Comparative study of performance of shoe polishes formulated from polyethylene and carbon black (C. I. Black pigment 7)

Abstract

Polyethylene pigment was generated from “pure water sachets” (one of the major environmental nuisance today) and used in the formulation of shoe polish using paraffin wax, white spirit, turpentine oil, and nitrocellulose. The polish was found to exhibit similar wrinkle resistance, inferior gloss, rub resistance; resistance to fading and dust absorption resistance comparable to the one formulated from carbon black pigment. Polyethylene polish like the one formulated using carbon black pigment was found to be fairly well comparable with some commercial shoe polishes in most of the parameters evaluated.

Keywords: Polish, Carbon, Resistance, Paraffin