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whats best way to clean bike leathers ? - phillywilly - 28-10-12
just won a two piece set of bike leathers from flea bay and the white part of them on the sleeves (tri coloured leathers ) are partly dirty , but im impatient so dont want to send off on internet for this miracle cleaner or that miracle cleaner - just want something local shop would stock ..ie halfords or supermarket :rolleyes i know , i know !
what about warm soapy water and nail brush ?
also after cleaning them what is a good way of treating them ?
cheers guys and girls .....ooh did that sound too much of a jimmy saville quote :evil :lol
Re: whats best way to clean bike leathers ? - ddtwelve - 28-10-12
too bloody cold to wear leathers :eek
Re: whats best way to clean bike leathers ? - MEM62 - 28-10-12
Your local dealer will probably stock leather cleaner by Nikwax - which is good stuff. Baby-wipes are also very good for cleaning sueface dirt from leathers.
Re: whats best way to clean bike leathers ? - ponkster - 29-10-12
I just wipe my leathers with a damp cloth then dry them with another cloth then put on a little of the chelsea dubbin leather food ( looks like neutral shoe polish) .
My leathers are old but this stuff seems to keep the suple and quite waterproof ( well as waterproof as leathers can be!) - that said I have to agree with the others - way to cold for leathers - get youself some big baggy textiles you can get some layers under!
Re: whats best way to clean bike leathers ? - evesdad - 29-10-12
I find the easiest way is to get the wife to do it
Re: whats best way to clean bike leathers ? - DryRob - 29-10-12
I've not tried this so do it at your own risk but I read on t'interweb that
leaving chalk dust on grease stains will lift the grease out
Re: whats best way to clean bike leathers ? - Streetbudgie - 29-10-12
You mean you've never bought a sofa from DFS or SCS or SOF? (ok I made the last one up)
I'm on my third sofa from these wonderful interest free 4 years credit giving places and each time they give you a leather care kit with your new sofa which I promptly put in the cupboard and forget about, until I remember I need to clean my leathers, then out it comes and works a treat.
Never cleaned a sofa in my life!
Re: whats best way to clean bike leathers ? - jackojet - 29-10-12
Try lux soap flakes from the supermarket
Cheap as chips. Just add water in a tub to make a paste, wipe on wipe off.
Re: whats best way to clean bike leathers ? - jackojet - 29-10-12
Forgot to add use hot water to melt the flakes.
It has lanolin in it, so good for leather