Der Panzerkommandant.... said:
Nice troll. Better explain yourself.
The Army.ca Staff
Explain?
No problem.
Personally I use polish and a cloth, and I find polishing boots to be somewhat relaxing.
I found that during my PLQ that the staff tried to induce extra stress by telling you to work on your boots, and surprisingly some of my course mates would stress about it. What ended up happening is that some folks would spend way too much time polishing their boots and less time on other things. I personally had one inspection where I was told that I had to work on the boots, and that there better be a big improvement for the next inspection (next day).
Well do you think I touched my boots that night? No, I did not, because I spent my time prepping a lecture and memorizing some drill movements for instruction. When it was all said and done at the end of the night, I went to bed. Sleep is much more important than a shine, I knew that a crappy shine was not going to get me RTU'd, but screwing up a lecture or something else would. That would have been a good night for a so-called boot polish short cut. The next morning, I was told that the boots were looking good, and it was clear that I worked on them. Sure I worked on them, I moved them from the bed to the floor, then back to the bed for inspection.
I always thought of the "work on your boots" comment to be one that was said so you didn't have recruits sitting around with idle time. If someone has a busy schedule and they decide to paint their boots, or whatever they do, and happen to get a spectacular shine, then go for it. I do not see a problem with that, if it works and it looks good then go for it. If it frees up more time for studying/prepping then I see it as a good thing, whatever works for the individual. For me the best method is the traditional one, its easy and I know I won't screw up my boots.
