Thursday, February 11, 2010

Make really old leather look like new!

WOW!

I just went to my closet, and took out a pair of my old leather riding pants.. yup.. I used to ride motorcycles!

Anyway, these were really expensive pants that I bought years ago from North Beach Leather.

I haven't looked at them for years... and they were quite dry. I cleaned them first with a soft facecloth and Lexol Leather Cleaner. Then, I applied Lexol Leather Conditioner and let it soak in for about an hour. I wiped them down, and applied another thin coat of Lexol Leather Conditioner.

They look like new!! Amazing!!

Friday, February 5, 2010

LEXOL and LEATHER

I just received a comment on my previous posting from a "Michael" who said:

"Lexol is a great product for low quality plastic like leathers. Things with high gloss and a very sealed texture, but when you are dealing with other leathers such as my old leather couch which had a matter finish the Lexol products completely destroy the leather. Lexol should stay in your garage next to your soap bucket."

Michael. I've used Lexol on many types of leather, including my old motorcycle jackets, belts, shoes, my sofa (see photo below), chairs, handbags, many different types of automobile seats... we sell an enormous amount of Lexol to hotels, auto detail shops, even several furniture manufacturers, and I have NEVER, EVER experienced the problem you're having.

My sofa has a matt finish, as does my motorcycle jacket, and they both look great after using Lexol Leather Cleaner, and Lexol Leather Conditioner. I am at a loss as to why it "destroyed" the leather on your sofa, but from 40 years of using this product, I have never had anything but outstanding results.

For plastics, such as PVC, Imitation Leather, "Half-Leather", Vinyls, I would use Lexol Leather Cleaner first to remove the surface dirt (yes.. it works amazingly well on non-leathers), then use Vinylex to condition the half-leather or PVC and prevent cracking.

Michael, I'd be glad to try to help you figure out what's wrong and what went wrong- please email me and lets work on it together. It is certainly very, very peculiar.