I asked my cobbler guy () best thing to clean & condition my trousers. I was after dubbin but he recommended cleansing cream that you use on leather sofas. It did a really good job, cleaned off the salt deposits that leached out of em when they got saturated, left em all nice & soft & supple and I stayed dry when it rained
Hi Sparks, I had heard so many different things so went my local equestrian shop and they told me about this 'Flexalan' lanolised leather dressing, you clean off the muck with a damp cloth first, allow to dry then use a paint brush to apply a thin coat, allow to dry and repeat. Seems a bit off faffing but my jacket is like new again and it has increased it's waterproofiness lol. The 500ml tin cost £9.99 and I reckon it will last years. Good luck with whatever you go with
Weirdoraptor In: Brough, E. Yorks
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A guy in the leather shop once told me that a nailbrush and normal hand soap is as good as anything to clean leathers, then after a rinse and dry, a coating of Renapur for protection.
I must admit, it seemed to work ok on the coloured power ranger suit, but i didn't try it on my black stuff.
Hmmm, not sure about the nailbrush Weirdo. I thought it would be ok as my sister once used one to clean a cream leather suite but I used a soft one on my babyblue leather jacket and it sort of took bits of the top layers of dye off. The black sections were fine though.
It is a fairly lightweight leather jacket though, built for form rather than function.
I used to be a leatherworker many moons ago. Saddle soap was always my recommended choice. But these days there are lots of other products on the market which will also do a good job. However, I say stick with the tried and trusted. You wont go far wrong.
I used to be a leatherworker many moons ago
Is that what they used to call them?
What is it now? S&M or summat.
What exactly does your shop sell (below the counter, I mean)
ps - Bill very excited now
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