Select a brand and color of polish.

My favorite brand of polish is called MELTONIAN, it is manufactured by KIWI Brands Inc.  Meltonian comes in nearly 200 colors which covers basically every color of leather product you could own.  You should be able to find it at nearly all shoe repair shops and some major department stores in their shoe care area of the shoe department. When choosing a color, the color does not have to be an exact match. You merely have to find a color that is very close. However, with so many colors to choose from it is not to difficult to find a good match. The original color of the leather article will stay true as the color of the new polish restores the color and shine.

Meltonian polish has very rich color as well as conditioning and some waterproofing properties. When using this brand of polish on your shoes and boots to recolor scuff marks and to just shine them, you can use a small horse hair dauber brush or just a plain old t-shirt to apply the polish in small circles to the leather area and rub it in. Using a horse hair polishing brush or the same t-shirt, use rapid buffing motions over the polished areas until the dull look of the polish has turned to a clear shine. In the case of leather articles such as a purse, briefcase or item that may ever rub against your clothing rebuff the entire article with another clean area of the t-shirt lightly to ensure that you do not have much excess transfer of the color. The last thing you want to have happen is to have color transfer from your blue or black purse or from your burgundy briefcase onto your beige skirt or khaki pants. There are also treatment sprays, such as Meltonian Waterproofer which can be lightly misted over the leather article to seal it. There are also some spray shine products such as Master Shine spray wax for leather, which is a light clear wax in a aerosol can to spray on your leather products after you polish them.

I have used Meltonian polish on furniture, motorcycle seats and even some wood applications. Some of the lighter colors may not cover as well as you would like, but the color does fill in the scuffs.  On most light colored leathers, you may have to clean the leather with a good cleaner before you polish it. There are some aerosol sprays and some liquids to use with a rag or t-shirt to rub the dirt off. I am sure you have noticed that the scuff marks may have ground in dirt discoloring the leather. You can pick up a product called Spot Remover from a shoe repair and it really cleans it off great along with cleaning off many other types of things off of your leather articles.

Remember, just because you get a stain on your leather article, do not think it is ruined. Leather is one type of material that has many options to clean or change.