How do you take care of leather?

saddle soap

Mink Oil

Rub my balls on it

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This. I use it on my work boots. Makes them look more-or-less brand new and I never have to worry about wet feet.

My museum curator friends use Pecard Leather Dressing on antique/aged leather. I reckon it works well on new leather, too.



Lexol is a good conditioner, fairly cheap, and readily available.



Watch out for neatsfoot oil on anything with glue, like the soles and heals of shoes. It will destroy the adhesion, but it works really well otherwise, especially when you're trying to soften a piece of stiff leather. Wouldn't use it on any antiques, though.

I'm hearing mink oil a lot. Saddle soap is a soap which is a surfactant containing acid. I think it does damage to shoes??

same as a penis. Put some lube on it and massage it til its done

Since it's a soap, I would think that it is a base, not acidic. It also has keratin or wax and you're supposed to wash it off with a damp rag and then polish, so perhaps that deals with the pH problems.

If you're concerned with those issues, then you should look at the Pecard. A friend of mine works/has worked at several of the NOLA museums. Pecard is what they use on all their stuff.

This saddle at the Cabildo museum is coated in it. Before they applied it, the side flaps were curled upward.

Have you got a downvote stalker or is there some a-hole who sells a product not mentioned herein doing work?

Chamberlains