Thread: beeswaxed boots

Klear is out - "Future" floor polish is in.

PM me if you want beeswax, barrels of it here ( and kiwi black free from SQ's )

Beeswax? Morello? Tornado nose cone paint? People come on! take a look in your friendly neighbourhood CoSHH locker and pull out some Clear Protective Laquer, if there is none have your G10 for men demand some. It is the way forward, no painting and waiting for it to dry 2 quick sprays wait 10 seconds to dry and march on!

Originally Posted by enoch

you lot really should get out more....

I bet the long winter nights just fly by... etc etc

but then i am reading this ... so am not much better....

i did see a funny thing in Newcastle on Remb day... the TA wearing CB 95 with medals..... what the fcuk is that about ???

The TA do not get Service Dress issued, therefore cannot wear thier medals. I suspect many have more medals than some regular serving soldiers!

If you can't get some bored provost staff to do them, thry and get hold of some stuff called "Morellow". It's a kind of paint that gives you a shiny glass effect. It's not as good close up as getting them bee's waxed, but it does the job. A pot of this stuff costs £5

You can get Leather Luster from dry cleaners as they normally have a cobbler (of sorts) in there

Leather Lustre is great and lasts for years. Tips are :-

- a number of thin coats are better than one thick one.

- dry after each coat in a dust free environment - I used the oven, asall dust etc is burnt awy and it is enclosed - but be careful no one decides to go for a midnight snack!

NSN for Clear Protective Laquer H1ATS/ 5970-99-225-1266

I got up this morning safe in the knowledge that my boots were gleaming for our parade this morning. This feeling of calm was due to our previously mentioned friends at electrolube for giving us CPL. That was for the first ten seconds anyway, after squeezing my feet into those fine cinderella like glass slippers my world was turned upside down as the biggest piece of toe cap came flying off exposing the leather underneath. It didn't stop there, the more I walked the more they smashed and the more my heart sank. Zero to trashed in 10 steps.

I called a "mate" of mine this morning who put me on to CPL in the first place and he said <Chuckling> CPL is only good for giving bulled boots a final touch and I had been subjected to one of the oldest wind ups in the book...... now he tells me. Lucky I had some back up.

The moral of the story, if something is too good to be true then it probably isn't true.

I'm off to find out how to beeswax boots.

Originally Posted by commander

Re paint Morello is the German one and its not paint as such it officially is cobblers (no jokes) polis and is really liquid polish bloody good though and cant be told from real, if you scrape it you will have flakes of polish, can be bought on that well known auction site

Morello! That's the stuff. I was reading the thread trying to remember that. I only once ever used it. A tin went round our squadron. Being in Command Troop, the RSM knew me far too well. He would have gone nose to nose with me but he stood about 6'37" (and drove a mini - what a sight!) and accused me of painting.

"What have you got on your boots Trooper Alien?"

"Black boot polish, sir!"

"What else?"

"Nothing, sir!"

"Don't bullshit me Trooper Alien. What is it?"

"God's honest, sir, there is nothing on my boots but black shoe polish."

Mercifully because I knew that what I was saying was technically the truth, I was able to stand firm, unflinching until he moved on, not without adding, "Nice boots Trooper Alien."

The BATS at Wattishame use Flexane paint, it is really quite effective! I'm sure the hundreds of thousands of dead soldiers we all are there to remember won't mind you lazy gets not spendinding 5 minutes on them!

Hmmm instructions for that US stuff

1. Leather Luster
2. Fine Steel Wool
3. Leather Luster Pre-cleaner or Lacquer Thinner (General Purpose)
4. Cotton Terry Cloth Rags

PREPARATION:

1. Remove all waxes, oils and dyes from leather articles (new or used) with cotton terry cloth rags and Leather Luster pre-cleaner (or Lacquer Thinner). SCRUB THE SHOES UNTIL NO MORE BLACK COMES OFF ON TO THE RAGS. When sufficiently cleaned, the Leather article will appear to be a dull gray and the shoe color will no longer come off onto the cotton terry cloth rag.

2. Set in sun 5-10 minutes to dry from cleaning process. If not properly clean, Leather Luster will not dry.

Tip: For some of our more popular brand boots, like HI-TECH and Rockey boots, we have found great success with using fine sandpaper to buff the leather in order to help open the pours of the leather. After buffing wipe again with cleaner.

NOTE: It is crucial to keep cleaning until the shoe color no longer adheres to the cotton terry cloth rag. If the shoe is not properly cleaned, Leather Luster will not dry once applied.

!!!!!

Get your butt down to ATR (P) and ask the CQMS R Coy to drop into the local wooden tops Bn. or get the guard room cell lickers to sort them out for you. alternatively, buy some wax yourself!!!!!! stuff your boots with newspaper so that the boots are stiff. heat leather slowly and then melt wax on! keep wax hot with a flame and move wax over leather until smooth and solid. then let the polishing begin. layer up polish and some hot water, over and over again. keep going until your hads are too tired, then start to polish up. takes time, but worth the wait!

The best results for bulled boots is C.P.L. get your frendly Tech Storman to demand it
polish your boots as normal hold can 6" away and spray. This will last you for all those wonderfull parades and when you want to wear them again all you have to do is use a duster 5 min before your due on the Square. used it on my Drill Course at Pirbright and not a thing was said, it does excactly what it says on the tin.




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Healthy mudrun around the Essex countryside, followed by many layers of Kiwi whilst still wet, then 20 minutes each with a sylvet and the threat of a beasting off Shergar. Gleaming like the brass knobs on a whores bed. Failing that, arrange with a crab painter and finisher to get them Flexaned for a small fee.

Sorry to drag up an old thread but found a UK site that does Leater Luster. Sixteen squid for a tin (inc delivery) but hey, I would pay a Crafty to do that on one pair of boots :D

http://www.cleaning-cupboard.co.uk/