Accidentally washed a nice leather wallet. Any tips on gettings its suppleness / gloss back

[Tim]

I forgot to remove a nice new Brics wallet from some trousers before they
went into a 40 degree wash cycle.

Now that it is dried, matted and a little crispy does anybody have any tips
for how I can put the suppleness and a shine back into the black leather.

Tim

[S Viemeister]

You could try neat's foot oil.

[Frank Erskine]

There aren't that many neats around, though, let alone the difficulty
of catching 'em.

Many moons ago, when I was a biker, I used to use "Preslea" leather
preserver, which was an excellent "food" for dried-out leather. It is
(was?) made by Carr & Day & Martin.

--
Frank Erskine
Sunderland

[John Rumm]

Frank Erskine wrote:

>>You could try neat's foot oil.
>
>
> There aren't that many neats around, though, let alone the difficulty
> of catching 'em.

You kidding, there is a field full of em near us!

Failing that, a bottle of caster oil from the chemist will do almost as
well.

--
Cheers,

John.

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[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

Leather polishes from any chandlers.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

[RedOnRed]

"Tim" <use...@neumena.com> wrote in message
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Bees wax?

[Tim S]

Tim wrote:

Nikwax liquid, from any good walking/outdoor/camping store or retailer to
the hairy-biker type.

Tim

[Sponix]

On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 07:49:09 +0000, Tim S <t...@dionic.net> wrote:

>Nikwax liquid, from any good walking/outdoor/camping store or retailer to
>the hairy-biker type.

http://www.nikwax.com/en-gb/webquiz/index.php

[Chris Bacon]

Getting it supple again is easy (Wren's leather oil, neatsfoot,
saddle soap, even) but putting the shine back won't be so easy!