you can melt the polish and apply it wet.
Will this damage the leather? I have a hard time getting my expensive shoes looking good, but don't want to ruin them!
Will this damage the leather?
I doubt it. It's only about as hot as hot candle wax. I've done it a lot to leather shoes and it never ruined or even softened the leather. It had no effect other than giving it a good polish. Of course, they weren't really expensive shoes, but they were good quality. If you're worried then you can let it cool a little bit and apply the polish while it's gooey instead of runny.
No ... You can also use a small torch to heat the polish while it's on the shoe ... But you better keep it off the shoe and keep it moving ... All the pro's use these ...
try heating the polish ... working it in ... then applying another coat ... The woman I mentioned above would apply 4 or 5 coats ...