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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 09:14 AM
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You guys and gals ever have problems with sunblock staining your leather vests, coats, etc? How do you get that white film off the leather? Thanks for any help.

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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 10:28 AM
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got a picture of whats wrong ... kinda hard to tell what is going on .... here are some things that might help if its real leather ... saddle soap , milk oil , pecard dressing , ect.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 11:39 AM
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Use the spray on sunscreen with alcohol in it. No white mess. Any drugstore will have it.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 01:39 PM
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I don't put sunblock on my leather. The cow's already dead. It ain't gonna sunburn.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by xxxflhrci
I don't put sunblock on my leather. The cow's already dead. It ain't gonna sunburn.


 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 03:31 PM
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I think he ment the sun screen would go on you not your cow ... that is some funny S!@#$
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 05:00 PM
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I work out in the sun and use the block every morning this time of year (**** 90% of the year). Sun block at 8:00 am - oh the fun. Hate it but have the C word in the family. It kills the neck of all my shirts and gunks up anythink I touch after I apply.

I would try some leather conditioner, mink oil or even some saddle cream.
Good luck.Let us know if it works.
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 05:10 PM
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never thought much about it till one day at the local stealer I over heard a guy complaining that it was stainin his fingerless gloves dam we can't have that'
 
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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 05:15 PM
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I have to say, I always use sunblock- different kinds- and have never had a problem.
Try petroleum jelly or Murphy's Oil Soap.
 
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Old Aug 4, 2009 | 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by xxxflhrci
I don't put sunblock on my leather. The cow's already dead. It ain't gonna sunburn.
Man I knew that one was coming . . . . LOL . . . .. . .

I live in southern AZ where I'm riding in triple digits (hey, the alternative is not to ride - ain't doing that). I wear a leather vest sometimes and the sunblock crap inadvertantly gets on the vest off my forearms. I've got these weird "milky" stains that won't come off the vest .. . . .
 
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