Shoe Polish and Leather Care Blog

Choosing which color of polish to buy for your valued pair of shoes can sometimes be tricky. Photos show a wide-range of leathers using a single polish color: For example, Walnut can be used to bring out the reddish tones in a lighter brown leather, or can be used to tone down the reds and accent the browns in a burgundy or mahogany colored leather.

To make it trickier, there is no one single uniform "color name" that we all use. From the leather industry, to the shoe industry, to the leather care industry, we all select a name that best represents our intended audience, and then hope they can figure it out by looking at the pictures. 

So as to not totally confuse you, we created this line-up of common shoe colors and leathers, to show you which color polishes we would select to best "color match" the leather.

Here's a walkthrough on our process for restoring a pair of Vintage Florsheim Imperial Wingtip Full-Brogue Oxfords.

They were given new life recently, using only our products for a full restore from start-to-finish.

Picked up from the bottom shelf of a thrift store for $4, we recognized that the leather still had a lot of life left in them, if given some love and chemistry attention.

Before and After examples of some beautiful leather shoes, including Crockett & Jones Derbies, Navyboot Oxfords, Allen Edmonds Strands with a custom patina, and Vintage Florsheim Imperial Wingtips.

11-minute video where Andy shows how to apply Paste/Wax Polish to the toes and heels of your leather shoes and boots. Andy gives descriptions of the "how's" and "why's" of using Wax versus Cream, where and why to apply it, and the different application techniques.

8 minute how-to video going in-depth on routine shoe shine and care for black men's dress shoes, using Pure Polish Black Cream Polish on some vintage Crockett & Jones two-eyelet derbies. Descriptions of why you do each step, what to look for, and what to avoid.

Here are our top Instagram posts from this week: Allen Edmonds Weybridge "On the Rocks" These are a personal pair of Andy's. They gleamed right up ...

Leather brushing (including shoe and boot brushing) is a combination of science and skill. In order to have the proper skills you need to understa...

Hat tip to Jesper over at Shoegazing.se for sharing this cool documentary short that profiles 2017 World Shoe Shining Champion Yuya Hasegawa his s...

Cleaning and conditioning suede is rarely done properly, and is usually done using rather harsh, smelly, chemicals. The biggest concern with suede...

Allen Edmonds Arlington Kiltie Loafers given a mirror shine with Pure Polish Products High Shine Paste Polish.

Pure Polish Products presents a video on routine shoe shine and leather care. Demonstrated by Andy on an older pair of Johnston Murphy Derbies.

Pure Polish Andy shares all the master tips in this video - From Start to Mirror