How to clean leather jacket and pants?

[Coldrider]

Wouldn't that make them slippery? Wouldn't that make gripping the tank much harder?

helps you slide across the seat to put your knee down, seriously I have not experienced that slipperiness with bees wax.

[Ratti]

VODKA!?



What a waste.......

YOu dont need a lot. spray it on with one of those squirt bottles. then drink the rest of the bottle to congratulate yourself on ticking a job off the list.

[SMOKEU]

I once ended up vomiting all over my leather gloves (long story). Some of the spew got inside the gloves. A bucket of water and a bit of Napisan® solved the problem.

[Ratti]

gross, hope the lumpy bits came out

[Owl]

For cleaning the outside of leathers - ie removing bugs and dirt use Baby Wipes. Buy them from the supermarket. The stuff in the wipes doesn't hurt baby and will not damage leather.
Then treat the leather with Glibtone liquidleather. Buy online from www.liquidleather.com and the product will arrive in NZ in about 5 days. This stuff is made for leather and is excellent. It is not beeswax but is the bees knees.

Mint!

Just a note on Baby Wipes. Some of the cheap ones contain alcohol, so look for "alcohol free" wipes, which will be clearly written on the label. The Liquid Leather GT13 really is the bees knees.

[NZsarge]

Mint!

Just a note on Baby Wipes. Some of the cheap ones contain alcohol, so look for "alcohol free" wipes, which will be clearly written on the label.

+1, Baby wipes clean bugs and general crap off leathers well.

[Toaster]

Mint!

Just a note on Baby Wipes. Some of the cheap ones contain alcohol

I wondered why my 1 year old kept sucking on the damn things!

[Toaster]

+1, Baby wipes clean bugs and general crap off leathers well.

Sure do. Same for visors. Great for quickly removing bug splatter/bird crap off the bike/car if parked up too.

[NZsarge]

Sure do. Same for visors. Great for quickly removing bug splatter/bird crap off the bike/car if parked up too.

Never gave it consideration for removing bird shit but yeah, no reason why not. The non-alcoholic *hic!* wipes are treated with nice conditioners that aren't too bad for the leather as well.

[smoky]

Why not consult with a retailer who sells leather gear?

That's why Quasi answered I guess - he does supply and sell ...... not sure why he suggests don't put them in the sun?

Okay, best thing I think is to lay them out inside out (take the armour out first) and get a bucket of warm soapy water and sponge the inside, then do it again with clean warm water(dont over wet it just damp it over)
then once done put in a shady spot and dry, dont put in the sunlight.
Once you have done that you should be sweet.

Oh and detergent, personally I use Laundry liquid

Personally mine don't get smelly? They get dirty and I clean them with a silicon spray on the outside, and I would think if they were I was not washing myself enough????

My gear lives in the outside garage with the bike, hanging up - so they get plenty of airing time, and I keep a couple of moth-balls inside a pocket and remove them when I put them on - I had a cockroach crawl out up my neck once while riding, don't want that to happen again, and silver fish eat the lining, the moth-balls keep them away (and I like the smell)