leather jacket & chaps conditioner?

I always go over mine with saddle soap and mink oil a couple times a year.

 

Go to a tack shop - horse people are good with leather.

I was going to say use what we used to use - Saddlesoap and neatsfoot oil... apparently times have changed! Surely a tack store would have what you're looking for... do they have horses up where you are?

<-- ducks and runs out of the room

 

I use Chelsea Leather Food. It works well, bu not really inexpensive at~$8

 

Saddle soap and neatsfoot oil here too Woot.

 

I've very recently been told to make sure you get real neatsfoot oil and make sure it doesn't contain any petroleum products... if it does it is bad for the leather.

Actually this very topic has come up at the other board - check this out:

http://forums.ninja250.org/viewtopic.ph ... 054#448054

 

btw what's a neatsfoot?

sorry about this question,

but it's been bothering me a while!

 

neatsfoot - oil from the leg bones of animals - generally young cattle...

I dug into wikipedia and found this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neatsfoot_oil

 

EEEEWwww, how revolting! Poor blighter needs that oil a little more than I do. Oh well, I'm using it anyway. Works great on my Doc's, belts, jackets. I'd be hard pressed to replace it.

 

thx wooterman

i ha da bottle sitting there

since the 70's :roll:

and was just curious!

 

My brother and I own a shoe repair shop and we always recommend Lexol. Comes in a cleaner (orange bottle) and conditioner (brown bottle). It is available in spray bottles, too. Can be used on coats, chaps or anything made of leather. If it's not available locally you can by it online from Tandy Leather Company (www.tandyleather.com).