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I have a piece of soft thin leather that is dirty and has some rust stains on it. I'm going to make some small pouches out of it, but it needs cleaned and I'm not sure how to do it.
The material is kind of a bluish gray color so I suspect it's been died. I don't want to damage what's already there.
Help......
Joe
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Lexol is great, saddle soap, Butcher's Bowling Alley Wax,
and one of the better leather treatments is Obenauf's, which is based on beeswax http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/goo13.htm
To clean, I'd probably use saddle soap if I had it. Murphy's Oil soap works too. Then I'd apply the preservative/conditioner. I used Lexol exclusively on my saddles for a long time, but when ever I would go over it, I would get alot of brown...seemed like the leather was breaking down. I've never had a problem using olive oil. Seems to work great. Works on people hide too.
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harry wrote:Soap and hot water, then throw in the dyer.
Harry
Not sure about the dryer part but a big plus one on the soap and water. Water is not bad for decent leather, that's why they tan it. It will be stiff after you wash and dry it though so put on some olive oil or PURE neatsfoot oil to restore it.