Care and Maintenance Instructions

At Sax Leather we use only top grade cowhides specially selected for each particular product, full chrome tanned garment leather for all our clothing, and full vegetable tanned leather for all our bondage equipment.

All leather products need regular maintenance to ensure their lasting appeal and durability. Leather is a skin, and like your own skin needs cleaning and nourishing, continual contact with moisture (rain, sweat and urine etc.) can cause stiffening. In the case of sweat and urine the article should be wiped down immediately after use with warm soapy water (Lux flakes or baby shampoo) and a liberal coating of leather dressing (GE WY or DUBBIN etc.) should be applied. Leather should never be dried in front of a direct heat source as this also causes a stiffening of the hide, wet articles should be placed on hangers, dried at room temperature and leather dressed.

Wax can be removed by placing blotting paper on the leather and applying a cool/moderate iron. Keep applying the iron on clean blotting paper to the wax spot until the paper is no longer absorbing the wax.

Oils and oil based lubricants can be difficult to remove. A grease dissolving washing powder in a few table spoons of water rubbed slowly onto the spots can help their removal. As soon as the stain is removed apply leather dressing.

Scuff marks can be disguised by applying a shoe renovating polish or marker pen.

Always test the leather dressing before use on an area such as an inside seam or cuff.

Metal Fittings

All buckles, rivets, studs, snaps, rings etc., are nickel plated mild steel with the exception of chain which is chrome plated mild steel. If the fittings are not cleaned regularly or cleaned after contact with moisture, rusting will occur. Rusting can be removed with chrome cleaner available from your local car accessory store.