Allen Edmonds Patina, Polish, & Half Soles with MIRROR SHINE How To

In this video I showcase a beautiful pair of Allen Edmonds Park Avenue cap toe Oxfords that I picked up from eBay for $165 dollars in excellent condition. This video contains:
0:36 - Information regarding buying returned Allen Edmonds
2:30 - Inspecting the shoes.
6:34 - Wiping down the shoes with Acetone in preparation for the dye
9:05 - Air brushing on a mix of tan & brown Fiebings alcohol leather dye onto the toe caps and eye-stays.
16:43 - Cutting /Skiving and edge on the soles for the "Anti-Slip Rubber Protective Half Sole Shoe Repair DIY Replacement Women Men" (eBay item 132432556111).
20:15 - Sanding down the soles.
23:30 - Gluing on the soles with Petrosino's "Master All Purpose Quick Drying Cement Shoe Repair Glue" from eBay seller "Nordshoe"
26:19 - Trimming the edges of the half soles.
28:10 - Moisturize uppers with Ashland Leather Co's "Tanners Blend" Lanolin based leather cream (www.ashlandleather.com)
29:34 - Polish uppers with Saphir #03 Light Brown Medaille D'Or cream polish
31:48 - Polish uppers with Saphir Pate DeLuxe neutral paste wax
33:18 - "SPIT SHINE" (a.k.a. MIRROR SHINE) the toe caps with Saphir Medaille D'Or neutral Mirror Gloss. In this video I give a pretty in-depth spit shine "how-to" and trouble shooting. FYI I preplaced the factory brown laces with light tan laces from "BB Brother Brother (7Pairs) colored Oxford Dress Shoe Laces | Shoe Strings" (32" long, $14.95 from Amazon)
43:02 - Installing "GUARD Quality Heel & Toe Plates Polyeurethane (Plastic) Taps Savers 5 Pair" from($7.95) from eBay seller "leathercaresupplysstore"
43:39 - Polishing the edges and bottoms of the soles
45:09 - The finished result!

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