JL Black Museum Calf and polish

Acidshort · Apr 29, 2010

Hey guys,
I am going to start using cream on my new JLs, which are black museum. Would the best wax color for this be black, or neutral? I ask about neutral because the black museum is not a flat black and has some differeing hues of black... or is it best to just go with the black cream. I plan on buying the creams from the JL boutique. Thanks.
Aaron

dropout5 · Apr 29, 2010

maybe the neutral if you want to keep the differing hues, but i would ask the guy at the JL boutique.

sho'nuff · Apr 29, 2010

you dont need a cream for the museum calf. best to just use a black wax polish. it is translucent, dont worry it won't cover up the hues.

neutral polish is not really a polish. it will also leave alot of residue that will be visibly white at the creases.

apropos · Apr 29, 2010

Black. Neutral will show up as greyish-whitish residue on black shoes.

JayJay · Apr 29, 2010

The folks at JL recommended black when I asked them awhile back.

patrickBOOTH · Apr 29, 2010

Does anybody have a detailed picture of the black museum calf? I don't think I have ever seen it in person (maybe I have?) but in all online pictures it just looks solid black...

Acidshort · Apr 29, 2010

I talked to the people at JL nyc, they suggested black, but they said that the hues of the black will dissapear as well. They suggested neutral if I wanted to keep the tones... too many options for someone who has never done this type of stuff before! I just wanna keep them looking pretty for years to come!

sho'nuff · Apr 29, 2010

just listen to me.

gdl203 · Apr 29, 2010

Neutral cream. No polish

Xiaogou · Apr 29, 2010

Originally Posted by patrickBOOTH

Does anybody have a detailed picture of the black museum calf? I don't think I have ever seen it in person (maybe I have?) but in all online pictures it just looks solid black...

Use neutral on all museum calf. A good friend of mine used the recommended brown on his chestnut museum shoes and completely covered up the antiqued look.

Xiaogou · Apr 29, 2010

Originally Posted by patrickBOOTH

Does anybody have a detailed picture of the black museum calf? I don't think I have ever seen it in person (maybe I have?) but in all online pictures it just looks solid black...

Should be in the shoe pictorial thread. Black museum calf has hints of grey, iirc.

Acidshort · Apr 29, 2010

How about dark oak Antique? Should neutral be used on that too, or just brown? This is complicated.

Dr No · Apr 29, 2010

I use neutral cream or Saphir RÃ

novateur on all museum calf, even the black. Using coloured cream or polish will make the museum effect dissappear in time.

Dr No · Apr 29, 2010

I think dark oak is just dark oak and not antique. Use dark brown for that, there is no museum effect on dark oak.

Acidshort · Apr 29, 2010

Antique is written on the box, what does that effect look like? Its not uniform in color?

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