Homemade shoe polish?

I need to polish my black leather shoes for a party tonight but am unable to get to the store. Are there any easy home recipes for polish? Would a light dab of olive oil on a cloth and then buffing it with another cloth work, or would that be too messy/ineffective?

Homemade shoe polish?
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%26quot;Things you will need





Soft cloth or rag


olive oil





Either apply olive oil to your leather or to your cloth and rub to a shine. This is a simple, easy and natural way of making a shoe polish. Try on a small area before doing the whole thing. This way you will see the end results, without doing the whole shoe.%26quot; Source:


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Cold Pressed Nut Oil, Olive Oil, Walnut Oil, or Beeswax. Apply oil to leather product and buff with a chamois loth to a shine.





Lemon Juice. Lemon juice is good polish for black or tan leather shoes. Follow by buffing with a soft cloth.





Vinegar. Remove water stains on leather by rubbing with a cloth dipped in a vinegar and water solution.





Petroleum Jelly. A dab of petroleum jelly rubbed into patent leather gives a glistening shine and prevents cracking in the winter.





Vinegar. To shine patent leather, moisten a soft cloth with white vinegar and wipe clean all patent leather articles. The color of the leather may be slightly changed.





Art-Gum Eraser and Sandpaper or Emery Board. Dirt marks on suede can be rubbed out with an art-gum eraser. Then buff lightly with sandpaper or an emery board. %26quot; Source:


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Reply:Do not use olive oil or any other cooking oil. They are for eating not polishing. They will become rancid. Car wax, parrafin wax ( candles ) beeswax. All good. Parrafin would be my choice. In fact it is what I put on my boots when I buy them.
Reply:try furniture polish if you have it , our a little bit of car wax. buffed out of coarse



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