Leather cleaner

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  1. gary2390

    gary2390 Active Member

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    I have just ordered some new leathers and they have quite a large amount of White in. Can anyone recommend some good leather cleaners/Conditioners to try and keep them looking as they should......
     
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    I've just bought some autoglym cream for mine and some meguires cleaner and conditioner all in one from halfrauds, if there new leathers the conditioner cream will be fine, also look at nickwax, they-are good too. Hth
     
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    Yeah I've just bought some of the Meguiars stuff from Halfords, haven't used it yet. I'm a great fan of saddle soap for cleaning and conditioning but it can stain stitching so you've got to be careful. I definitely wouldn't use it on White. I use the Muc Off leather wipes for debugging as soon as I get home, while they're still squidgy.
     
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  4. Remal

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    Gliptone is the nuts

    Leather Care | Leather Cleaner

    I bought some a few years ago and when I bought my BKS made to measure they give some away with the suit. comes highly recommended

    i use
    GT13 Conditioner & Waterproofer
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    GT12 thick concentrated gentle cleaner.

    Still ont he first bottle of each after 4 years
     
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  5. zeepony

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    I just leave all the scummy flies and road skank on my stinking, never cleaned leathers. Mmm, man smell...
     
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  6. Remal

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    thing is the fly's rot and thus over time feck your leathers. So worth keeping clean'ish

    Now I can highly recommend Baby wipes also. best thing to keep leather clean So I was told by a mate who works for Dainese and met a few people who make Rossi's leathers. They also use baby wipes
     
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  7. kpone

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    Ahh, true style never goes out of fashion Zee.
     
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    I rarely clean mine TBH

    I just use a damp cloth to get flies off and maybe nikwax cleaner and feeder

    Baby wipes work well for a quick blast over.


    Leave them in the garage not the house to keep them from drying out.
     
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    That's worth knowing.
     
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    Yup .. damp cloth on mine as well .. shifts the dead things easily ( but my stuff is all black )
     
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    I hate dead bugs on my kit, sometimes when I get home it looks like the AA routeplanner in Braille. I use the conditioner wipes to kill two birds with one stone. I'm gonna wipe them off anyway so I might as well oil them up while I'm at it. I think I might have buggered my visor the other day though using a wet wipe on the outside I transferred it to the inside and it's made the anti fog coating marked and sticky. I can see it out of the corner of my eye and the problem is that I do find myself looking at it not through it.
     
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  12. dan.1moore1

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    Mine is mainly white . I just wipe all the flies of with a soapy rag and rub dry with a towel after every ride. Its a year old now and looks brand new . People still say " new leathers mate? "
     
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    another vote for gliptone and the conditioner leaves them really soft.
     
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  14. Jonny fireblade

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    rennapur for me
     
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