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PLEASE NOTE: REGARDING INTERNATIONAL ORDERS
We have had to implement a 2kg weight restriction within the shop due to those imposed by our "incorporated" couriers with regards shipping liquids.
If whilst progressing with your order, it says we do not ship to your location, it will be due to this restriction. Please either reduce / split the order or contact us & we will find another courier.
Due to the UK's exit from the European Union, please note there may be further import duties / taxes imposed by the destination country.
The traditional product (formerly known as Connolly Hide Food) purchased fresh, direct from manufacturers.
A rich lanolin & beeswax cream ideally suited on older, or vintage "surface pigmented" leathers produced prior to 1990.
It seems to have been adopted as a "generic" leather preserver & has a following on sheepskin WWII flying jackets, saddlery, vintage luggage, antique leather book bindings, hand made shoes etc. but do your research!
The white spirit it uses as an emulsifier helps it absorb & soften the older, heavier, solvent/nitrocellulose-based pigmented coatings, but can be detrimental on modern water-based ones, particularly two-toned (antique) effects or leather upholstery refinished before!
The recipe has changed little over the last 60 years, but leather production has! Usual advise if in doubt is always test on small, unobtrusive area first & stop use if see any colour movement or surface remains sticky even after a few days.
The Concentrated Leather Cleaner is a mild shampoo made to the Connolly's original recipe. 1 part soap to 8-10 parts hot water means that this 500ml bottle will make up to 5 litres of solution!
