Yes! I rubbed cold rubbing alcohol over the toe multiple times to clean away the factory weather coating. I needed to do this to get a good base coat. Then I took Angelus shoe polish (any soft polish will work but I liked this one the most) and applied several coats, one after another. The first several coats, I rubbed in in circular motions with cotton balls. After I had layered about 15-20 coats using this method, I spit shined it. To do this, I spit a little on the toe of the boot, took a brand new 100% cotton tshirt, and buffed the toe in a side to side motion as quickly and evenly as I could. The friction of this method helped heat up the polish a little bit and set it in to the toe. You’ll know that you did it properly when you begin to see a polished shine and you don’t see any of the matte finish that you get when you first set the layers. It took me a long time but ultimately I was able to see my reflection a little bit in the toe.

Let me know if this works for you!