Plan No. 488. A Shoe Polish in Powder Form
Shoe polishes always sell, and it is only a question as to which is the best one. The following is not excelled:
Take powdered gum arabic, 5 pounds; sugar, 11⁄4 pounds; analine black, 3 ounces. Powder these and mix well. Then divide into ten packets, each of which will produce a pint of polish, or into twenty packets that will make a half-pint each, though more may be made from, a packet, as it is rather thick, especially for kid or glaze leathers. It can be used with either water or vinegar, or these combined, in which to dissolve the powder. Apply with a brush, and continue the friction until the superfluous fluid dries and the polish appears.
To make this a tan polish, use 1 ounce of chrysodine, instead of the analine black.
A fine polish and a good profit in this preparation.