Customer Reviews

Lincoln USMC Black Stain Wax Shoe Polish

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I used to use Kiwi. Here in Arizona, the heat can get up to 120 degrees during the summer. Kiwi would literally melt off of my boots. Once I started using Lincoln, that was no longer a problem. And, the shine is faster, better, and easier. Nothing but good Juju. Shop around a bit on the internet, though. You can find a 3oz tin for 3 bucks if you look.

The higher stain content in this polish (compared to regular shoe polish) allowed me to successfully cover some discolored areas on my old black dress shoes. Without this product I'm sure I would have had to throw the shoes out. Now they look almost new!

I first came across a can of this while living in South Korea about 12 years ago. I absolutely love it. I have used this polish since then, and it has always provided excellent protection and a great shine.

I've used Lincoln since the 1950s when I began shining my own shoes in a caring way as a teenager. I learned of it from the shoe repair shop which is where you can buy it now other than the internet -- these are shoe "professionals," and know their business. It saved me hours in Infantry Basic, AIT, Infantry Officer's School at Ft. Benning, GA, and through the rest my three-year stint in the Army as an officer, for both boots and dress shoes. No one could tell the difference between my Lincoln shine and the Kiwi spit shines that took so much time and effort and didn't last past the first bruise. With Lincoln you can buff back your original shine most of the time on your sock or pant leg (not in Navy dress). And when you're in a rush you can get back about 95% of the last shine using only your good horsehair brush and a quick buff. I wouldn't be caught dead in plastic shoes because you can better the shine and easily keep it up with a good shoe or boot and Lincoln polish. And it's good for your footgear. For many years I applied it with my fingers like many shoe-shine pros do, but I'm more lazy now at age 69 and use an old t-shirt, my GI one in OD green issued when I left for Vietnam in 1969. There's simply no comparison with other polishes, even the creme types which always stain my pant bottoms when I occasionally use them for deep color repair.

Lincoln wax is the only way I could achieve a flawless "Fort Bragg Standard" shine on my jump boots back in the day. I had one pair I only wore with my Class A's and they always shined above the rest. My secret was to put a small amount on the boots and then use a heat gun to slightly melt it. As it was cooling, I would dip a cotton ball into ice cold water, put a little fresh Lincoln on the tip, and rub it gentle circles until it looked like glass. Well, I guess it's not a secret now...LOL! It is a perfected technique, so that's not all there is to it. All I can say is Lincoln Wax works, and I have many years of saved push ups to prove it. If you want a true high gloss shine, buy this now!

I've used this shoe polish before, and it's been fine, but when this package arrived the shoe polish was so dried out that it crumbled and fell out of the container when I opened it. My guess is that it had been on the shelf for years, and should have been discarded.

Great product, delivered fast at a fair price for the product and the shipping. No better shine available.

For the longest time, I used black Kiwi polish. The thing about Kiwi is that it shines quickly but it also dulls easy. I live in CA so during the summer days of 100+ degrees I can literally watch my boots become dull within an hour.

This is my first time using Lincoln Wax. I heard many great things about this brand and I noticed that many shoe shiners use this brand as well. I applied the wax to my new Bates 8" boots and I could tell that the polish inhanced the color and made a really nice gloss shine. I applied a few coats of polish, waved a lighter across the boot and buffed it out. After repeating this a few times, it turned out really nice.

I will update my review in the summer time after I see how well it holds up in high heat conditions.

I am a former Marine, so I know what a spit-shine is. I would say Lincoln shoe-polish takes about 1/2 the time as other polish to get a spit shine. After breaking down my harley boots with shaving creme, took about 20 min each to get a good all-over shine and mirror toes. Took about 10 min each for my black dress shoes to get a mirror shine to the front half of the shoe... looks good, easy to shine.

This polish is just like the other USMC polish and gives you great results, and yes I would highly recommend it to anyone.