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Originally Posted by
Pachuco2
I'll never forget the Hot Dogs at Coney Island,..the Best at the time,..and Tony's Shoe Shine right next door,...the strong smell from the "Stuff" they used to Shine the Stacey's,..I'm surprised the door is shut when this pic was taken,...
The "smell" was denatured alcohol! Evaporated the moisture in the paste wax and cooled and hardened the surface of the just buffed leather.
(Veteran of lots of spit-shined jump boots!)