What is the best way to clean your leather jacket?Should you use any type of conditioner on it?
You spill something on it already?
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I use the same leather conditioner I use on car seats.
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What is the best way to clean your leather jacket?Should you use any type of conditioner on it?
Leather is animal skin. It has pores and they get dirty, the leather will also dry out and eventually crack.
My (late) father used to make high end leather products by hand....... Wallets, belts, purses, bowling bags, saddles, etc. He taught me to use saddle soap, gently using an old towel or wash cloth, and in some cases a very soft, natural bristle brush. Wiping it clean and dry with another terry cloth towel..... all cotton.
To treat the leather and but some moisture back in, we used Lexol or a like product that contains lanolin......Just read the directions. Lexol also makes a cleaning product that works pretty damned well.
I use this same method on leather interiors, chaps, furniture, fine shoes (then shoe polish) and any high quality leather products.
What ever you do NEVER, EVER use Armor All or any other like product on any leather. THey are all petroleum based products with some degree of silicone. These will only server to dry up the hide and ruin it. Mink oil will make some leather water resistant, but it will also attack cotton threads........... have a pair of deerskin gloves that are coming apart because of this.
Good luck
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I have two leather jackets (Brooks). One was my Dad's from before I was born. He gave it to me about 30 years ago. It's about 50 years old. The other I got in college. It's about 25 years old.
If they get dirty, like lots of bug guts, I wipe them off with a slightly damp cloth and let them dry hanging in my closet. I use mink oil (in a paste like consistency) on them, but only about once per year or so. The oil soaks right in. I hang them to dry in the closet.
I have considered trying something different, but with 50 years without any issues, why change.
Leather is animal skin. It has pores and they get dirty, the leather will also dry out and eventually crack.
My (late) father used to make high end leather products by hand....... Wallets, belts, purses, bowling bags, saddles, etc. He taught me to use saddle soap, gently using an old towel or wash cloth, and in some cases a very soft, natural bristle brush. Wiping it clean and dry with another terry cloth towel..... all cotton.
To treat the leather and but some moisture back in, we used Lexol or a like product that contains lanolin......Just read the directions. Lexol also makes a cleaning product that works pretty damned well.
I use this same method on leather interiors, chaps, furniture, fine shoes (then shoe polish) and any high quality leather products.
What ever you do NEVER, EVER use Armor All or any other like product on any leather. THey are all petroleum based products with some degree of silicone. These will only server to dry up the hide and ruin it. Mink oil will make some leather water resistant, but it will also attack cotton threads........... have a pair of deerskin gloves that are coming apart because of this.
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I have two leather jackets (Brooks). One was my Dad's from before I was born. He gave it to me about 30 years ago. It's about 50 years old. The other I got in college. It's about 25 years old.
If they get dirty, like lots of bug guts, I wipe them off with a slightly damp cloth and let them dry hanging in my closet. I use mink oil (in a paste like consistency) on them, but only about once per year or so. The oil soaks right in. I hang them to dry in the closet.
I have considered trying something different, but with 50 years without any issues, why change.
DITTO hear.I still have my old Brooks jacket (gf wears it at times)]
A good jacket dont need "cleaning" wipe off bug juice seal it wear it.
The older and stained and cracked they get the better they are.
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