Leather Care Products

glider

Here's a topic that should get a lot of input for us all to benefit from.

Share with us what products you found that work good and also not so good on your leather coats, bags and saddles.

Give us brand names and what you thought of them , also include the application process whether it was an easy product to use or not.

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glider

Here's my input.

I tried the complimentary leather care product from the dealer (leather dressing 98261-91V made by Pecard Chemical).
It comes in the small flat jar like shoe polish comes in. It is tan in color and I tried it on my bags and wasn't impressed at all with the product. Some work to apply and buff of and the results weren't worth the effort.



Then I found a product called Leather New.Easy to use, no buffing required and it made the bags look new again. Leaves a sheen to the leather and cleans as you use it. It's a liquid glycerin saddle soap that treats and softens the leather. I'm stuck on this product now.



I have also found that a product called "lexol" works well also.

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smitty901

Plain old saddel soap, a little Kiwi leather dye after some time for touch ups.
latter I will post picture of 11 year old bages that have been ridden in rain snow ice and more sun than you can beleave a still look great

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dangerdan

When I had the leather bags I used Kiwi shoe polish paste to bring the colour back . I put it on with a brush till it hazed over then polished with a softer brush.

dangerdan

A product I would not recommend for your bags is INDIA INK (dye) for those touch up jobs.

What a mess. The leather absorbed the dye at different rates .I had to buy a extra bottle to finish both bags.
The bags looked great in the shade but in bright light you could see all the swirls and strokes. After about 30 days of using shoe polish the bags started to look normal again.

NEVER AGAIN

99RoadKingClassic

I've just finished redoing the saddlebags on my RK. They were badly discolored from the weather and lack of proper care. I applied a coat of H-D leather care to clean them to begin with. I also had some spots where the black dye had faded so I bought a can of H-D Black Creme Polish. I applied it with a standard shoe applicator, then buffed it out with the same buffer I use on my cars. The results are outstanding! The H-D Creme Polish returns them to a low sheen, satin finish. It also contains black dye to restore lost coloring.

I'm sure there are other products out there that do the same job, but my bags look outstanding so I'm sticking to the same recipe in the future. *Note: I thought about using a commercial dye and regular shoe polish, but I'm glad I didn't. I spit-shine my dress shoes to a high gloss with Kiwi Polish or Lincoln wax, but I wanted to maintain the satin sheen so I stuck to H-D products.

UncleRon

I've always liked the Lexol line of leather products. Started using them when
we were trying to keep up a BeeMer. A majority of members on the BMW forums
I checked on indicated they used it so I gave Lexol a try and have been very
pleased. I doubt it'll do anything to restore color though.
Unk

smitty901

These bags are 11 years old above stated care of them 45,000 miles

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Hobbit

i use a product called Renapur its like beeswax and just rub it on and its done the leather absorbs it no need to buff off, to clean leather is use Jaguar leather cream that comes suplied with Jag cars

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Mosko

I have a similar opinion to Glider on the Harley Leather dressing, but I do use it on the leather areas not normally accessible like the underside of the seat where the leather is stapled, and the inner areas of the RKC bags where the leather is attached to the plastic shell.

I apply the paste and do not wipe it off on these unseen areas. I find it keeps the staples from rusting, and keeps the leather ends soft.

For the surface leather, I use the spray on Lexol, rubbed in and wiped off, for the visible surfaces every time I clean the bike.

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