Just kidding. I've used a horsehair shoe brush since '69 and even used some black shoepolish but cleaning it with warm soapy water and the horsehair brush works best. The horsehair brush is the trick Back then Pledge and the HH brush was what was used until Armor-all came about in the early '70's. Haven't tried the "satin-finish" Armor-all.....I'll be back