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Old Mar 14, 2010 | 07:27 AM
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Just wondering what everyone out there uses to care for their leather jackets. What cleaners? Do you use leather conditioner? And is there anything special when cleaning embroidery?
 
Old Mar 14, 2010 | 08:50 AM
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I've been wearing the same river road leather jacket for almost six years without doing anything to it, beginning to look a little weathered but that's how I like it. If you have to clean it I recomend saddle soap. does a good job and it's cheap.
 
Old Mar 14, 2010 | 08:59 AM
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My leather is conditioned with bugs, wind and road grime. Sometimes rain.
 
Old Mar 14, 2010 | 09:13 AM
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Clean it???? Why would you do that!!!
 
Old Mar 14, 2010 | 09:18 AM
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Mink oil.
 
Old Mar 14, 2010 | 09:22 AM
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Damp cloth, wipe it down, let it dry.

Doc Bailey's, put on with a sponge.

Buff it down with a towel, hang it in the sun for a while.

Twice a year.
 
Old Mar 14, 2010 | 09:23 AM
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Not worried about cleaning it .. but Mink Oil does make it more pliable and aids in waterproofing ..
 
Old Mar 14, 2010 | 09:29 AM
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Every year or two, I wash it with Murphy's Oil soap and then grease it up with mink oil. In between, I use Pledge to knock the bugs off.
 
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You know, I have been hearing and reading that saddle soap is really not the best product for leather.
 



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