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<p>[QUOTE="Mill Cove Treasures, post: 772087, member: 60"]Definitely clean and protect with saddle soap. There is a product called Leather New by Farnam that I love. It cleans and conditions the leather. I used it on all my saddles and bridles. It made an old, moldy, Stubben saddle I picked up at a flea market look like it was new.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've also cleaned antique leather items with it. It may lift some of the paint if not all depending on what type of paint it is. After you clean it, if there is any paint left, use a q-tip dipped in Oops or Goof Off and only rub on the paint area. I was able to remove most of the paint from a small coin purse that way. You may end up with some bits of paint left in the grain and I would leave that alone or you could damage the leather. Here is a link to the Leather New for identification purposes only. (although, I think this a great price).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.chewy.com/farnam-leather-new-horse-polishing/dp/142896?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=hg&utm_content=Farnam&utm_term=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIivfZ0qiy4wIVkYbACh0dCw9qEAQYASABEgJ18_D_BwE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.chewy.com/farnam-leather-new-horse-polishing/dp/142896?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=hg&utm_content=Farnam&utm_term=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIivfZ0qiy4wIVkYbACh0dCw9qEAQYASABEgJ18_D_BwE" rel="nofollow">https://www.chewy.com/farnam-leather-new-horse-polishing/dp/142896?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=hg&utm_content=Farnam&utm_term=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIivfZ0qiy4wIVkYbACh0dCw9qEAQYASABEgJ18_D_BwE</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mill Cove Treasures, post: 772087, member: 60"]Definitely clean and protect with saddle soap. There is a product called Leather New by Farnam that I love. It cleans and conditions the leather. I used it on all my saddles and bridles. It made an old, moldy, Stubben saddle I picked up at a flea market look like it was new. I've also cleaned antique leather items with it. It may lift some of the paint if not all depending on what type of paint it is. After you clean it, if there is any paint left, use a q-tip dipped in Oops or Goof Off and only rub on the paint area. I was able to remove most of the paint from a small coin purse that way. You may end up with some bits of paint left in the grain and I would leave that alone or you could damage the leather. Here is a link to the Leather New for identification purposes only. (although, I think this a great price). [URL]https://www.chewy.com/farnam-leather-new-horse-polishing/dp/142896?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=hg&utm_content=Farnam&utm_term=&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIivfZ0qiy4wIVkYbACh0dCw9qEAQYASABEgJ18_D_BwE[/URL][/QUOTE]
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