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leather care/repair tips FWIW - 1/19/2006 7:59:34 PM

eteller

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Hey All,
Just thought I would pass along a few tips I've gather over the years reguarding leather being a long time european car buff. I just picked up a perforated leather Teknic leather jacket for summer use for a song on ebay. Being used it shows a reasonable amount of wear, bug stains and scuffs. So, I set about to clean it up a little, and the wife suggested using a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser, which is a little sponge available at any grocery store with some unknown 'magic cleaning ingedeint' in it, as it worked so well on all my 4yr. old's mishaps I decided to give it a try. It worked great, removing almost all the scuffs and bug residue on the jacket. There were a few red 'kool aid like' stains on the white leather with it would not touch, so I covered them up with a judicious application of white shoe polish. A few small tears in the surface of the leather were fixed with Crazy glue (also works on fraying seams). On a car seat i would soften up the by applying alot of neatsfoot oil and covering with saran wrap and let it soak in for a few days, but on a protective jacket you don't want it that soft, or the stitching wet (ie comprimised) , so I just buffed it with a little Zymol protectant which is natural, hide food would work good too. Armour All is a no no. I then sniped any loose threads with a small scissor, and the jacket looks pretty much like new. Oh yeah Lysol the lining lightly, don't want anyone else's funk.

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RE: leather care/repair tips FWIW - 1/20/2006 12:25:45 AM

Fretless33

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Honda Spray Polish works miracles on dirty, disgusting leathers too...

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RE: leather care/repair tips FWIW - 2/13/2006 9:00:49 PM

QuinC

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I just used wilsons leather shampoo and spray protector. shined it up real nice. Couldn't get some of the bugs out though.

First i tried the wilson leather cleaner wipes.. they didn't work very well at all.

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