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Kiwi brand I think...

I really needed to polish some of my shoes so I opened the black and brown cans only to find that both were cracked and in pieces. My son said, Hey, just bring some water to boil. Turn it off and drop the bottom part of the can on top.

So I got a little skillet and poured in a little water. Brought it to a hot simmer. Turned the fire off. Dropped the brown polish can in...then the black polish can. The brown polish immediately starting melting. The black polish did not. I'm watching them both...brown melting...black not. Brown melting. Black NOT. ???

So I picked up the lids. The black polish has silicone in it!!!

Sam decided he wanted fish for lunch so I left them. When we got back they had cooled. I had a smooth can of brown polish. And bits of cracked black. Huh.

I took the cans out. Sealed the brown polish and put the skillet back on the stove with the black polish can in it again. I took a toothpick and realized that I could poke the black pieces and they fell apart. So I did. Poke. Poke. Poke. They got soft, but did not melt. So I took a plastic spoon and smoothed them over as well as I could. When cooled, it was still lumpy, but stuck together and usable.

All three pair of shoes look pretty decent now.

I've never had mine get that hard but will have to remember this trick. Silicone in shoe polish, eh?

lol..i can't remember the last time dh bought polish! he just keeps using it..it's amazing how long it has lasted...and his dress shoes can take a beating in the winter with smow, ice and salt...

Husband has a pair of black dress shoes and a pair of black boots. His other leather casual shoes are more of a rough leather. He never polishes his work boots.

I have more leather dress shoes than I can count. I don't like synthetic materials if for no other reason than my feet sweat in closed shoes (as opposed to sandals and open-toe shoes).

Next time I place an order on Amazon and for just a few dollars more I can get free shipping, I've got to order some boot/shoe cream. I specifically need some red cream for my boots! And some neutral for a copper-color pair. Oh...and I don't have any navy. For now the re-worked black and brown polish will work on the black and brown shoes.

My husband recently showed me his trick in polishing his shoes: he lit a match under the can. He said it softens it and makes it easier to polish. Simple!