Restoring "Distressed" Leather?

[SgtFang]

Hopefully I'm not jinxing myself posting this, but with any luck I'm going to be getting a 23 year old screen used, leather garment soon and I want to restore it to it's former glory. Besides it's age, it's been really distressed with what looks like a lot of airbrushed weathering, but at least no rips or popped seams.

Anyone have any ideas how to get this crud off w/o damaging the leather's base color?

Thanks.

-Sarge

 

[KevVader]

Try an automotive leather seat conditioner like Meguiar's....I use it on my leather armchairs at home. Takes spills out but doesn't rub out the colour. Also restores dried out leather as well.

 

[Rabittooth]

The guys at IndyGear all hail a treatment called "Pecards".

-Rabittooth

 

[SgtFang]

Will that take the painted weathering off too?

-Sarge

 

[LZeitgeist]

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The guys at IndyGear all hail a treatment called "Pecards".

-Rabittooth
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Pecards is provided with David Morgan kangaroo whips... is it supposed to be used on jackets, too?

 

[Gigatron]

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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Rabittooth @ Jan 30 2007, 06:02 PM) [snapback]1408155[/snapback]

The guys at IndyGear all hail a treatment called "Pecards".

-Rabittooth
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Pecards is provided with David Morgan kangaroo whips... is it supposed to be used on jackets, too?
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Pecards is a leather treatment, it can be used on any leather material you have (though I have no idea how it would behave on suede). I've used it on my whip, on all my leather jackets and my boots.

I've never had it remove color from the jackets, but it has removed shoe polish from my boots (not enough to be noticeable on the boot, but enough to be noticeable on the rag).



To get all the fake weathering and distressing off, I'd clean it with a leather cleaner and then go over it with a protectant like pecards or something similar.

-Fred