How to use Saddle Soap 

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When I saw that saddle soap I knew without the foam we would never reach the zone.

I have this soap and it does say it conditions also. I just want to clean a leather journal cover, will I need separate conditioner?

@@carolyncoppola974 Not really but, it wouldn't hurt to apply a leather cream conditioner. Somethinglike Cadillac Conditioner, Leather Honey oh Bick 4.

​@@carolyncoppola974its not going to be out in the elements so the conditioning from the saddle soap will be enough for ambient household humidity.

Probably cause people watching this, already own saddle soap but just want to know how to use it.

Ideally you don't want much dirt on your boot in the first place, you'd brush dried mud and dust off the boot first so you don't end up making soap, the more dirt you're scrubbing around the more it acts as an abrasive causing more wear on the leather.

That is correct!

It's not wrong. Just not part of instructions on most saddle soap packages.

Listen to the Redwing guy. This clown is a poser.

There's nothing wrong with those instructions. Wiping down with clean water, or even soaping up the boots, wiping them down, then soaping again, may be necessary depending on how dirty the boots are.

he's showing you HOW to do it bozo. what are you crying about?

@@subtleusername5475 I congratulated the guy on doing amazing work and you got offended over it? Wow, you truly are an incredible human being!

Dawn, dishwashing liquid is one of the few soaps/shampoos that does not have LYE in it. Any soap or shampoo or dishwashing liquid that burns your eyes, that’s the LYE. That is also the ingredient that makes soap feel so slippery… I don’t know what harmful effects LYE may have on Weather. But I do know that it is the kryptonite for aluminum. Many tire stores and garage is would use dishwashing liquid to lubricate the bead of a tire when installing tires to make the tires slip on easier. That trapped LYE between the tire and the rim would actually corrode the rim causing slow leaks over time, because that LYE was trapped between the tire and the wheel when it was used as a lubricant.. Dawn dishwashing liquid is one of the few that does not have LYE as an ingredient. I remember the commercials for dawn, dishwashing liquid, when it was being used to clean the poor animals that got caught in the sludge from the oil tanker Exxon Valdez accident in Alaska decades ago. I would like to find out if dawn dishwashing liquid could be used to clean leather if used as maybe only 5% in solution with distilled water. I have cleaned a couple motorcycle jacket. Should I have that were pretty covered with mildew from hanging up in my garage with no air gap between the jackets. I tried cleaning that mildew off with water and soap, it would not come off. I went on RU-vid to find a video that told me that 10% lemon juice in distilled water will clean mildew from leather, it worked instantly. I didn’t even have to rub.. I have a very expensive leather motorcycle jacket made in New England, a Vanson leather jacket. About 15 years ago I paid $750 for this jacket… The jacket came with a care tag. They were very simple and specific. The tag said to only use lemon pledge on this jacket, and nothing else.. I am searching RU-vid right now for message to clean leather. I bought a gorgeous chestnut brown leather coat with a removable fur collar.. it is in excellent condition, but it smells funny. I turned the jacket inside out and worked baking soda into the fur collar, and the lining completely down the sleeves, I worked it into the fur, I had the jacket, turned inside out and hanging on a wide plastic hanger for leather jackets.. I put the jacket in a plastic trash bag fitted from the bottom up and I hung the coat up so the baking soda would absorb the odors overnight.. The next day I vacuumed all the baking soda from the lining and the collar.. I believe it worked at removing that funny odor, it’s not body odor and it’s not cigarette smoke or mildew.. The next day, I’ll let the jacket hanging on a hanger in the sunshine 85° turned inside out all day.. The jacket still smells funny, but it’s the leather that has the odor. I don’t want to put leather conditioner on the leather over top of whatever it is that smells funny. I need to know if I can just use distilled water and a sponge to clean the leather, or maybe white vinegar slightly added to distilled water. there are videos about spraying unflavored vodka on smelly things, that’s what they do to costumes of people working on Broadway to keep the smell down between cleanings of those costumes. But you cannot use any type of alcohol on leather or acetone products.. so any suggestions as to how to clean a beautiful, undamaged, dark brown leather coat that smells funny before applying leather conditioner

mink oil is good for boots you're still breaking in but I've found it doesn't lead to as weather resistant a boot as something like a beeswax based conditioner.

