Leather cleaning & care?

[Southern man]

Local guy down our way has a product called Bone dry. Leather conditioner and waterproofing in one. Great product certainly keeps the water out and conditions the leather. Have used it on boots,gloves.seat and trou. He was demonstarating it at the march hare. Great product.

[ducatilover]

I still use elephant wax

[Ecclesnz]

Local guy down our way has a product called Bone dry. Leather conditioner and waterproofing in one. Great product certainly keeps the water out and conditions the leather. Have used it on boots,gloves.seat and trou. He was demonstarating it at the march hare. Great product.

Any idea where to get it from?

[Southern man]

Guys name is craig dempster. email is cdtaxidermsafari@xtra.co.nz

[BASS-TREBLE]

What about using silicon? Rubbing it in until its absorbed?

[ducatilover]

What about using silicon? Rubbing it in until its absorbed?

I wouldn't. Elephant wax treats the leather, kepps it breathing [what little breathing it does] and isn't slippery

[Ecclesnz]

Guys name is craig dempster. email is cdtaxidermsafari@xtra.co.nz

Thanks heaps, unfortunately the email address didn't work.

[slofox]

EEEyyyawwwnnnn..spose I oughta clean me leathers one day....but I'm fukkin lazy and can't be bothered...

I did put Mothers Conditioner on 'em once...spent the next week sliding off the seat until it wore off a bit...

[slofox]

I still use elephant wax

I'd use it if I could find any elephants...bit scarce in the waikato these days...bloody developers despoiling habitat etc etc etc rantroarsnortgibberhootweetzzzitz

[vifferman]

EEEyyyawwwnnnn..spose I oughta clean me leathers one day....but I'm fukkin lazy and can't be bothered...

That's why I use Nikwax Leather Restorer.
For YEARS (like, about 34), I've wondered why there wasn't a "spray on, buff up" leather conditioner. A few years ago, I decided that in order to have the requisite waxes/oils/waterproofspooge in soluble form, the solvents used would be gnarsty to the leather.
So I gave up. Decided it was a lost cause, even iffen I invested lotsa development time/money/elbowgreease to develop summat myself.

Then I was recommended Nikwax, and bought some.
It was in a spray bottle!

The label said, "Spray on, leave, buff up".
Shirley Knott?

Yup.

However (but!) it also said on the bottle that it would treat a whole 2 garments.

That was the only lie on the bottle.

So far, I've treated my jacket 4 times, my gloves (it said to use some other product, but WotTheHay,ItWorx!) four times, and the leather bits on my trou 3 times. And I've used a bit over half, most of which probably ended up in the cloth I used.
Or on the ground.

Meanwhile, all my other leather treatment products languish in the laundry, apart from SnoSeal, which I still use on my boots, even though they are were allegedly 100% waterproof.

[slofox]

Ahhh now, vifferman, that sounds more like my speed...the lazy man's leather restorer. Best I be afetchin' some in from the provisioners....

[Southern man]

Contact ph number for bone dry is 03 689 1377. Craig Dempster. Hope this helps

[Ecclesnz]

The label said, "Spray on, leave, buff up".

I'm sure with instructions like that you have been coating your whole body once a week and wishing

[Pegasus]

I just got Leathers made at Celtic Leathers (awesome by the way). Sam told us to use Baby wipes for cleaning them. Only use the quality ones though, because the cheap ones contain alcohol. Have used Tanners Oil in the past for treating leather, it soaks in so not slippery.

[NZsarge]

I just got Leathers made at Celtic Leathers (awesome by the way). Sam told us to use Baby wipes for cleaning them. Only use the quality ones though, because the cheap ones contain alcohol.

Was just gonna say, baby wipes work well.