VALUE-ADDED PRODUCTS FROM BEEKEEPING by R. Krell (FAO AGRICULTURAL
SERVICES BULLETIN No. 124)
which is freely available as an electronic text for personal /
educational use from http://www.fao.org/docrep/w0076e/w0076e00.htm
has the following two recipes for shoe polish in chapter 4. Where as I
have not used either formula myself they may prove to be helpful to you

Shoe polish, cream type

Ingredients (in parts by weight) adapted from Minrath (1957):
4.3    Carnauba wax
3    Soap, flaked
3    Paraffin wax
50    Water    or beeswax
q.s.    Water soluble
8.5    Turpentine

Melt the two waxes in separate containers in a water bath and then
slowly add the paraffin wax or beeswax to the carnauba wax. Remove from
the heat. when this mixture has cooled down but not yet started to
solidift, slowly add the turpentine. Dissolve the soap in the water,
heat to boiling, then mix in the pigments and the wax-turpentine
solution. Continue stirring until it is cool.

To obtain the right shade of colour, the following equivalents may be added:

Black - Acid Black, Brown - Bismarck Brown G, Red - Crocein Scarlet,
Orange-Orange II, and Yellow - Metanil Yellow.

Shoe polish, wax type

Ingredients (in parts by weight) adapted from Minrath (1957):
20    Paraffin wax or beeswax
70    Tupentine
3    Carnauba wax
q.s.    Dyes
4    Montan wax

Melt the first three ingredients, adding each one after the other has
melted, then add the colour. when thoroughly mixed, discontinue heating,
remove from the heat source (for safety) and slowly add turpentine while
stirring.

To produce the desired shade of colour, the following oil soluble dyes
or their equivalent may be incorporated:

Black - Nigrosin, Brown - Bismarck Brown, Red - Rhodamin, Orange -
Chrysoidin, and Yellow - Auramin.

If one or the other waxes are not available, they can be replaced with
beeswax. The consistency of the final polish may change slightly, but
this should not alter significantly the performance of the product.

Peter Dillon wrote:
> Hi to all,
>
> Would be most grateful if somebody could indicate a good method to make
> un-coloured boot/shoe polish based on beeswax.
>
> Peter
>
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