KIWI ab352 Express Shoe Shine Sponge, 02 fl oz, Black

There is a sponge applicator with liquid in a well behind it, by pressing it is supposed to release liquid into sponge, hydrating brown pigment on sponge to release it. I spent quite a bit of time trying to get it to work. The directions are inadequate. I do not recommend this product. I'm sure there are other products that work much better.

I love this light buffing sponge because it does a great job at giving leather footwear and hand bags a quick pick me up without looking to greasy or getting messy. The o my problem is you really have to use it every other day, because it absorbs pretty quickly.

Had the same problem as the last three reviews all of which gave 1 star reviews; the product did not or or the oil did not dispense through the sponge. I tried pumping the valve under the sponge for 10 minutes without any success. Not wanting to admit defeat I deconstructed the Express Shine sponge and valve to manually apply the solution to the sponge. In my opinion the valve seemed to operate correctly. The solution however seemed to viscous to flow through the open valve to the sponge. I cut the valve off to allow the solution to flow without restriction, yet it still flowed slowly much like honey at room temperature. Eventually I was able to get enough solution on the sponge to shine my shoes. I don't feel the Kiwi Express Shine a bad product, possibly a bad batch. A photo of the date code is attached for reference.

I even got my daughter to help me use this in case I missed something obvious. 1) Even though product says black the MINISCULE amount that comes out is not black. 2) MINISCULE says it all, hardly anything comes out on the shoes even after 20 minutes! 3) Waste of money 4) Disappointing because usually Kiwi products are good.

I purchased "The all colors" Express Shine Sponge. There are no instructions on how to get the oil to release into sponge. I took apart the item and saw a very slow release. This is frustrating when using for the for time because it is very difficult to get the dry sponge saturated enough without punching a hold where the old is released. Bummer!!!