polish Flight Boots?

[jamnww]

Ok, just a general question for anyone who may have the word on this. Are you allowed to polish your issue steel toe flight boots?

 

[Fly Navy]

Per uniform regulations, yes.

Per API regulations, yes.

Per my squadron, yes.

If you ever have Mr. Kay at NAS Meridian, you damn well better!

I usually polish em up nice and pretty for when I have to, and don't touch them again until well... I have to. The polish also protects them from water damage and it will protect them from light knicks and scratches. I see people maintaining a perfect polish on their boots sometimes. I swear, they aren't preflighting their aircraft.

 

[gaijin6423]

Probably should be posted under the "Urban Legends" thread, but that whole thing about polish being a fire hazard is nothing but BS.

 

[jamnww]

Thanks for the gouge...

 

[Brett327]

Probably should be posted under the "Urban Legends" thread, but that whole thing about polish being a fire hazard is nothing but BS.

Yeah, I guarantee that there are more significant mounds of hydrocarbon-based grease products around the cockpit of your average jet than the tiny layer on your boots.

Brett

 

[VarmintShooter]

Next question ... does anyone in the fleet maintain a shine on their boots? I'm not talking about coloring them with a black sharpie marker, but an actual effort with some polish?

 

[Crowbar]

If your boots catch fire, you have a hell of a lot more to worry about than whether or not they have a little wax on them.

 

[trvsmrtn]

In the fleet? Mostly yes. In the aviation community?? I was stashed with a squadron for 6 months and those guys didn't. I remember the XO started hitting them up about shining their boots.

 

[Brett327]

Next question ... does anyone in the fleet maintain a shine on their boots? I'm not talking about coloring them with a black sharpie marker, but an actual effort with some polish?

Yes, not necessarily an OCS style mirror shine, but every RR I've been in has a shine kit for folks to use. Ours even bought one of those gay, motorized rotary buffer things which was essentially worthless - it was summarily smashed and discarded.

Brett

 

[trvsmrtn]

It's not a big task. It takes less than 5 minutes throw some polish on your boots and give them a quick buff.

 

[Fly Navy]

Yes, not necessarily an OCS style mirror shine, but every RR I've been in has a shine kit for folks to use. Ours even bought one of those gay, motorized rotary buffer things which was essentially worthless - it was summarily smashed and discarded.

Brett

Should've gotten an Ordie to rig it to a bomb rack...

 

[fc2spyguy]

Yes, not necessarily an OCS style mirror shine, but every RR I've been in has a shine kit for folks to use. Ours even bought one of those gay, motorized rotary buffer things which was essentially worthless - it was summarily smashed and discarded.

Brett

Those things are great if you have a good shine on your boots, but if you just have a couple of layers to "blacken" them then they're pretty worthless.

 

[Swmtb]

When I saw the subject heading for this thread I seriously thought it was about Polish, as in the country, boots. I'm glad it's not.

I am an idiot.

 

[Fly Navy]

When I saw the subject heading for this thread I seriously thought it was about Polish, as in the country, boots. I'm glad it's not.

I am an idiot.

 

[vvmountainvv]

i thought this was going to be a thread about flight boots from Poland. man, i am dumb.