{"id":8315,"date":"2015-01-17T07:30:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-17T12:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=8315"},"modified":"2015-01-17T07:30:51","modified_gmt":"2015-01-17T12:30:51","slug":"keeping-a-shine-on-firefighter-boots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=8315","title":{"rendered":"Keeping a Shine on Firefighter Boots"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Chipfire201\"Fridays are casual days in the office. I wear denim jeans, casual shirt, no tie (thankfully) and — always — a pair of boots. Yesterday I was wearing my smooth-soled Chippewa Firefighter Boots<\/a>. <\/p>\n

I was sitting in my boss’ office and had my left leg crossed over my right. The boot was prominent. My boss asked,
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\n“How do you keep the shine on your boots?” He mentioned that he had “marine boots” — Corcorans — that he was issued when he completed boot camp. Those boots, made of all leather, were hard to shine and keep spit-polished. My boss regaled stories about maintaining his boots for military inspections.<\/p>\n

But then he asked again, “Those boots look great. How do you keep the shine?”<\/p>\n

\"Chipshinelug208\"I gave away the secret. Chippewa Firefighter boots have a thin plastic topcoat like Chippewa Hi-Shine engineer boots do<\/a>, so they naturally have a shine. <\/p>\n

I explained that every time I take them off, I wipe them down with a damp cloth, then spray a very light coating of furniture polish on a lintless cloth and then rub it over the boots. In a minute, the boots have returned to a brilliant shine. A cop taught me that technique — that is how he maintains his stock Dehner patrol boots.<\/p>\n

About twice a year, I will resort to using a light coat of wax polish to fill nicks and dings in the boots. But otherwise, a quick spray and wipe with furniture polish does the trick.<\/p>\n

BTW… nice to have a boot conversation with the boss, eh?<\/p>\n

Life is short: maintain your boots and have them look good to wear to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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