Scrubbers!

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I finally got around to sending my leathers off to http://www.scrubbersleathers.co.uk/ . Some of you may remember that I put my leathers in the washing machine last year!:smiley: I should have soaked them as described and then scrubbedā€™em. They were a bit cleaner and smell quite nice now, but a trip to Marsh Wall in Docklands left them covered in mud which dont wanna come off wiā€™out some elbow grease. Which I am fresh out of!:wink:

Anyways. Scrubbers will be on the job soon, and I am having a quote to re-dye them. Iā€™ll let you know the outcome, as if youā€™re interested?:stuck_out_tongue:

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This is actually quite interesting, seeing as we have a few peeps in LB that could do with washing their leathersā€¦ No names mentioned (Andrew and Stevewright :wink: )

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Whatā€™s their turn-around time? Can they get them back to you quickly?

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Go to hein Gericke, buy nickwax leather cleaner (Ā£8) and a nikwax wax leather restorer and water proofer (Ā£5 for a shoe polish like tin) and some sponges and do it ure self.

Wont get ure colour restored but for One peice + boots + gloves + postage both ways its a fair bit cheaper - may not restore the colour but im sure there are products to that.

Failing that a leather restorer in londonā€¦there must be oneā€¦

Dont get me wrong if I lived in Coventry prob would do it once every 2 years but seems a bit to much at this stage.

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I washed mine last summer with this: http://www.leder-fein.de/index.php?page=101

I git it from a guy off a Ducati forum whoā€™s a ā€œSpecialistā€ in Ducati stuff. The parts of my leather that were white need re-tanning. I had meant to do that too but never got around to it.

I used to use that Nikwax about 300yrs ago to w/proof my gloves. Back then it was horrid stuff! I dont have time to mess with trying to clean to this degree and then re-tan my leathers. The only way itā€™ll get done is if I sendā€™em to a professional.

I think that I could be looking at a 3wk turn around if I go for the re-tanning. The guy says he can only apply 1 layer per day!:frowning:

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:w00t:do i hear right!?

clean leathersā€¦sneakyā€¦neverā€¦:w00t::w00t::w00t::stuck_out_tongue:

what happned to character!..:smiley:

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Mmm, tell me about it. Hope Scrubbers dont clean them too well, Iā€™ll have to clean *the * bike!:pinch:

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Unfortunately they were unable to re-tan the white parts of my old leathers. Thats the part that the colour has come off the most. Damian says that I will be pleased with the result tho. I do hope that he right. The leathers should be back tomo (Thurs)