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Here at the Designer Shoes Blog, we aim to bring you handy advice and news. After our post about the impact of the recession on the shoe industry, it seems clear more and more of you are choosing to mend or polish-up your old shoes, rather than buying brand new ones. So today we thought I’d help out by providing you dear readers with some advice on e the effectively covering up the scruffs on your leather shoes – so they look great and last longer!

Ever wondered why army boots look so good after months of stomping around? It’s because getting scuffs out of leather shoes is simple; all you need is a damp sponge, a shoe brush and some form of shoe polish. Although wax is the best option for covering scruffs, creams comes in far more colours – so they might be more appropriate. To start with, remove your laces (if you have any) and, using the damp sponge, clean your shoes to remove all the surface dirt. Once they are sparkling clean, apply the polish (wax or cream) and rub it into the leather using small, circular motions. Once you’ve covered all the leather, remove any blobs of excess polish and finally buff the leather with the shoe brush. Good as new!