(Slightly) lightening shoes

[kaczmar2]

Has anyone had success in slightly lightening their shoes using only polish?

I bought a pair of AE's in bown, and while I like the color, I wish it was a bit closer to a walnut color.

I don't want to do anything along the lines of stripping the shoe; rather, I was wondering if, over time, would I get a slight walnut "patina" after many polishings. I understand it won't just beome a walnut-colored shoe - nor do I want that.

Comments? Has this been tried and met with disaster? It shounds like it has worked for members in the past if they wanted to go darker, or make a brown shoe redder, but I didn't see much on imparting a lighter patina.

Thanks.

 

[Eagle]

I don't think the approach you suggest,while quite successful when polishing a lighter color shoe with a darker shade of polish, will work in reverse. Putting a lighter polish on a darker shoe will probably only get you a shoe with the residue from the lighter polish appearing in the creases that form in the leather, as you wear the shoes. To achieve the effect you seek, you might have to strip and re-stain the shoes with a lighter color and then, polish with the darker hue.