eBay Store

CedarShoeTree is proud to announce an eBay Store. You can search the categories to find the many closeout buys available from brands like Aetrex, Apex and others. The store has actually been up for years is just now that CST is loading it up with a large number of items purchased at a greatly reduced rate. That savings is passed on to you the customer. So go to Cedar Shoe Tree's eBay Store and check it out!
 

Shine Your Shoes

Shining your shoes can make your shoes last longer. Dirt and moisture can remove the finish and help leather to break down faster. Cleaning and applying polish can help prevent this. Here's how to shine your shoes:
 

• Clean your shoes with a brush. Take some time on this so that the brush hairs can get into all the cracks, crevices and seams.
• Apply the stuff. What stuff? Try one of these
  • Wax - Use a horse hair dauber to apply the wax to the shoe and let it sit.
  • Cream - Use a sponge dauber to apply the shoe cream to the shoe and let it dry.
  • Liquid - Bottles of shine liquid usually have a built in sponge to apply it to the shoe. Let it dry after application.
• Finish it off. How? It depends upon the finish you want:
  • Matte - Rub off the polish with a cloth then brush it with a shine brush.
  • Shine - Rub off excess polish with a cloth and then get a long cloth. Take each end of the long cloth in one hand. Move the cloth quickly back and forth across the shoe till it shines.
  • Glow - For a very shiny shoe complete b. and then use a patent shine spray to finish it.

Now your shoes should shine. For the best results use high quality products like Meltonian Cream or Kiwi Wax.
 

Brush Your Shoes

When shining your shoes you need good brush to spread out the polish and get the polish into all those hard to reach places.

Usually when you put polish on your shoe using a brush or foam dauber the polish is centered on the large areas of leather on your shoe. To spread the polish out some people use the dauber, but they are usually saturated with the shoe cream or polish. This will cause the polish to fill the seams, eyelets and other places it might get caught.

Using a large shine brush to spread it all out will prevent this from happening and produce a matte finish. It will also allow you use less polish to shine your shoes.

For a quick polish you can use the same large shine brush you've used before to quickly brush dirt off your shoes and a little of the old polish will rub off on the shoe. You can then use a shine cloth to buff your shoe to a shine. This is great if you're just leaving for an important appointment.