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Leather jacket cleaner ?
Posted: 12 Dec 2017, 11:18
by Scuff
I've got an Alpinestars jacket that I want to clean and re-condition .... Anybody got any recommendations as to what products best to use these days ?
Re: Leather jacket cleaner ?
Posted: 12 Dec 2017, 11:47
by Kwacky
Depends how dirty they are. If they've not been cleaned for a while it might be easier and cheaper to send them off.
Re: Leather jacket cleaner ?
Posted: 12 Dec 2017, 11:57
by StMarks
Scuff wrote:I've got an Alpinestars jacket that I want to clean and re-condition .... Anybody got any recommendations as to what products best to use these days ?
Don't know, but...
... when I went to the Bikeshow a few years ago there was a company there who were promoting a leather reconditioning balm. They had a team of (very
lovely) young ladies who were going round massaging the product into the leathers of anyone who went near them.
I was wearing my old Wolf jacket & one of them started working it into my right shoulder
However Deany was with me that year, and brought a swift stop to her endeavours.
I remember seeing a bloke in a one piece being massaged by four of the little beauties, & judging by the look on his face he was well on the way to a happy ending.!
They were selling loads of it too, because it genuinely seemed to spruce up the material that it was applied to. Anyway, I didn't invest & I don't recall what make it was.
Edit. I have just checked my old jacket, and you can
still tell where the cream was applied.
Re: Leather jacket cleaner ?
Posted: 12 Dec 2017, 12:27
by kiwikrasher
That is a brilliant sales technique, if you see them again, maybe suggest they diverse to Australia?
Re: Leather jacket cleaner ?
Posted: 12 Dec 2017, 12:49
by duke63
Knikwax leather cleaner is the best.
Re: Leather jacket cleaner ?
Posted: 12 Dec 2017, 22:52
by Rossgo
Agreed with duke, nikwax leather cleaner and then the conditioner stuff is good. However a bottle only lasts about 1.5 times and 2 at a stretch for a 1 piece.
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Re: Leather jacket cleaner ?
Posted: 12 Dec 2017, 22:53
by Rossgo
This stuff
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Re: Leather jacket cleaner ?
Posted: 13 Dec 2017, 08:26
by D6Nutz
Someone once suggested to me to use the same stuff they use on horse saddles... Does exactly the same job, and it's much cheaper.
Re: Leather jacket cleaner ?
Posted: 13 Dec 2017, 08:54
by Rossgo
Nutz might have a point there actually! I need to clean my 1 piece this Christmas and I'm running out of Nikwax, saddle cleaner I might try!
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Re: Leather jacket cleaner ?
Posted: 13 Dec 2017, 10:17
by Kwacky
D6Nutz wrote:Someone once suggested to me to use the same stuff they use on horse saddles... .
So how do you apply it?
Re: Leather jacket cleaner ?
Posted: 13 Dec 2017, 10:33
by StMarks
Actually I've also got a pair of ^ those, picture anybody.?
Re: Leather jacket cleaner ?
Posted: 13 Dec 2017, 16:09
by kiwikrasher
StMarks wrote: Actually I've also got a pair of ^ those, picture anybody.?
No thanks, just had my lunch!
Re: Leather jacket cleaner ?
Posted: 13 Dec 2017, 18:08
by Blade
Use a cleaner before applying a good conditioner. If you just use a conditioner any dirt or micrscopic grit trapped in the leather pours works with the oils in the conditioner as an abrasive paste and makes the leather all shiny.
Re: Leather jacket cleaner ?
Posted: 13 Dec 2017, 18:36
by duke63
Kwacky wrote:D6Nutz wrote:Someone once suggested to me to use the same stuff they use on horse saddles... .
So how do you apply it?
tame.
Re: Leather jacket cleaner ?
Posted: 13 Dec 2017, 18:59
by StMarks
Actually I've,,,,,,,
,,,, Just kidding
Besides, they look like they'd chaff somewhat, although perhaps not with the sort of riding they'll get used for.