DIY Kenkälankki/rasva

[Ridge Porridge]

Kuulin et tää ois mahdollista?! Ei oo oikein varaa ostaa nyt lankkia ja mummonpotkimis-kengät pitäs saada siistittyä nopeesti.
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Kyllä nyt luulis et sen verran löytyy että voi jostain eurokaupasta eurolla hakea tai hietsumarketista (jossa on ollut noita lankkeja jotain 3kpl/€). Voipi olla että joku DIY tulee huomattavasti kalliimmaksi.

mutta tässäpä ohjetta:

Neutral Colour Shoe Polish

To make a neutral-colour, home-made shoe polish, you would need:
Soap flakes 30 g (1 oz)
Potassium carbonate 15 g (0.5 oz) (Obtain from chemist/pharmacist)
Beeswax 150 g (5oz)
Gum arabic powder 15 g (0.5 oz)
Icing sugar 45 g (1.5 oz)

Slice the beeswax and add to 568 ml (a pint) of water. Stir in the soap flakes and potassium carbonate. Boil until a smooth paste. Whilst the mixture is still hot (turn off the heat, but act quickly), add and stir the gum arabic powder and icing sugar. For a specifically black polish, 280 g (10 oz) of charcoal powder from the chemist may be added at this stage.

In recent history the black colour comes from an aniline dye. The next recipe indicates that nigrosene (generically, a black dye made from oxidised aniline) was domestically procurable in the 1940s.

Note that the above recipe uses potassium carbonate (potash) whereas the following recipe uses potassium bicarbonate, which is not potash. Imperial Measures are in brackets.

Black Shoe Polish

Melt wax in boiling water and stir in the potassium, using a large pot to allow for the mixture foaming up. Dissolve the nigrosene in a little cold water and stir it in thoroughly, bring to the boil, and simmer gently for some minutes, stirring it until it creams. Take mixture off the fire, and stir in the turpentine. Put away in small tins, tightly closed.

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Banana Peel

After you snack on a scrumptious banana, put that peel to good use before tossing it in the compost bin. Shine your shoes with it!

That’s right. The natural oils on the inside of a banana peel work glossy wonders on your leather shoes. Simply buff out your duds using the peel, and then wipe the shoes clean with a soft cloth.
Olive Oil and Lemon

Slick your shoes with a combination of two parts olive oil and one part lemon juice to give your kicks a seriously shiny luster. Let the mixture soak in and then buff with a dry cloth.

If you don’t have any of the above ingredients, try polishing your shoes with any oil you have available—coconut, vegetable, corn or walnut.

While you’re at it, shake a tablespoon or so of baking soda inside your shoes to naturally deodorize them.

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Vielä yksi:

Remove the wick of a tea candle and melt it down
Mix in 1 tbsp. of lanolin and 1 tbsp of mineral oil
Once stirred together, rub it on your shoe with a rag and let stand for a minute or two.
Finish up by buffing your shoes so they sparkle and shine!