Bick 4 Leather Conditioner and Leather Cleaner 2 oz - Will Not Darken Leather - Safe of Leather Apparel, Furniture, Jackets, Shoes, Auto Interiors, Bags & All Other Leather Accessories

I like leather products, and I like to take care of my stuff, so the right leather care product is critical. I've used a great many over the years and have settled on two as being clearly superior: Bick 4 and Leather Honey ( Leather Honey Leather Conditioner, the Best Leather Conditioner 8oz Bottle ). They are quite different from each other. Bick 4: I'm pretty sure this stuff is what North Beach Leather used to sell under their own name. It is a lanolin/oil lotion that really works. I use it bare handed, and my skin feels soft and good afterwards. It doesn't darken leather, and it cleans as it works if I wipe it up before it is all soaked in. I've used it on my wife's old Chanel purse, an Armani jacket, and some Coach gloves. In every case, it did exactly what I wanted, making the leather softer, more suppler, and feel great. It is easy to wipe Bick 4 off of areas it is unwanted, like plastic or metal. Leather Honey: Leather Honey has a unique effect, making leather somehow feel denser and more hydrated. It is hard to explain, but it is very different than the effect of more lotion-like products, and I've tried a lot of them. On my favorite ten-year-old leather jacket from North Beach Leather, Leather Honey soaked in quickly in certain spots, and I added some more. After two hours, there was nothing to wipe away. The already heavy jacket feels heavier, better, and the results have proven to hold up and add more rain resistance. A new black leather feels more supple. A pair of black Ferragamos appear less abraded at the toe. Brown Sebago deck shoes certainly got more supple and soaked in a lot. The color darkened. That brings me to the three small caveats: 1) Leather Honey is not a cleaner. Since it isn't water-based like lotion products, dirt stays. For example, on the Sebagos, an area that was a bit dirty was just the same, but the leather under it was clearly treated. 2) Leather Honey doesn't evaporate on plastics and rubbers, nor does it wipe off that easily. A day after treating the Sebagos, the soles still had Leather Honey on them, now somewhat sticky. Obviously I should have done a better job of wiping. 3) Leather honey can and will darken some light leathers. Which one should you use? I use Bick 4 for thinner leathers, or ones for which darkening would be a problem, or if I'm trying to clean and condition in one step. If the words that come to mind with the leather you're treating are "soft," "buttery," or "thin," then use Bick 4. Its effect won't last as long as Leather Honey's, but it works, and it works beautifully, doing just what you want a leather conditioner to do. I use Leather Honey for thick leathers that I want to feel more like high quality leather. Think cow hide over lamb skin. I make sure the leather is clean, and use Leather Honey if water resistance is important. I use Leather Honey if the leather is really bad, because it does more than the Bick 4. I use it when some darkening wouldn't be a problem. Leather Honey makes all leather more, er, leathery, and I mean that in a good way.

Bick 4 Leather Conditioner This leather conditioner has a thin, runny lotion-like quality and is easy to apply. The chemical like scent is faint and didn’t overpower the full grain leather scent of my backpack. I applied the Bick 4 to a brand new full-grain leather backpack that was starting to dry out a little due to the extremely hot summer. I had the backpack sitting in its original packaging in the closet for months. I used a clean, soft cloth and applied a small amount at a time of Bick 4 section by section, then lightly wiped over the complete section so that conditioner was evenly buffed in. The color did get a very light shade darker due to the moisture of the product, but it went back to its original color. Note: Although the upper backpack pocket on the comparison pick is lighter than the bottom pocket treated with Bick 4 that’s still drying, it’s lighter than it should be because it was losing it luster due to the extreme summer heat. The completed conditioned product picture is the shade it should be. 1hr 15mins later the backpack was finally done and looked great. This product works as described and is easy to apply.

Really good conditioner. My first time using a conditioner this and a horsehair brush is all you need. It runs white but drys clear. Can use minimal and have great results. I can see myself using this for a year or two before repurchasing.

First impression after applying and buffing it in: 4.5 stars. Why not 5? There appears to be some area not brought back to life. It may need several applications. Pros: This product is not waxy or greasy and my leather jacket received it very well (I have a "naked leather" jacket which means it does not have much processing or chemical treatments and the leather retains a natural matt finish and is very soft). It doesn't have shiny chemicals it makes things look like vinyl. It allows the leather to retain its natural look It doesn't smell Cons: It may not clean as easily as it advertises. Label says "conditions, cleans, polishes, protects". It will need some additional applications to meet these promises. Seems more fluidy than other products I've used and may be why I have to use multiple applications. As a product for leather jackets, it conditions but isn't as rich and dense as I would have liked it to be. Overall it is working but I will need to spend some time and more applications for it to fully restore. Still it IS a good product!

For my oiled leather Birkenstock sandals, cleaning the straps was a pain. Then I found this product which does the job wonderfully

リピートです。べたつかず、さらさらで最高です。車のシ－トにも良いと思います。メルセデスGTの柔らかいシ－トに使用しましたが新品同様になりました。

Muy buen producto, no deja residuos grasos

Ho acquistato questo prodotto della Bickmore per confrontarlo con il Saphir Renovateur che già utilizzo e devo dire che il risultato è similare (almeno io non ho notato chiari vantaggi di uno sull'altro), Non rende la pelle più scura anche se è sempre meglio provare il prodotto su una parte nascosta prima di applicarlo su tutta la scarpa specie se di colore chiaro/naturale. Il costo per millilitro lo rende molto valido come rapporto prezzo/qualità quindi lo userò alternandolo con il Saphir.

I am not sure if this is the right consistency of the conditioner but I have a watery one. I tried to apply on my bag but it seems the bag is still the same.