James Mays Man Lab - How to polish your shoes HQ

Short extract from the show: Man Lab. Presented by James May (Top Gear).

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• man
• lab
• james
• may
• polish
• shoes
• shiny

[debbiethemadbee]

what's with the rather cheeky grin at 1:24? hehe

Awwww hahahahaha "because you're weak" bless him. Terrible pupil though lol; "I just put that there to artfully dress it for television", silly boy.

My dad used to buy me leather Airforce shoes and make me polish them, but not that way and it used to take me ages and sometimes I would never get very far. Could be partly because I would get bored and tired quickly.

[Betrayeress]

@debbiethemadbee

The way the shoes are polished is a bit special. My dad used to be in the scouts and the method they thaught him was quite different. However I believe that the method in the video can give good results, but since I dont have lether shoes someone will have to confirm this ^^

I concure to the fact that polishing your shoes is not the most interesting occupation in the world, so chances are your gonna get bored quite quickly :p

PS: soz for my spelling, I'm french T_T

[DackIsBack]

Yer mothers tea towels!! LMFAO!

[Shannmeister]

We all know it was all a bit of fun.

[macgavinjones]

James May is one of the biggest tools around

[sprPee]

get excited and fuck things

[iglediqigle5]

@lukusism yeah i was thinking that.

[lukusism]

prince of wales royal regiment? its the princess of wales royal regiment, princess diana was a massive part of the regiment

[cleeecooo]

@vikingsmb parade gloss is good for a quick shine. Kiwi black is good if you have plenty of time and dedication.

[vikingsmb]

best way is using spit and polish using normal kiwi black. don't use parade gloss as doesn't give a good shine as normal.

[black39gold]

@Betrayeress Its not that hard i can get a well good shine on my Parade Shoes tocaps after about 10 minutes on each shoe lol

[debbiethemadbee]

@Betrayeress spelling is fine ;). My dad was in the military, so what he taught me was from his military background. He would also moan at me at times, saying I was lazy as I didn't polish my shoes. But wouldn't do them for me unless he had to. I just couldn't be bothered as they were just for school and they were going to get all scuffed pretty quickly either. Also being a tough leather, they tore some of the skin from my ankles after a short while too, don't think I could break them in.