Care and feeding of leather items
Feb. 15th, 2008 03:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rikibethOkay, so when I shoveled the slush my Docs and my leather jacket got soaked through.
I know I'm going to wonder balsam the Docs this weekend. They're mostly dry now. I may saddle soap them first just to remove any new flour or other work goo they've gotten on them in the past couple of days (yes, I wore them to work wet, I didn't bother finding other shoes and I didn't want to pour hot sugar on my toes if I only had sneakers on).
My jacket is dry now, and slightly stiff. Also, it seems to have residue of road salt or something else I suspect isn't very good for the leather showing in white rings.
Should I give it a cleaning with saddle soap? Is Doc Martens Wonder Balsam good for leather jackets, or should I oil it with neats-foot oil instead? Is there some other solution I haven't thought of?
All knowledge is contained in my friendslist, so help me out, please?
I know I'm going to wonder balsam the Docs this weekend. They're mostly dry now. I may saddle soap them first just to remove any new flour or other work goo they've gotten on them in the past couple of days (yes, I wore them to work wet, I didn't bother finding other shoes and I didn't want to pour hot sugar on my toes if I only had sneakers on).
My jacket is dry now, and slightly stiff. Also, it seems to have residue of road salt or something else I suspect isn't very good for the leather showing in white rings.
Should I give it a cleaning with saddle soap? Is Doc Martens Wonder Balsam good for leather jackets, or should I oil it with neats-foot oil instead? Is there some other solution I haven't thought of?
All knowledge is contained in my friendslist, so help me out, please?
