On Sun, 11 Feb 2018 19:50:33 +0000 (UTC)
The Other John wrote:

On Sun, 11 Feb 2018 08:26:47 -0800, millie wrote:

Or How do you remove black shoe polish tat your mother in law used
on your brown shoes.

The OP has probably bought a new pair of shoes in the intervening 6+
years!

But it was effectively a new question that happened to be tagged onto
an old post, so forgivable I think. :-)