Question:
What product would you recommend to remove the wax after the build up of many polishings?
-HitMan009
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Lexol cleaner works for me.
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I concur, Lexol is hands down the best leather cleaner I have every used and I have tried everything on riding boots & saddles ....and they get scummier than your shoes assuming you don't wander through sewage treatment plants.
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so where's the best place to buy it?
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Auto supply stores usually have it. Get the cleaner and NOT the conditioner.
They rebadge it for "household," "auto," etc., but as far as I know it it is all the same stuff in different colored bottles for different channels.
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Any tack shop should have it as well...
And Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymot....y=50450
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I would test the Lexol in an inconspicuous area of the shoe to make sure it won't darken the leather, as I've heard it can do. Allen Edmonds makes a leather cleaner/conditioner that will strip the old wax and condition the leather. It works well.
If you go the Lexol route, please let us know how it works out.
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Pretesting is good advice for any product. That said, I've never had a problem with Lexol cleaner darkening any of my leather. I would think the conditioner is more likely to do that than the cleaner.
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Lexol conditioner will indeed turn leather a shade darker. I keep it around for when I need to do just that.
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I use Saphir's Leather Cleaner/Conditioner. Most excellent stuff - and it does not darken leathers - none of my EG's/Lobb's/Berluti etc browns have have darkened.
