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Victory leather cleaning

Willybob

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I am getting a previously owned BK in victory horse and have heard the hide is not very water repellent. How do I clean the cotton drill liner? I thought about spaying some watered down mild soap like Woolite on the pits and down the inside of the sleeves, let sit, then rinse with warm /hot water in the shower. Anyone have any advice short of tossing the whole jacket in the washer and hope it doesn't get wrecked?
 

Seb Lucas

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If the leather isn't of sufficient quality to deal with water, turn the jacket inside out and wipe off the cotton with a damp, warm, soapy microfibre cloth. It will feshen up and clean the lining. Hang dry inside out until ready to wear.

I have washed most of my jackets in a machine with detergent - front loader - never did any damage. But I hear some leather is fragile, which kind of defeats the point.
 

Willybob

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Thank you. I've read some of the threads on washing the whole jacket in a machine. There are those who say they've had no ill effects and others who say it turned out bad. I don't need to clean the whole thing, just the liner. I want to avoid and possible shrinkage since the jacket is already short.
 

Dickie Teenie

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I own a Victory hide jacket and have had it in drizzle to light rain on a few 30 minute walks. It just rolled off and didn't seem to penetrate much if at all.
You might Febreze on the liner, I haven't yet but it's at the top of my list of to do's on my jacket.
 

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