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I was wondering what the best way to clean Aldens is? My boots are nicely treated with Pecards, but pick up dirt and dust through-out the week. Should I use Lexol Cleaner? Michaelson, ol' buddy? Ya got yer ears on?

Regards,

Dr. J

Dr._J wrote:I was wondering what the best way to clean Aldens is? My boots are nicely treated with Pecards, but pick up dirt and dust through-out the week. Should I use Lexol Cleaner? Michaelson, ol' buddy? Ya got yer ears on?

Regards,

Dr. J

J-Dude,
I would just use saddle soap. You should have saddle soap to clean your whip. Right? I tried Lexol cleaner once. It worked OK, but I just feel better using Saddle Soap. I tend to use the Lexol stuff on the auto.

Hope this helps.
-Sergei

Sergei,

Thanks, pal. I don't have the saddle soap yet, but will by the end of the week. Where's the best place to buy it? I also use Lexol in the car for the most part.

Regards and Happy New Year!

Dr. J

Dr._J wrote:Sergei,

Thanks, pal. I don't have the saddle soap yet, but will by the end of the week. Where's the best place to buy it? I also use Lexol in the car for the most part.

Regards and Happy New Year!

Dr. J

Saddle soap you can buy just about anywhere they sell shoe polish (i.e. vons, sav-on, shoe repair shops, rite-aid, boot barn...).

Happy New Year too, Dr. J.

-S

You could just wear them in the shower.

Indiana Jess wrote:You could just wear them in the shower.

Indiana Jess, your avatar fit that reply to a "T"

The saddle soap I have (bought at a western store) is in the form of a bar of soap. Is that standard or does it come in other forms? (I have yet to find it elsewhere and all they had was a bar).

Hmmm... the only type I have seen came in a large tin can like the can you get that looks like shoe polish.

It looks like this:

I use the saddle soap on my combat boots, and it works great. Haven't tried them on Aldens, but I'm sure the effect would be similar.

Is it like a lotion or a paste? I may have to keep my eyes open because as you can imagine, it's hard to clean a whip with a bar of soap.

All I can add is at the FRONT end of the problem.....when you apply your Pecards and have allowed it to completely soak in, rub off the excess with a dry, clean cotton cloth (like an old tee shirt). THEN, find a pair of old panty hose and buff the heck out of your shoes. This removes all the tacky finish left by the unabsorbed Pecards (the actually dressing is IN the leather now), so you won't pick up as much dust over the week while wearing them. Regards. Michaelson

Saddle Soap? I just use Kiwi brown and my set of brushes, as well as using some dubbing.
I'll have to try the saddle soap, might be good for my combat boots too!
Thanks Aunt suger!

Ian

Indiana Texas-girl wrote:Is it like a lotion or a paste? I may have to keep my eyes open because as you can imagine, it's hard to clean a whip with a bar of soap.

ITG,
Saddle Soap is like a soap bar that is special for leather products. If you READ the directions you dab a damp cloth into the Saddle soap. You work into a light lather with a damp cloth or sponge then remove with a clean damp cloth or sponge. Pat it dry, then hang it to finish drying. Never dry it mechanically or leave it in the sun. After cleaning you will need to condition the leather in order to keep it from drying out. The only big screw up that can happen is that you need to apply Pecards (or your favorite leather conditioner) immediately after the leather is dry. The leather does get dry after a soaping session.

It's easy to use ITG. Just lather up the whip and dry it off and the whip is sparkling clean.

-S

Huh? This started out as a shoe cleaning string, and ended up a whip cleaning string. Where did THAT happen? I must have fallen asleep during the transition! Regards. Michaelson

Yes, I know. But I was very careful in the directions. Everything you read can easily be used for cleaning boots. Geesh! )

-S

Yes, I KNOW you can. Now, what shall we talk about.....(said in the best evil German accent one can achieve at a keyboard.... ) Regards. Michaelson

Now, what shall we talk about.....(said in the best evil German accent one can achieve at a keyboard.... )

Monty Python?...The knights of the Round Table! I can go OT real fast. )

Oh yeah! Well, uh, did you know that, uh, it was rumored back in the 50's that Humphrey Bogart was Ed Sullivans brother!? Huh, did 'ja. Off topic indeed! (what were we talking about again? ) Regards. Michaelson

Thanks everyone! Now back to our regularly scheduled program.

Sir, yes Sir!

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Heres a number I recently tossed up while in the Caribbean....

Isn't awfully nice to have a.... Bullwhip?

Sergei wrote: ITG,
Saddle Soap is like a soap bar that is special for leather products. If you READ the directions you dab a damp cloth into the Saddle soap. You work into a light lather with a damp cloth or sponge then remove with a clean damp cloth or sponge.

It's easy to use ITG. Just lather up the whip and dry it off and the whip is sparkling clean.

-S

Yes, that's what I already do with my bar of saddke soap and whip, but I didn't know if the examples posted above in the metal tins were any different than bar of saddle soap. It's good to know now that they are the same and that I don't have to go buy a new kind of saddle soap. Thanks!

Getting back on topic, I may have to try the saddle soap on my shoes soon.

Indiana Texas-girl wrote:

Sergei wrote: ITG,
...It's easy to use ITG. Just lather up the whip and dry it off and the whip is sparkling clean.

-S

..Getting back on topic, I may have to try the saddle soap on my shoes soon.

Thar you go! Whew...

Soap on your shoes!? I thought we were talking about whips! (we now see Michaelson gracefully dive under his desk (though hitting his head on the drawer as he goes under) just before Sergei nails him with his 10' Morgan in his glutimus maximus ) Regards. Michaelson

Michaelson wrote:Soap on your shoes!? I thought we were talking about whips! (we now see Michaelson gracefully dive under his desk (though hitting his head on the drawer as he goes under) just before Sergei nails him with his 10 Morgan in his glutimus maximus ) Regards. Michaelson

LOL!

I don't know which was more fun, the saddle soap use info or the digressions by Sergei and Michaelson.

Ken/JJ

Sergei may be digressing.....I'm just plain addled! High regards. Michaelson

Michaelson wrote:.....I'm just plain addled! High regards. Michaelson

And now for something completely different ....

Hey there, roomie, me being addled ain't different by ANY stretch of the imagination. (there, I beat 'cha to it, didn't I?!) Regards. Michaelson