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I want to put Pecard's on my leather jacket, but the instructions are a little vague. Do you just rub it in with a cloth towel? Then I guess you rub off the excess. Is that how you guys do it? Thanks...KC

Personally, I use a cloth towel if I'm working with Pecards lotion, and I use my bare hands if I'm working with Pecards classic/standard dressing (since it's more of a balm than a liquid).

The lotion's for lamb, the dressing is for cow/horsehide. Also, there is the cream for cow/horsehide which I haven't tried, but supposed to soften up the leather.

With the lotion, the lamb pretty much absorbs everything under a minute. But the dressing leaves a tacky finish, so you should use that sparingly, leave it up to hang overnight, and then buff off the excess.

Hope this helps!

Thin layers are the key word KC. Just apply a really thin coat (be carefull not to add anything to the liner - cotton doesn't like Pecard's). Then hang it up to dry over night. If necesarry, apply another coat and let dry - to rub off the excess, can be a real mess.

Just personal preference, but has worked fine for several years.

Regards,

Marc

Marc wrote:be carefull not to add anything to the liner - cotton doesn't like Pecard's

I am curious though to exactly what will happen in such an event? While pecarding my jackets, I might have once or twice come into contact with the cotton and satin...

This is what happened to mine just after it touched the lining......


Which lead to this..........




Please be carefull !

It wouldn't have happened if you would've stayed away from the baked beans.

..........refried pecards ?.............

I guess you shouldn't smoke while applying Pecard's...KC

after all that, I'm slightly concerned about using pecards!

....................well hopefully you know that was all in jest.............

...Except the blowing up part. I've got some bridges for sale if anyone's interested, too.

...Except the blowing up part.

....well yah, that part happened. I was just talking about the refried pecards part not being true.........

Castor Dioscuri wrote: The lotion's for lamb, the dressing is for cow/horsehide. Also, there is the cream for cow/horsehide which I haven't tried, but supposed to soften up the leather.

Hope this helps!

and for Goat? I bought the normal leather dressing a few months ago but havent applied it to my goatskin jacket yet - though I think with goat people have used either one.

Use the same dressing for horsehide/cow as you would for goat. That's what I use on my goatskin jacket.

How much Pecards lotion do you guys use?! I put like a quarter sized amount on a cloth and rub it in and its gone, and do that a couple times. You guys sound like you pour it all over the jacket and rub it in...

How much do you use, and how exactly do you apply it? Onto the jacket, or onto the cloth?

In Christ,
Shane

IT RUBS THE LOTION ON ITS SKIN!

What I do is just dunk some lotion on a cloth, wipe about 2 inches, then move to another area.

Castor Dioscuri

IT RUBS THE LOTION ON ITS SKIN!

Or else it gets the hose again? That couldn't be good for a leather jacket!

C3

IndyMcFly wrote:How much Pecards lotion do you guys use?! I put like a quarter sized amount on a cloth and rub it in and its gone, and do that a couple times. You guys sound like you pour it all over the jacket and rub it in...

How much do you use, and how exactly do you apply it? Onto the jacket, or onto the cloth?

In Christ,
Shane

I tend to use my fingers and only use a cloth the next day to wipe off any excess. I think a little goes a long way if you can work it in, but it also depends on the jacket. My Wested has been regularly treated since I got it, so I don't have to use a huge amount of Pecards when I dress it. But I recently got a vintage horsehide jacket which was plenty dry and I ended up using the rest of the container on it! That jacket just stunk in the Pecards!

i fill my bathtub up with pecards and bathe in it. then i dry myself off with my leather jackets

actually, i don't use pecards except on my whip...that way i can buy a new jacket if it wears out....which would be in a couple years or so. too many options on the market to take care of a jacket in that nature IMO.

Indiana G wrote:i fill my bathtub up with pecards and bathe in it. then i dry myself off with my leather jackets

actually, i don't use pecards except on my whip...that way i can buy a new jacket if it wears out....which would be in a couple years or so. too many options on the market to take care of a jacket in that nature IMO.

Your wife told me you have too many jackets anyway, Gil. Thanks for lettin' me have the spare! You're a durn hero, I tells ya!

How often would a normal person apply Pecards to a jacket? I'm not sure anyone here's qualified to answer that.

Snakewhip_Sable wrote:[How often would a normal person apply Pecards to a jacket? I'm not sure anyone here's qualified to answer that.

Oh, well, never mind then.....

Regards! Michaelson

Well, my first leather jacket I treated it as a normal person would... (read: I never even HEARD of Pecards)

Fast forward 7 years later, it's dead as Dillinger.

And just in case...place a towel on the back of your car seat the first time you wear the Pecards-treated jacket...in case you did not wipe off all the excess

Wouldn't the pecards be good for your car seat though?

The so called 'motorcycle leather lotion' would, as it's pretty close to the same product as Lexol...but not standard Pecards. The beeswax would make the seats unbearably tacky.

Regards! Michaelson

Well, if you're driving a Chevette, then tacky fits just fine.