This weekend for me is shoe roundup time. Going through and making sure everything is in good repair, cleaned, and polished.
It's pretty amazing what a polish can do and if you haven't done it yourself before it is much easier than you might think. There are, no kidding, hundreds of videos on you tube for a quick lesson and the basic polish, brush, and cloth can be gotten pretty much anywhere from the grocery store to the hardware store. I have also found that around the holidays shoe shine kits are packaged up in nice sets for quite good prices.
Here is an easy brush on/off video good for daily boots
For a high gloss shine just search youtube for spit shine or fire shine.
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Another quick and easy update/spiff-up is to replace the laces.
Especially with sport shoes and boots, changing up colors or materials can make it like getting a new pair of shoes, or an accessory to match whatever else you are wearing.
It's in the details.