Wax VS Cream Shoe Polish: Demonstration

Are you using the right polish for your fine leather shoes? While wax polishes tend to be the most common polish you'll find in stores, it doesn't mean you're giving your shoes the royal treatment.

Wax polishes are primarily used to bring up the shine in the leather shoe; the high concentration of hard waxes in a wax polish is what allows you to produce a high gloss shine. However, a wax polish does not offer the same level of nourishing and conditioning as a cream polish does.

We recommend using the Saphir Pommadier Medaille D'Or cream polish before applying any wax polish to your shoe, as it does a better job of nourishing, conditioning, and renovating the leather than a wax polish does.

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Wax polish:

Wax polishes are primarily used to create a nice shine on leather shoes due to the high concentration of hard waxes. The hard waxes allow you to produce that high gloss shine but do not offer the same level of nourishing and conditioning as a cream polish. We recommend using the wax polish to supplement a cream polish.

Cream polish:

The Saphir Medaille D’Or cream polish is considered by shoe aficionados to be the best shoe polish in the world. The Saphir Medaille D’Or cream polish is made from all natural pine turpentine and does not use any petroleum-based solvents to penetrate the leather. By using all natural pine turpentine, this polish ensures that it will be taking the best care possible of your high-quality leather shoes. Cream polishes do a better job at nourishing, conditioning, renovating, and/or recoloring your leather shoes and prevents any risk of damage from silicone or other resins. In addition to using the cream polish, we recommend using the wax polish to achieve a high gloss shine.

[kirbyallison]

This comprehensive kit contains everything you need to begin taking the best care possible of your shoes. Giveaway ends January 29th. Good luck!

[thibaultbossert]

It's so good he even puts it in his hair

[altoticket]

Why am I on a watching spree of shoe polishing videos at 2 am - if I dont even take care of mine?

[Matthan]

These shoe cleaning videos by Kirby are absolutely outstanding. He explains WHY processes are necessary which is so important. Everything he says has a clear, precise meaning and is in a logical sequence. I have learned a huge amount from them. Many thanks to you Kirby.

[gesalbte]

Mr. Allison's recommendation (presumably after cleaning and conditioning the leather):
- Apply the cream to the entire shoe. After it dries, brush it off with a horsehair brush. Do it 2 or 3 times. 0:27
- Apply light wax to the entire shoe, 1 or 2 coats. Apply multiple layers of wax only to the toe box and hind quarters . 1:13
Mr. Allison showing the result of:
- 1 application of cream and brushing. 5:25
- 1 coat of wax and brushing. 8:35

[carlolaput]

Thank you for always mentioning the warning about over waxing in areas where the shoe flexes, which causes the cracked white appearance, more people need to know about that

[cyberla]

This guy is awesome! He's like a young/old guy lol. Thank you so much for the tutorial and invitation for help 👊

[rayrobinson]

Love this guy, , I can believe how many young men don't know how to polish a pair of shoes. " unbelievable " great video. Young men don't know how to dress like a gentleman these days.. Nice to see someone still knows how it's done..fantastic teaching aid.

[mikeyandalyssab]

I keep waiting for the trollie to ride by in the background and then have him walk over and feed his fish.

[_audacity]

Thank you for this video! I started working trades and getting into leather boots and wears a few years ago. I was always hard on my tennis shoes as a kid. I ran them into the dirt. My parents hated how frequently I would destroy them.... But my leather boots last for years! And I actually quite enjoy taking care of my leather. It's a nice way to clear my head and ground myself, shampooing, conditioning, and polishing my leather. I've been wondering if I've been doing it correctly all this time, because my parents are simple city folk who don't know much about leather or how to care for it. I polish with a layer of neutral cream polish, a layer of colored cream polish, and then I finish off with 1 or 2 layers of wax polish. It made sense to me, since like you said cream is primarily for conditioning the leather and wax is used for a protective layer. I'm so glad to finally get confirmation that this is a good method to polish!! Thanks again!!

[SPookyTheKiller]

4:08 - anyone else noticed, that he switched the side view to the wax polish here? :-D :-D

[agc]

What a really well explained presentation! I was especially in the Saphir range … I have been polishing my shoes since I was about 8 years old (I was born in 1970). You are quite right to point out the quality differential that exists for shoe care products. There are some very expensive and beautifully made shoes, sadly many of the owners have no idea how to care for them. Dress shoes are quick and easy to care for and they look fantastic when they are well cared for.
Thanks for the clear and calm stylistic delivery. I will definitely be buying some Saphir products … I am a sucker for high shining my leather footwear. 😂

[rodboggess]

I actually did cause damage to my sites using Saphir cream by leaving it on overnight. It turned out that, while I attempted to apply the cream liberally, it wasn’t even, and in places where it was thicker, the dye created stains that left the shoes blotchy.

[naughtyboy]

by far the most decent video on distinguishing cream & hard wax polish

[tigglepig]

A very good tutorial, I will invest in one of those large horsehair brushes ! Thanks.

[michaeldale]

I always remove the laces AND I clean the tongue with cream but not wax

[jumboJetPilot]

I’ve always applied hard waxes with water-dampened cotton balls. After sitting a few minutes I’ll then go over the shoes with new damp cotton balls; more-or-less the classical “spit shine” technique. Once you master the technique then your shine, just like mine, will challenge the best, most mirror-like shine in the world. You can do that maybe ten or so times before you then strip all the polish and then repeat as desired.

[hopepeacetrust]

My bro was in the army and watching this reminds me of the days he taught me and made me polish his shoes whenever he came home on vacation... This man in a way looks and sounds like my brother 😂😅😊... I had to apply the cream polish and leave the shoes in the sunshine until the polish gets absorbed for 30-60mins and then i had to polish it with the brush until each and every surface reflects light like a mirror

[QVL]

Excellent video on shoe conditioning and polishing, and Saphir products.

[toobalkain]

Perhaps the most important lesson here, don’t apply too much hard wax, it’s easy to overdo it and difficult to remove and those white cloudy lines are very unsightly. I put way too much on a pair of Fiorentini+Baker boots, it multiple de-applications and two bottles of Renomat to remove the redundant layers. It’s also a good idea to watch all these videos as otherwise you might not learn that all old waxes have to be removed once or twice a year, shoes cleaned to their leather so there’s nothing left and then the whole regimen applied again; Renovateur, Pommadier, Pate de Luxe (or Mirror polish).