I think I ruined my boots by polishing them.....HELP?

[TBSDSpaniard]

Good evening SF,

Today as I was walking with my kids, my son stumbled and I moved to catch him from falling. As I did I must of altered my step and scuffed my boots. No biggie. Later on I came home and began to see what I could to cover up the small scuffs. I used meltonian conditioner, followed by meltonian cream polish, and then finished off with kiwi polish. In my final stage after having the cream polish dry for about 20' minutes or so, i noticed the color changed.

Below are two images of the rich dark chocolate brown in unpolished areas.

Below is the resultant discoloration after my protocol.....
This pic you can see the scuff on the top of the toebox.

The only thing i can say is that I believe this is a waxy leather, and i noticed some sort of film and the leather becoming sticky the more I used the brush, so I stopped and took pics to ask the SF community to help.

WTF did I do wrong?

 

[YRR92]

Quote:

Huh?

They look like fine boots.

Did you brush off the Kiwi polish?

There is a shoe care thread where you should post this.

 

[TBSDSpaniard]



Huh?

They look like fine boots.

Did you brush off the Kiwi polish?

There is a shoe care thread where you should post this.

Thanks.

 

[GBR]

Just wear them. nothing appears amiss.

 

[VinnyMac]

Wow! That left boot is fxcked up. No one's going to look closely enough at your feet to notice, but damn...Is that the "before" or "after" shot?

 

[archetypal_yuppie]

Use black polish (not cream). Use soft item to shine. Will improve.

 

[TBSDSpaniard]



Wow! That left boot is fxcked up. No one's going to look closely enough at your feet to notice, but damn...Is that the "before" or "after" shot?

that's the after.....but today I brought them to SOLE PERFECTION in Maple.....I cannot speak more highly about Borna Ebrahimzadeh the proprietor. There is still some discoloration, but nothing like before. I will post some pics over the next few days.

 

[TBSDSpaniard]



Use black polish (not cream). Use soft item to shine. Will improve.

thanks for the tip, i'll try this on my next round.