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SCHOTT STEERHIDE CONDITIONER

Seb Lucas

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Lots of info on conditioners here if you do a search.

Main thing is to not use too much and generally I use it every 7-10 or so years for a good leather jacket like an Aero or Vanson. Maybe more after a soaking, but even then the waxes in most good leathers last for many years without need for a top up.

Pecards and Lexol are good. You can even use common Vaseline - as used by the jacket making guru John Chapman.

I stay away from natural products as my experience with Neatsfoot oil, for instance, is the seams can rot.

I have a 30 year-old hand made leather jacket that has never had a treatment. It's totally fine. It's good to keep leathers out of sun and out of humid conditions.
 

PeterRocco

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Staten Island New York
Hi
Thank You for Sharing Your Experience with Conditioners. I have Used Pecards Before. Like you Said Don’t use a lot.
I see SCHOTT Sells Otterwax Oil. Your Right Lexol is a Safe Conditioner like
BICKMORE 4, this is Good too. My Jacket is 6 Years Old. Lucky Never Got Wet.
Thank You
Pete
 

zebedee

One Too Many
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Shanghai
Hi
Thank You for Sharing Your Experience with Conditioners. I have Used Pecards Before. Like you Said Don’t use a lot.
I see SCHOTT Sells Otterwax Oil. Your Right Lexol is a Safe Conditioner like
BICKMORE 4, this is Good too. My Jacket is 6 Years Old. Lucky Never Got Wet.
Thank You
Pete
Renapur is what I use, but really sparingly. There's some debate on whether it makes any real difference unless the leather is very dry.
 

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Downunder G Man

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This is what I use in Australia. I ride Harleys and do occasionally get caught in rain !

I try not to but you know how that can go..Made in Australia. They also make quality boots and clothing.

I have used it on quite a few Schott jackets , ( I am a Schott fan) , including this early 90's steerhide collared café racer , a 441PP.

Schott 441PP Sorrento 1.jpg


RM Williams leather conditioner.jpg
 

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