Leather Therapy is a great product. They make a cleaner,
restorer/conditioner, and finisher. I think they market a sample pack of
all three in 2 oz sizes. With repeated applications it's helped me
salvage some worse for the wear saddles. I buy it through
www.doversaddlery.com.




Rachel Talent Ivers
Registrar/Exhibitions Coordinator
Bass Museum of Art
2121 Park Avenue
Miami Beach, FL  33139
tel. 305.673.7530
fax 305.673.7062


-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Jacquelann Killian
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 8:25 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Cleaning leather


Now, this is probably a question better suited to Restoration-L or
Fixer-Uppers-L, but I thought I'd try here since many of you probably
have some kind of experience w/ leather! I have a leather upholstered
chair that I would like clean myself but am unsure of the best way to do
so w/ the least repercussions. This is a chair I actually own, versus a
piece that is cared for by a museum or institution, so if you have a
good experience w/ a leather cleaner that you've used in that
environment or in your own non-museum lives, I'm interested in your
suggestions. I got it at an antique  store and I'm curious to see what
can be done to improve its appearance. It's not filthy, but it has an
overall layer of grime that I would like to work out of it. My mom has
handed me all level of unusual things including Armorall, shoe polish
(the clear kind), and car upholstery cleaner... Something tells me
something better out there exists. Plus, I'd like to be able to sit in
it once it is clean!

Thanks in advance for your suggestions-
Jackie

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3951 Gouverneur Ave., 2D
Bronx, NY  10463

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