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This is how I ruined a perfectly good pair of AEs...
I went to polish them with Kiwi wax. The color was a bit darker than the shoe. When I added some water during the buffing phase, the shoes became variegated in color showing dark specks and splotches. I tried to clean it up with a really light colored Kiwi wax, but it didn't work. In fact, it got slightly worse. I used a leather cleaner I had for leather furniture, and that didn't work. I tried (after consulting this forum) to strip off all the wax using rubbing alcohol, and...yep...you guessed right...that didn't work either. After all of these steps the brown splotch on the front of the (left) shoe just kept on getting worse! As a last resort, I tried acetone figuring that I could re-dye the shoes if I messed this up, but the acetone did not remove the dark area.
If there is anyone here that has the expertise to help me salvage these shoes--preferable back to the lighter color--that would be great. Otherwise I can always strip as much as I can and use the lightest dye that is darker than the splotch to refinish them.
Help!!!
I went to polish them with Kiwi wax. The color was a bit darker than the shoe. When I added some water during the buffing phase, the shoes became variegated in color showing dark specks and splotches. I tried to clean it up with a really light colored Kiwi wax, but it didn't work. In fact, it got slightly worse. I used a leather cleaner I had for leather furniture, and that didn't work. I tried (after consulting this forum) to strip off all the wax using rubbing alcohol, and...yep...you guessed right...that didn't work either. After all of these steps the brown splotch on the front of the (left) shoe just kept on getting worse! As a last resort, I tried acetone figuring that I could re-dye the shoes if I messed this up, but the acetone did not remove the dark area.
If there is anyone here that has the expertise to help me salvage these shoes--preferable back to the lighter color--that would be great. Otherwise I can always strip as much as I can and use the lightest dye that is darker than the splotch to refinish them.
Help!!!