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Thread Number: 76409
/ Tag: Other Home Products or Autos
How to rejuvenate leather wallet that went through the wash |
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| Post# 1002521 8/4/2018 at 13:02 (2,085 days old) by scoots (Chattanooga TN) | ||
I have an ordinary brown leather cow-hide wallet that's gone through the laundry and dryer. It's in OK condition, but now looks rather "parched".
Is there a specific leather care product that I can use to restore it? The only product I can think of is neatsfoot oil, but I remember from my baseball days in HS that it's really oily and not suitable for "fine" leather. Wikipedia mentions Mink Oil, but I don't have any experience with that. Thanks | ||
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Post# 1002523 , Reply# 1 8/4/2018 at 13:09 (2,085 days old) by ea56  (Cotati, Calif.) |
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I’d try using one of the leather conditioner products sold for use on leather upholstery. I don’t have any on hand, and can’t recall the name right now, but one of the products I’ve used in the past came in a brown plastic bottle, and was a pleasant scent lotion, not greasy or oily. It will rehydrate the leather and may save the day for your wallet.
HTH Eddie | ||
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Post# 1002524 , Reply# 2 8/4/2018 at 13:09 (2,085 days old) by joeekaitis (Rialto, California, USA) |
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This brand has been around a while. | ||
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Post# 1002529 , Reply# 3 8/4/2018 at 13:35 (2,085 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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| Post# 1002574 , Reply# 4 8/4/2018 at 23:29 (2,084 days old) by scoots (Chattanooga TN) | ||
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Post# 1002614 , Reply# 5 8/5/2018 at 15:21 (2,084 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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| Post# 1002831 , Reply# 7 8/7/2018 at 11:22 (2,082 days old) by iej (.... ) | ||
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Go to a shoe repair place or shoe store and get leather conditioner | ||
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Post# 1002836 , Reply# 8 8/7/2018 at 12:14 (2,082 days old) by mrboilwash (Munich,Germany) |
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If you don`t want to spend money on a special leather conditioning product which you will probably never use up for anything else, you could simply wash your wallet again but this time with a crazy amount of fabric softener. It will keep the leather soft and pliable for just a penny. If you still think it`s not soft enough you can also apply a very thin(!) coat of vaseline or wax based shoe polish and then wipe off any excess.
One thing I would stear clear of is treatments with body lotion, natural oils or anything else that will get rancid. | ||
| Post# 1004273 , Reply# 9 8/20/2018 at 21:15 (2,069 days old) by Michaelman2 (Lauderdale by the Sea, FL) | ||
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Wallet after treatment Scoots, how did your washed wallet fare after the reclaim attempt? | ||
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Post# 1004314 , Reply# 10 8/21/2018 at 06:38 (2,068 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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| Post# 1004319 , Reply# 11 8/21/2018 at 07:33 (2,068 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Mothers leather conditioner is very good, and smells like leather should. Another $5.99 leather cleaner/conditioner I use and makes it soft and supple is Parker & Bailey. Lather it on with your fingers and let it soak in well and almost dry before buffing off. | ||
| Post# 1007953 , Reply# 12 9/20/2018 at 12:43 (2,038 days old) by scoots (Chattanooga TN) | ||
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Mike asked for an update...
First, thanks to everybody who contributed input on this restoration.
Mike asked how the wallet turned out. The wallet is now serviceable, but it didn't come out as well as I'd like (but probably as good as it could.) First, I washed it by mistake again. I went to Walmart to pick up some Lexol as recommended but, even though the web site said it was in stock at my local store, I could not find it. Rather than delay this project some more, I simply bought a bottle of Weiman's. I applied two applications, carefully blotting the excess after half an hour as Mike recommended. While it did make the leather far more supple and rejuvenated, it did not restore the finish to the degree I had hoped for. I put this down to the age of the wallet (1990s), multiple washings over the years, and years of neglect. | ||
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