Need to radically improve an old Leather Coat--just used one tub of Clydes Leather Recoloring Black and got super results.

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I just acquired 3 black leather motorcycle jackets. One of them looked like a steal (under $70) for a Walter Dyer jacket. That said --the photos of the jacket masked severe discoloration. There were areas of the jacket that were dark black, there were areas faded to a nice bare leather look AND there were big patches of a fade that was ugly gray. I bought a tub of Clydes (the stuff wasn't cheap) gave the jacket a nice wipe with Isopropyl Alcohol (say what you will) which did clean ***k off, remove unknown stuff from who ever had it last, let it dry in the sun --Then the Clydes with a bunch of cotton rags. I went through 1/2 a tub not knowing how it would work. It definitely on the darker spots and natural fade spots--worked magic. On the gray spots, it soaked right in but required 3-4 coats. Again --say what you will but I found rubbing it in with my fingers was the turn key. The leather sucked that Clydes in wonderfully. Jacket's good enough for govt. work. Stay tuned--I'm also going to try Leather honey on the other two jackets and may top off the Clyde's treated jacket with some of the leather honey.

Update---really like the applicator for the Leather Honey Color--I topped off the Dyer Jacket (that was treated in Clydes) with Leather Honey Black--tomorrow is buffing day. Both seem like incredible products. I'd say if the recoloring is deep--use Clydes first, copiously. Then move to Leather Honey.

I'd say if you need to freshen up a jacked or it's down to bear leather, cracked--and that's not your thing. Leather Honey is fast.

Now that I'm seeing the three jackets, all being treated --My vote is for Clydes--it just seemed to penetrate deeper and blend slightly better than the Leather Honey Black. I'd say if someone wanted to take an existing coat with fairly intact dye---test out Leather Honey Black. I haven't done the post conditioning that's part of the restore color with either compound---so perhaps Leather honey responds to that. But leather honey really probably needs to be a total coat thing in order for it to match it's own tone of black. Clydes seemed to have blended better.