New leathers: care advice please

[steved]

Slight change of tack.

I have noticed a white residue on my leather after I got it very, very wet. Any ideas on what this residue may be?

[Nasty]

All the leather-care people SCREAM when you say you've been using dubbin. But hey, all the old-timers seem to use it, it can't be too bad.
I use some cleaning stuff I got from Baby-B when it's real dirty. Otherwise I use stuff I got from the Leather Jacket shop /Paddington coat factory, made of beeswax and jojoba and other exciting sounding things.

Heya .. I got my new leathers from Mars Leathers here in Melbourne today. The guy said to soften them slightly rub down with dubbin and hang them in a sun for a couple of hours ... also use that for cleaning .. I think I will heed his advice since they have been doing this since 1910!

[Grub]

I have noticed a white residue on my leather after I got it very, very wet. Any ideas on what this residue may be?

Yes ... but ... ummmm ... not here

[Steam]

Heya .. I got my new leathers from Mars Leathers here in Melbourne today. The guy said to soften them slightly rub down with dubbin and hang them in a sun for a couple of hours ... also use that for cleaning .. I think I will heed his advice since they have been doing this since 1910!

Watch out, you'll turn into an old-timer!

[HungusMaximist]

Slight change of tack.

I have noticed a white residue on my leather after I got it very, very wet. Any ideas on what this residue may be?

Dude, how did you get it 'very, very wet' ?

[scumdog]

Don't use Dubbin. It's good for the leather but can rot the stitching. There are way better leathercare products available. Take advice from your local leather shop.

Never had that problem with Dubbin - maybe it is only cotton stitching it rots?

Use it exclusively - much to CBs digust when she finds my leather pants and jacket all 'tacky'.

(But then again I AM a tacky sort of person!)

[scumdog]

Slight change of tack.

I have noticed a white residue on my leather after I got it very, very wet. Any ideas on what this residue may be?

Often wondered that too -looks like fine salt eh!

[Colapop]

It's likely to be the tanning solution. Tanners use a type of salt to preserve the leather (not really salt but the same sort of chemical composition) and it leaches out when the leather gets very very wet. It happens on shoes sometimes especially when they get wet and then dried in a warm area.

[_intense_]

cheers to all for your thoughts on this mater, off to yarn to leather specialists etc... bt i think i'll probably get my wacks on (erm wax) just for the lovely dry summer wellington riding

[steved]

It's likely to be the tanning solution. Tanners use a type of salt to preserve the leather (not really salt but the same sort of chemical composition) and it leaches out when the leather gets very very wet. It happens on shoes sometimes especially when they get wet and then dried in a warm area.

Cheers Pops. I too need to speak to a leather specialist to determine a product to rub into my beloved leather.

[mc4aregreat]

Kiwi neutral nugget every now and then works good, and a wet cloth occaisionally to get the bugs off.

[QMOTO]

Mothers leather conditioner from Repco

[lemure]

Beeswax ... natural product for a natural product. Keeps my leather saddle bags, boots etc in great shape - good for stitching too. Never had a leak - that's why I'm a little bloated right now...

[HenryDorsetCase]

my partner used to have horses and she still has some leather tack. I stole some of the stuff she had (called lederbaum or something) Its German and comes in a tub like the Joseph Lyddy stuff. It has really helped with my old leather jacket which was looking a bit crusty (and which I still really like even though it has no armour). I also used it to soften up my track leathers.... great.

[serious4]

I was wondering about leather care for my jacket and fortunately I stumbled upon this topic. Stoked.

I decided to try dubbin. It's cheap, readily available and around a third of the replies recommended it. It's worked a treat too.

Just my 2 cents.