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.

Shoe Polish Dauber

The most under appreciated piece of shining equipment is the polish dauber. When was the last time you talked about shining your shoes? Did you mention a dauber? I thought you didn't, but when you want to get the polish from the jar to the shoe what else would you use.
 

I know it seems a bit mundane, but the polish dauber helps you avoid getting globs of polish on your hands and other shine implements. Most daubers are either brushes or foam pads with a handle. The professional daubers usually have a small round horse hair brush with a wood handle to make it easy to dip into the jar and then brush all over your shoes. The brush also helps get into cracks, crevices and other odd shapes in your shoes.
 

Wood and hair aren't known to be cheap, but you're in luck. CedarShoeTree.com buys them in such bulk that they are only $1.50 each. Buy wood daubers at the best place for shoe care, Cedar Shoe Tree.