Quote Originally Posted by Tobus View Post

I have read about people putting a brown layer in when polishing a black boot for depth, but I wasn't sure if a black layer when doing a brown boot would be a good idea. It makes sense that it would affect the colour, but I'm betting it would have to be very carefully done so as to avoid blackish streaks or irregularities. Are you saying to do this black layer in between the browns during the buildup of layers, or after an initial bulling of the brown followed by a layer of black and then another brown bulling?
Have done this whilst serving the general rule was one layer of brown to five of black, allegedly better because the brown contained more wax. These are thin layers applied before the buffing stage, although I have tried during the shining stage and it seemed successful. The advent of parade gloss shoe polish killed this practice off as it seemed to contain more wax.