Leather Jacket Care: Cleaning Off Mold 

I got a leather jacket for $1 at a garage sale bc it was moldy...I wiped, used a steamer inside and out and let dry...didn't condition and it was 2 done years ago...I came back bc now I have to clean a leather purse... still relevant..thank you again!!! Thank you so much!!!

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I have several leather motorcycle jackets I’ve had for decades. I found two of them pretty covered with mold. They were hanging in my garage. I learned on RU-vid how to remove mold from things like leather. solution of warm water with about 10% lemon juice.. I used a small sponge, and, like a miracle, wiping that solution squeezed out of a sponge over that moldy leather, removed the Mold just as fast as I could wipe it off. It was as though I was wiping a chalkboard with a wet sponge to remove residue of chalk. It worked instantly.

Thank you so much! My brother was a hoarder. He passed away and left his house to us to clean out. He had several amazing leather jackets that were full of mold......Now I know how to clean and condition them!

Not that it is actually impossible to clean mold without speciality chemicals designed for the purpouse. 70% ethanol actualy kills mold and it's spores completely if applied properly, but could damage the leather and strip the paint. The only usefull thing you can do to protect leather against mold is to clean it frequently, always keep it in well ventilated rooms, never put it away in closet for months at the time. Put it in direct sunlight for a couple of hours, always dry it out thouroughly after it has gotten wet.

Thank You, 3 leather jackets in my closet have some mold. I believe I will look into a small steam cleaner. that process looks to have worked well.

Thanks for the video! Just pulled my leather motorcycle coat outta the closet and it's covered in mold! Yuk! This video helped me clean it up like new!

I would have used vinegar to kill the mold .Then clean the jacket 3-4 times with saddle soap .Then steam it .After that let it hang dry for 1 month and check if the Mold came back .Then condition it multiple times with thin coats .Then add a leather oil paint to refresh the fish .Last step add a little bit of a wax to seal every thing in.

TY❣️🦋 same issue but with helping a disabled person move so they wanted to salvage an expensive jacket !

to clean mold off leather use a 50/50 mixture white vinegar and water... the vinegar will help with the moldy smell and kill the spores to deter mold regrowth.... after wetting with the mixture use a soft bristle brush to lightly scrub the moldy areas- then rinse with minimum water and allow to dry completely and then treat the leather with a good quality leather product...

My basement flooded when I was out of town and this helped so much! Thanks!!

I used a strong dilution of bleach and it worked well. apply outside due to fumes but bleach will kill the mold and spores.did not hurt my leather but I was dying it anyway.

I guess I will get the Lysol spray cleaner for the inside of the coats; for they're not showing any damage. but it was on the inside of the black smooth leather. I thought I was going to have to throw them away but it came right off.

Good video, lose the annoying music!

Excellent! Thanks for the post.

I love the internet/ youtube ! Everything is on there

You can never get rid of the smell of bad mildew. I had an antique business for many years and tried everything to get rid of the awful mildew smell on some leather items. Tried steaming, freezing, wiping, spraying - everything. The vile stink always comes back.

safely remove musty smell from leather shoes by lightly spaying a decent low smelling antiperspirant non powdery type is best, spray allover once, bag it up for a day then air out. repeat if any musty smell lingers i advise to use on unseen patches of expensive coats and the like just for peace of mind.i have used this method many times on expensive shoes as non of the other methods worked at all. it is not one odour overtaking another, the antiperspirant just deletes mouldy odour.

Thank you. Music too loud!

Why the totally unnecessarily load music, would have stayed to the end but simply couldn’t, ruined what would have been a good video!

This is awesome because recently I got my mom's vintage leather jacket and I needed to know how to clean it without damaging it

Good tips but the music is SO OBNOXIOUS!!!!!

As long as your jacket is not hand painted, you can try ethyl alcohol, once you put alcohol and clean it, leather will get super dry and will start to break in few days/ weeks. If you have access to turtle wax ( brand name) then clean with that first. Always use bandage xotton to clean and wear gloves. So after cleaning apply leather moisturizer, then buffer and shiner. Let it dry and you have a brand new jacket. For interior cleaning, take some gasoline(petrol) and clean it and let it dry completely until the smell of gasoline wears off. And then spray some leather perfume like Tom Ford. 😅

Great video and great tips!! Thanks!

Remove your music

Much easier than i expected.

How about in the sleeve

I found that I had a leak from my refrigerator copper coil line. I have two closets behind there it went mainly into the other closet that I threw away many cardboard boxes but I didn't realize that it didn't really leak into this other closet but I had lot of clothes in there. I had to leather coats in there it is just now cold in Florida. and I reached for both of those coats this morning and found white spots on Black smooth leather. I didn't know what I was going to do I researched many tips on Google I watch this video. But I put some dish soap and some Murphy's wood Oil Soap and that's what I cleaned it with and it took all the white off and it left a nice silky finished. I don't have a Shark steamer like you do I wish I did. but it did the trick the Murphy's Oil Soap with the dish soap took all the white spots off and made it look brand new. thank God for the Murphys.

Ihave a motorcycle jacket with greem mold powder on. how can i also get rid of the smell of mold ?

THAT MUSIC WAS SO LOUD. Yes I'm screaming because now I'm deaf

does this get rid of the mildew smell?

i know vinegar might adversely effect the leather, but what about cleaning vinegar, which is not as acidic as regular vinegar. good idea?

Great video. Thanks

thanks for the info!

I don’t know why but I have a leather bag which always get molds but the others dont.

What kind of steamer are you using?

the interior of my full length is brushed cotton, can that be safely steamed?

sorry..I cannot correct marsupioll

FYI, the music is way to loud. 1:53

What steam cleaner do you recommend?

our steamer broke a while back

Is this how all leather jackets are cleaned? regardless of material? I don't ride motorcycles, I just wear a leather jacket

I just rub Red Wing Boot Oil on my leather Jacket

What brand / type steamer are you using here?

cannot imagine putting steam into a leather jacket is going to get rid of mold for any reasonable period. Not enough steam to kill the mold, or not kill all the mold. Seems to me you are only relocating and hydrating the little fungi. Good luck with this method.

How crap is that music

It's well, not we'll. People using apostrophes everywhere where they shouldn't. Makes no sense at all.

It's not mold!! Its leather spew, do your research before making a video.

safely remove musty smell from leather shoes by lightly spaying a decent low smelling antiperspirant non powdery type is best, spray allover once, bag it up for a day then air out. repeat if any musty smell lingers i advise to use on unseen patches of expensive coats and the like just for peace of mind.i have used this method many times on expensive shoes as non of the other methods worked at all. it is not one odour overtaking another, the antiperspirant just deletes mouldy odour.