Conditioner for Leather Jackets

My leather jacket is starting to look dull and the leather looks really dry.
What's the best way to restore the original lustre of the leather? I was
going to hit it with amour all but I thought I'd check if there was anything
better.

thanks

 

Armour all is not a good idea, it contains silicon which will make it
shiny but it doesn't not contain any of the oils required to keep
leather in good shape, it's really only suitable for plastic/vinyl.

Go get some leather dressing from your local saddler/equestrian supplier
(ie Horseland et al), alternatives are furniture shops that sell leather
lounges however you'll pay twice as much. Baby Oil is better than Armor
all (or nothing) but isn't ideal as it's a mineral rather than
vegetable/animal oil/beeswax derivative (vege or animal oils plus
beeswax is in most of them). It'll make the fibres flabby and eventually
rot (long term like a couple of years). In my experience*.

JL
(*granted it was not a controlled experiment but the saddlery (reins
bridles etc) that got soaked in baby oil lasted heaps less time than
those that didn't and tended to break, and a friend of a friends cousin
who heard it from a guy at the pub who's sister's husband's best friend
is a guru in this said it was a really bad idea**...)
**Alright it was a saddler I know who said it <grin>

 

Dubbin.

(not to be confuzzled with that town in Ireland)


BF.

 

BMW have a leather restorer kit for their bike gear. I bought one a while
back ($60) but the wife's been too lazy to use it.

Cheers,
Dave
(I'm dead)

 

Dubbin. Joseph Luddy Dubbin seems to be a common brand. Only a couple of
dollars for a tin. IF you can't find any in your supermarket or bike shops
most of those key-cutters/boot repairers in big shopping centres will stock
it.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

stock


and you can get it in black, if your leathers are that colour.......
takes away the road crash ( and the street cread)

Marty

 

Mum! Where's ya bin?

Bugs. Dead bugs.

For bike gear, I prefer Wasserputz. Smells awful, but does
a good job of waterproofing leather. Softens less that Dubbin,
though, it's worth a few rounds of Dubbin to break the leather in.

-----sharks

 

Cheers,

ohhh...lisa's gonna kill you now!!

 

i reckon youve got 3 choices
lanolin; bees wax or silicon

lanolin, dubbin etc
bees wax, boot polish, sno seal etc
and silicon, nikwax etc

check the label, i have found lanolin to be a good sealer but makes your
gloves feel cold

bees wax i prefer, has the waterproofing of lanolin or silicon as long
as it is used regularly and unlike silicon if you throw it down the road
you can re colour it with whatever polish you can find

cheers dan

 

Dave

 

In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 24 Jan 2005 20:15:09 +1000

Best I ever found was called "connolly's hide food" which, I am told,
Jaguar recommend for their leather seats.

If you can't get that, then go to a addlery (not an RM Williams clothing
shop with a saddle in the window) and ask for a good non-staining
non-oiling leather dressing.

Don't use neatsfoot, and I don't think dubbin is good for rejuvenation.

Zebee

 

They certainly do, as do Bentley and Rolls

What ? Don't like stains on your clothes ?
JL

 

But what am I going to do with all these rotten eggs?

Postman Pat

 

That google bloke knows where to get it.

http://www.saddler.co.uk/acatalog/Connolly_Hide_Food_for_Leather.html


Pretty freakin' expensive to get shipped to Australia
though. Seven pounds for a pot of the stuff, eighteen
pounds for shipping!

G

 

Well, I've had some success with a product called
Lanoguard...certainly soaked into and rejuvenated some old leather
gloves that had dried out. Found it in an autoaccessories place...they
have a web site on the bottle: www.ramshead.com.au
I'm trying it out to suppress corrosion on the vulnerable bits of my
SV650s (gotta park near the coast each day).
Mind you I'm not sure what the solvent-base for the lanolin is - it
soaked in much quicker than dubbin that I've tried in the past.
You'll want to polish it with some normal leather polish afterwards-
that's the hard bit: no substitute for elbow grease...
jim

 

| My leather jacket is starting to look dull and the leather looks really
dry.
| What's the best way to restore the original lustre of the leather? I was
| going to hit it with amour all but I thought I'd check if there was
anything
| better.
|
| thanks
|
|
Hi Yomama,
I tried Dubbin on my leathers and I regretted the day that I did.
What it did was to SEAL the pores in the leather, and in Qld summer heat I
just cooked, and cooked.
I think it would be great on saddle bags, as it makes them water proof as
the pores are all blocked up.

What I use every 6 months, is what is available in most Coles/ Woollies
supermarket's is Bissell upholstery shampoo first, and then Pelle' leather
conditioner protector.
The Pelle' stuff is around $17.

Also a hose with cold water to begin with to wash out the dried sweat, and
leave them for a few days in the garage to dry out.

Rob.

 

Lanolin is a thinner oil than the beeswax that's the primary ingredient
of Dubbin, hence no solvent (probably thickeners in fact, although I
don't know the product)

JL

 

Go see your local Jaguar or Bentley dealer - probably not going to be
any cheaper than 25 quid = $75 but at least you won't have to wait 4
weeks and then have to pay customs

JL

 

Oh, so it is a liquid then? If it is an oil, why does it smell pretty?

What is the primary ingredient of dubbin?

Hammo

Ps What is your favourite colour.....


PPS why do people think dubbin rots things?

 

Trick question probably seeing as it's Hammo, probably food colouring or
water or something ! The important bits are Beeswax, and vegetable/
animal oils for feeding the leather.

Maroon, hence the KR1's paint job (genuine correct factory scheme mind you)

Dunno, I hadn't heard that to be honest, can't see how it could but I'd
be interested. I don't use it myself.

JL