Has anyone tried Saddle Soap to clean and condition leathers? I wondered if anyone has tried it or uses it n found it to be good or bad ?

Mark                                                                                                                                                                             

been using it for years mark , i recomend it !!                                                                                                                                                                             

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

sadle soaps top but u do need to clean it of very well or it crakes                                                                                                                                                                               

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                                                                                                                                                                              

Thanks for the advice everyone                                                                                                                                                                              

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                                                                                                                                                                             

It just gets worse And its not my shop, I just work there.......and I keep biccies under the counter                                                                                                                                                                             

Sorry read that post title wrong. I thought it said saddle sore. Memo to self. Put your glasses on you blind git :-)                                                                                                                                                                             

biccies under the counter sounds good to me                                                                                                                                                                              

I always use saddle soap on my leather stuff.

I apply it with a cloth. Got a tub in my leatherworking kit. Lasts for ages. 

Takes me over an hour to do my long leather coat, but that is a lot of cow to soap lol.