Polishing
Polishing was the act of giving an object a smooth, lustrous surface. This could be accomplished using a special polish, or it could simply involve buffing the object in question with a cloth.

In 1930, Edith Keeler praised James T. Kirk and Spock's work in the basement of the , saying it looked as though it had been scrubbed and polished. ()

In 2152,  sarcastically offered to polish all the handles and rails in 's Engineering while the ship unexpectedly changed course for the Pernaia system. After Jonathan Archer gave him a look, he decided to purge the impulse reactors instead. ()

In 2268, when Cyrano Jones offered to sell the bartender on Deep Space Station K-7 Antarean glow water, he replied that he used it to polish the multiple Spican flame gems he'd already sold him. ()

In 2369, Quark berated Rom for returning a patron's full currency pouch, giving him the punishment of polishing every rail in Quark's. Soon after, spying a lazy Nog, Rom passed on the punishment to him, saying he wanted every rail to sparkle. ()

In 2371, Tuvok instructed Gerron to polish his scuffed boots from then on. ()

In 2372, Neelix admonished  crewmembers to "snap to and keep those boots polished to a shine," because if they did they might be featured on A Briefing with Neelix. ()

In 2373, in The Doctor's original version of Doctor's Family Program Beta-Rho,"Kenneth"'s holographic wife, Charlene, stood by the door and asked Belle and Jeffrey if their shoes were polished. ()

In 2375, as an ensign, Nog polished Benjamin Sisko's desk, much to Sisko's delight. Nog explained that he did so because he thought it was looking a little dull. In reality, he had loaned the desk to Al Lorenzo temporarily so the man could take a holophoto of himself sitting behind it, and had just returned it to the office when Sisko discovered him. ()

In 2377, assuring Irina that Harry Kim, her new co-pilot in the Antarian Trans-stellar Rally was a good choice despite the fact that her ship was damaged, B'Elanna Torres remarked, "He'll not only fix your ship, he'll polish the bulkheads. " ()

Types of polishes
 Nail polish
 Shoe polish

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