How to get rid of old musty smell from vintage suede schott trucker jackets?

[raf]

Good question, but one that's above my pay grade I'm afraid.

I never buy anything I couldn't afford to lose/ruin/have a disaster with. Not just jackets, everything.

I think that everything is for every day, so I don't own anything I don't intend to use under whatever circumstances the day throws at me.

edit: my most expensive jacket was a £200 (bought new but reduced to half price) armoured leather motorcycle jacket. And I wear that in the knowledge that every time I use it it could get thrown down the road full of giblets.

Generally speaking, always best to use Mfr's suggested cleaning method for a specific jacket. If in doubt, contact the Mfr with specifics concerning your item.

It is my experience that excellent and trusted leather cleaners are few and far between and also take some time (perhaps some weeks) to process your jacket. They also charge much more than the typical dry-cleaning shop which is invitingly convenient.

Folks Washing their jackets (usually for mildew odor reduction), and/or folks completely wetting their jackets to "stretch" them a bit are a little different from the person whose jacket fits them well and simply wants it properly cleaned.

In the case of jackets with genuine Mouton collars, the effects of simple dry-cleaning may have deleterious effects. IDK if dry cleaning does faux mouton collars any harm, but there may be remediation methods for such faux mouton collars. Simply liberally some unscented hair conditioner onto the faux mouton collar, and work it in as well as you can, possibly using a rubber-tipped wire cat's fur brush. Rinse well and allow to air dry. I've done this and it makes faux mouton look (and feel) almost like the real thing.

 

[abochka07]

I totally agree about the ozone machine. I got one from Amazon for about 80 bucks, as I had a leather jacket from Ukraine shipped to me that reeked of smoke. The ozone machine did a super, super good job.

Use a friends garage, let it run there. I ran mine in a basement room with a door that I just stuff towels under. The room smelled for ozone for a couple b days after, but that’s all. Totally eradicated the smell. Then I conditioned it with something that smelled a lot better, but that combination works to completely reset the smells IMO.