Praise for Skidmore’s leather and wood restoration products
Testimonials
Letters customers sent us. What you see depends on the piece and how it was cared for.
Weathered, eighty years on
My family recently found my grandfather’s leather flight jacket from the Second World War. After some saddle soap and Skidmore’s Leather Cream it looks brand new, despite being 80 years old.
Emily
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We were considering new front panels for our bathroom cabinets. This is the before and after. A few dollars, instead of new doors.
Steve, Plantation
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I rebuild old saddles. One was probably 100 years old, so stiff I was afraid the leather would break if I bent it. Three coats later it was soft, pliable, and a deep brown. Best leather dressing I have ever used.
Mike F., Highlands Ranch
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I had an old leather camel stool and a vintage Coach bag that had dried out. After Leather Cream they were softer than I thought they could be.
Angie, Black Mountain
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Your leather cream is the best. My 2000 Integra has a full leather interior. It was very dry when I bought the car two weeks before. Skidmore’s went far past what I expected.
Mike P.
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Turned this 10-year-old, well-used saddle into a nearly new one.
Curt
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An island remodel, topped off with three coats.
Tony
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I’ve been using your product for decades. I found it in a tiny shop in Wyoming, and I still use it in Montana.
Angie, Montana
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I’ve been using your product on this leather, and I needed more. Go big or go home.
Rick
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My basement flooded and a vintage racing suit came out mildewed, the leather stiff. I hung it in the weather, then applied Skidmore’s. The suit is still worn, but the leather nearly takes my breath away.
Russ
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I rescued a 1972 BMW that had sat in a field in Northern California for 15 years. The Recaro seats are full leather. The pictures were before and after one application of Restoration Cream.
find an image of a 1972 BMW Recaro leather seat, before and after one coat of Restoration Cream — JT
James, Paradise
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The first sale I made of your leather cream is going on a saddle used in The Patriot. I didn’t have to hesitate. It is better than anything I have used.
Kevin
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I use it on decades-old teak furniture, and on a redwood door that was made on the northern California coast and now lives at 6,000 feet in southwest Utah.
Kerry, Utah
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I asked for help with nubuck shoes at Puffin in Port Townsend. It’s like having a new pair.
Mike, Port Townsend
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I put Leather Cream on my riding jacket and chaps in Anchorage. The next day I rode through the hardest rain I have seen in Alaska. It beaded off. The year before, untreated, they soaked through and weighed a ton.
David, Anchorage
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Years of dirt and sun
This child’s saddle hadn’t been cleaned in years. After a few coats of Leather Cream it was alive and supple again, without feeling greasy. The gentleman I got it from said it looked new, the way it did when he was a child.
Charity
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Cedar fence, just coated
We finished coating our cedar fence and it looks and smells amazing. We’ve had so many compliments.
Zach
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I’m a horse trainer from West Virginia. I have looked for the right leather conditioner all my life, and it was here the whole time.
Marshall, West Virginia
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I have been riding hunters and jumpers for 62 years and have tried every leather care product. Yours is superior to them all.
Jay
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I have used Leather Cream on my Schott Perfecto and on my boots, belts, and gloves since 2012. The last of a nine-year-old can is as fresh as the new one. I used to condition leather with an old shirt. Now I use my hands.
Elan
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It breathed new life into my distressed brown riding jacket and a matching pair of gloves. They had been soaked in a storm, and the product I was using did not measure up.
Ken, Charlotte
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I bought the cream as a last resort for two leather couches that were scratched and a mess. Both look gorgeous. The scratches are mostly gone, and the leather is soft again.
Tammy
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I have two leather chairs that needed help, and one I’m particularly fond of. The cream works on wood too. The chairs and a small stand were glowing by the next day.
Jacque
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After years of riding in all weather, my leathers were old, dry, and weathered. I worked this in, wiped the excess, and came back hours later. It felt like someone had replaced the stiff jacket with a new one.
Harley, United Kingdom
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We treat the leather sofa our Labrador has claimed, and it stays looking new. The same product restores the oak trim and cabinets. I used to sand and refinish. Now I wipe with a cotton cloth and buff.
Mark
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I put one coat on our cherry dining table and sideboard. Even before the buff, the change was extraordinary. A finisher told us to get the liquid beeswax, and he was right.
find an image of a cherry dining table after one coat of liquid beeswax woodfinish — JB
Jonathan, Richmond
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My boots are at least eight years old, and now they are like new.
David D.
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