Mother's Leather Conditioner

[Mooch]

Im using Snoseal currently and its sweet as

works well,

Shaving foam with lanolin does a good job of cleaning and conditioning the leather , finish with snoseal.

Combo worked well on a recent 9000 km tour with included 3000 km of off road. Very low wear rate considering heat / cold and dust.

[laserracer]

Hi all... be very careful of leather conditioners as alot of them contain silicone to make them shine and silicone will give you slippy arse BIG TIME the best conditioners.. are the old fashioned ones beeswax , tanners oil, the ones sold at shoe repair places. Usually boils down to the ones that are harder to apply and dont shine as much are the better ones, of course my experiences have all been with leather car seats as ive been a car valet now for 11 years but im pretty sure its all the same

[ajturbo]

like the big Q says... if in ANY doubt ask BabyB....

[vifferman]

I tried the Nikwax aqueous wax product, available from Kathmandu, and found it good on jacket and jeans. It goes on looking like low fat milk, the water part evaporates and leaves a light waxy finish. You just give the item a buff with a clean cloth to finish.

Other people recommended Sno Seal. Actually recommended isn't strong enough, it was put so that Sno Seal was *the* answer. I found that to be too greasy on the jacket.

Ooh! Ooh!! Ask me! I know the answer to this one.
I think I've used just about every product known to Man. Well... at least 7 or 8. SnoSeal is OK for boots, but sucks for other bike gear. NikWax Leather Restorer is the schnizzzle wid da dizzzzzle - goes on REALLY easily, gives the leather a slightly waxy feeel, and isn't slippery.

[LBD]

In the sun and snow seal works for me...

I just searched leather conditioning and found many threads and many posts on the subject. May be some one who is a little more KB site savey, could set up a pole?

Snow seal, Nikwax,Dubbin, Saddler oil, mothers, bees wax or some other secret formula....
1 part bees wax, 1 part baby oil (perfumed for the lady riders), 1/2 part beef tallow, 1 part Mobil shc 46M, 1/2 part dielectric silicon grease. Place in large pot over low open fire in a clearing in the wood on a blue moon night. Simmer from dusk till dawn stirring regularly. Add salt, pepper and chicken stock to taste.......am I dribbling?