Restoring a Vintage Leather Bike Saddle - Ideale 92

I try some simple and experimental methods of restoring a vintage Ideale 92 leather saddle. It worked!
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[@Desi365]

You can clean a stained leather saddle with glycerin soap or plain glycerin. There are these stores , Naturalia ( if you're in France, i suspect you are), where you can buy it for 2€.
Shoe cream is not ideal but if you have nothing else, it's ok. Lip balm (yes) will do decently for proofing the saddle; with beewax and lanoline, preferably.

[@thevelocollective343]

Thanks for the great info!

[@malakalala7210]

coconut butter - it a wonder and cheap

[@thevelocollective343]

Doesn’t it dry though, leaving a grey residue?

[@jimyoder6594]

Great advice, thank you.

[@thevelocollective343]

Glad it was helpful!

[@vktrdk]

Hi there, what’s your opinion after a few months is the shoe creme worked well?

[@thevelocollective343]

Thanks for the question. I'm still using the saddle and it's till in good condition, so it worked! Cheers!