Ingredients

Here are 5 saddle soap alternatives:

1. Wipes: (Mohawk wipes, fenice, or baby wipes)
2. Soap and Water: (pH neutral soap and ordinary (warm) water)
3. White Vinegar and Olive Oil.
4. White Vinegar and Boiled Linseed Oil.
5. DIY Saddle Soap: (Water, Soap, Beeswax, & neatsfoot oil)

Thoroughly wet the saddle with the garden hose and scrub with Ivory soap and a soft brush. Rinse immediately and allow to dry. Wash again with saddle soap, using a toothbrush to thoroughly clean the tooling and hard-to-reach crevices. Restore the leather.

1. 3.5 cups (830 mL) of water.
2. 0.25 cups (59 mL) of neatsfoot oil.
3. 0.75 cups (96 g) of grated bar soap.
4. 0.75 cups (64 g) of grated beeswax or paraffin.
5. makes about 5 cups (1,200 mL) of soap.

Tack cleaners and conditioners that will bring shine to any tack room

• Absorbine Horseman’s One Step.
• Carr & Day & Martin Belvoir Step 1 tack cleaner spray.
• Cavalor leather soap.
• Collegiate saddle soap.
• Farnam Leather New.
• Leovet Leather Quick & Easy spray.
• Little Rider Total Care leather tack spray.

Get a bucket of preferably warm water. Use a clean sponge, and dab into your pot of NAF Soft Soap. Apply the soap to the saddle, in a circular motion to gently lift the grease and dirt. Do not use any abrasive sponges on your tack as it will wear the leather down.

I recommend washing saddles and leather goods with a mild soap like Ivory dish soap or Murphy’s Oil Soap. Scrubbing this in with a soft brush and rinsing with warm water will get the dirt up and away from the leather.

• Best Overall: FORTIVO Leather and Vinyl Repair Kit.
• Best for Couches: Furniture Clinic Leather Recoloring Balm.
• Best for Auto: Chemical Guys Leather Cleaner and Conditioner Complete Leather Care Kit.
• Best Leather Patch: MASTAPLASTA Self-Adhesive Patch for Leather and Vinyl Repair.

Leather fades as it becomes dry. To restore leather, apply Leather Honey to the faded area on the leather’s surface. Leather Honey will bring back the lost color. Again, we recommend applying to the entire piece rather than spot treating.

Vinegar can be a strong cleaning agent, but it can also dry out leather items. Wipe the solution over your leather until it is damp. Make sure to mix the vinegar with water, as straight vinegar can be too acidic for leather.

Leather that’s stiffened can be rejuvenated. Leather can stiffen as a normal part of the aging process, or if it routinely becomes too wet or dry. Fortunately, leather responds well to treatment, and it is possible to revitalize a piece of leather, including leather furniture, so that it looks nearly new.

Make Your Own Solution The best way to clean a leather couch and the entire surface, mix 2 parts white vinegar with 1 part olive oil in a spray bottle and shake well. (You can also add a few drops of fragrant essential oils to cut the vinegar smell).

How to Clean Leather. You can clean your leather furniture using a simple cleaning solution of 50/50 vinegar and water. Use a microfiber cloth to apply the solution, rubbing the leather in a circular motion to lift the dirt out of the natural fibers.

Mix one quart of warm water, one tablespoon of soap, and a couple drops of vinegar. Dip a cloth into the mixture, wringing it out so it’s damp and not wet. Wipe down the entire surface of the leather furniture piece. Allow the leather to air-dry once finished.

Apply a dime-sized amount of designated leather conditioner (like mink oil) to a soft cloth (microfiber is best but not necessary). Avoid using DIY leather care products, like olive oil or coconut oil, which can potentially harm your item. Begin rubbing the clean leather in circular motions with the cloth.