Use a proper soap. You don't need saddle soap specifically, but you do need an oil based soap. I personally use basic hemp oil castile soap. $5 for three bars, and I've been using the same bar for five years. After that, you're going to want to find a leather polish/shine/stain that's as close in color to your original as possible. Also, get a nice leather conditioner or mink oil. Clean the boots. Let them dry. Stain them with the polish. Let dry. Buff. Stain again. Let dry. Buff. Apply conditioner or mink oil. Let dry. Buff. Apply again. Let dry. Buff. That'll get you about as close to back to original as you can get, and it should only cost you $30-ish.

Use Obenauf's boot grease, will help. Remember that leather was apart of a living animal, where it was getting all the natural oils it needed, once it is made into a pair of boots etc, it will need conditioning fairly regularly to keep from drying out and cracking. If you don't plan on wearing them for awhile condition them first.

Yes absolutely

Ideally you wouldn't need to use it as often, since dress shoes aren't going through nearly as much dirty conditions as boots do. But for a significant restoration, absolutely.

It should work fine. Just make sure to recondition any leather panels you lathered in saddle soap.

@@exaviorgonzales4155 thank you so very much!!

You can. Castile soap and oil soaps also work very well. I personally recommend mink oil over "leather conditioner," but that is personal preference. I've had the same pair of Ariat ranchers for 15 years, have put them through the ringer, and they still look brand new if you don't look too closely at the scuffs and scrapes. Castile soap, kiwi polish, and mink oil.

@@willcresson8776 thank you so much for the thorough comment!! I've built up a collection of cowboy boots, and wear my Sperrys almost daily, they've taken quite a beating 😄 i screenshot your comment so I can buy all of that to keep them in good shape. I'd love to have a pair of Ariats one day. My Noconas are my baby.. so comfy too!

I usually just apply shoe cream after about 15 minutes, do i really have to wait 24 hrs?

​@@St0rmFuryBit late but yes, the 24 hours stops moisture from being trapped in the leather and stiching which causes rotting and damages the leather. Obviously this doesn't matter unless you intend on keeping the boots for a long time.

Geeze that sucks, can you condition the hell out of them to try and revive them?

​@@corninyourpoop he'll probably have to use saddle soap, and then conditioner

@@Jester-dl3yo ooh thanks, in case I ever make the same mistake 💛

@@corninyourpoop 👍

Nick's boots recommends using Dawn dish soap. Just make sure you rinse well and condition with boot grease (I.E. Onenaufs). Really really.

Mix equal parts of hydrogen peroxide and Dawn dishwashing detergent (about 1/8 cup only). Apply gently to sole. (No scrubbing, as you don’t want to get any on the leather!) Return every hour and reapply for 3-10 applications…leave overnight and rinse off within 12-24 hours. No bleach, no scrubbing. H2O2 will foam slightly and lift the dirt off the surface of the sole. (The purpose of the soap is ONLY to thicken the H2O2 and hold it to surface while the peroxide does its magic. Also, clean, condition and seal leather near sole BEFOREHAND … beeswax should protect against slight splash -over but wipe leather edge with Q-tip if (by accident) anything other than white rubber is wetted.

What a great way to make your boots not last as long and not as weatherproof.

I can verify: your mom's basement is sweet.

Its so you don't lock moisture into the boot, which causes rotting and leeches out the natural oils in the leather. If they're boots you'll wear for a year and bin then yeah doesn't matter but if they're decent boots that you care about and want to keep for a long time, you want to let them fully dry.

Keeping your leather conditioned prolongs the life of your footwear, I wouldn't say taking care of your stuff and being practically frugal weren't manly traits.

I've had the same pair of Ariat work boots for 15 years because I take care of them. Taking care of them isn't exactly difficult. All my work boots get a clean, polish, and oil every 4 months. Takes about half an hour out of my day, two days in a row.