Johnson's the Cleaners - Motorcycle leathers

[notbike]

Anyone ever used this service before? It's pricey as fuck but they apparently restore a full set of leathers for £107. Having said that, I can't imagine needing to use this service more than once every couple years anyway.

My leathers haven't been cleaned or cared for in a bit over 3 years years, aside from maybe the odd annual wipe down. Colours are worn out at this point and it's also become a graveyard for bugs.

Wanna know if it's worth it before I give it a try, anyone used them?

[Dave70]

I wasn't even aware they offered such a service.

If they do as good a job as they state, it's probably worthwhile but, only on the middle to high end of the market as opposed to cheaper leathers at that price.
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[wr6133]

I thought about it but balked at price. If you do it let me know how well they do because I have a scott leather jacket that really needs some love and I don't want to bin.

[Itchy]

I had my leathers restored in 2010 as they had sat inside the hold of a cargo ship for 3 months and were covered in mold.

The local Johnsons cleaners actually did a fairly good job and made the leather soft and supple again. However it did still have a faint mold smell to it.

Then I put on weight/went to the gym so the leathers no longer fit.
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[arry]

I'm usually one for throwing cash at things but wow that's mega money. They'd have to clean them down with virgin tears for that cash. Leather cleaner and a feed, bang - and the dirt is gone. Good as new!

[notbike]

Good point Dave, my leathers only cost about £400-500 odd IIRC, cheap RST tractech evo whatsits. I want a new suit and have my eye set on one particular suit but it's £1.1k so I'm holding off at the moment and might just restore these ones.

Right well I'll probably do this anyway then and post results. Likely won't do it over the peak of summer though because I don't want to be without leathers for 3 weeks during the best weather.

@arry

Any tips for cleaning the lining as well? I imagine leather cleaner would only restore the outside, but if there's a decently cheap way to thoroughly clean the lining without soaking my leathers and fucking them up completely then I'm all ears

They do offer to only clean the interior for £40 odd quid I think but not sure.

[Itchy]

Oh IIRC it was only £77 back then.
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[Dave70]

[MattEMulsion]

I've never used them but the place called Scrubbers Leathers have been going for some years now and do the same kind of service for about £70.
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[Minty]

I use this on fabrics and my boots in particular:

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