish protects the leather and when they get scratched, I can put more polish on top and fill in the scratch.

[Eclipse]

I wear Galls High Gloss boots or jungles

For field use?

What happens when you scratch them?  How do you go about fixing the scratch?

You can't.  Anything more then the most superficial scuff ruins them permanently, and will look worse then an unshined normal boot.
These are intended for parades, not active wear.

[Майор Хаткевич]

Looks nice. And impractical.

[Storm Chaser]

I wear Galls High Gloss boots or jungles

For field use?

What happens when you scratch them?  How do you go about fixing the scratch?

You can't.  Anything more then the most superficial scuff ruins them permanently, and will look worse then an unshined normal boot.
These are intended for parades, not active wear.

I was referring to regular leather on my previous post. I would not wear high gloss boots even for a special event. They're just not my cup of tea.

[Grumpy]

I wear Galls High Gloss boots or jungles

For field use?

What happens when you scratch them?  How do you go about fixing the scratch?

You can't.  Anything more then the most superficial scuff ruins them permanently, and will look worse then an unshined normal boot.
These are intended for parades, not active wear.

A little elbow grease and Kiwi, rolled cotton, a lighter and water.  I can get me leather boots to look like that.

[NIN]

Ahhh, the kabuki theater of the profession of arms....

[J2H]

I wear them at meetings. And for my security gig.  Wore  them as an armorer too in Germany

[airmaneaster12]

If your boots can't take a shine at first try heating them uo with a lighter

[SarDragon]

If your boots can't take a shine at first try heating them uo with a lighter

NO, NO, NO!

That's the easiest way to wreck the leather! Also, melting the polish makes some of the good stuff evaporate, and degrades it.

[bflynn]

We've been through that in a uniform thread recently.  The purpose for polishing boots is to work the wax into the leather and make the boots last longer.  The purpose of heating wax and melting it so it can quickly be buffed to a high shine is to look good. 

Using the first method and a few weeks of work, you can get high gloss boots.  Using the second, you can get damaged boots that look shiny in a few hours.  They're your boots, your call.

[Grumpy]

If your boots can't take a shine at first try heating them uo with a lighter

NO, NO, NO!

That's the easiest way to wreck the leather! Also, melting the polish makes some of the good stuff evaporate, and degrades it.

Interesting.  I've been melting my polish into my boots since I was a cadet back in 1959 and all through my Air Force years.  Especially when working the Main Gate as one of them there "Aero Policemen".  I'm still doing it that way.  Never had any problem and I'm not saying that to be snide Dave.

[SarDragon]

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