Otter Wax Saddle Soap | 2oz | All-Natural Leather Cleaner | Made in USA

This is exactly as advertised. It is a castile soap with beeswax and other ingredients. It does not seem to contain significant amounts of lanolin, in any at all, like other saddle soaps I am accustomed to. This may make it undesirable for some uses where lanolin is important. I use their other Leather Salve and Leather Oil products, which are outstanding so I decided to give this a try. I purchased this because a pair of very expensive dress shoes were soaked in a recent rain storm and I was concerned about the dirt and any potential water damage so I gave them the full OtterWax treatment. After letting them dry with cedar shoe trees for 4 days I decided to tackle the job. With a soft brush, I found that the saddle soap foamed up nicely and cleaned my very dirty shoes, including the leather soles. It is not a harsh cleaner like Bick 1 so it takes a little more elbow grease to use it, but it did a great job and was gentle on the light walnut brown finish on my shoes. After allowing to dry, I followed up with Leather Salve, which I also worked in a bit, and then leather oil. Both were followed by allowing to soak in and dry, wiping with a soft clean cloth, and then buffing with a shoe brush. After the oil the shoes looked so good I almost didn't polish them. However, I did give them a good polish with shoe cream and then about 4 coats of neutral carnauba polish to bring out the shine and leather. These shoes now look as good as new and perhaps better, with a lot more depth to the shine.It is true that this soap is harder and not as oily as other brands and I would not recommend it unless you were to commit to working it well to allow the bees wax to emulsify and get into the leather then following up with either their leather salve or leather oil if not both. On the other hand, this allows the product to clean and not get into or darken the leather as much as more traditional versions. I think these guys are afraid of meat or something, because there are no four-legged oils in their products and just a touch of lanolin would make this stuff the master of all saddle soaps. I think that this stuff works best on a warm sunny day, which is funny because they make this stuff in Portland, OR. I was looking for gentle natural products to maintain or revive my handmade shoes and in essence to respect the leather. If that is what you are looking for, then Otter Wax is the stuff for you and you won't be disappointed. This will gently but thoroughly clean your leather and is a great first step to caring for leather products.

This is really good leather soap. I’ve cleaned boots and a leather apron. Just know this container may not last long, depending on the size of what you’re cleaning. But it was very effective.

Satisfying results on leather chairs and other goods. Easy to use.

This isn't a miracle worker for stains, but it does a pretty good job. I bought this because it was made primarily of castille soap and beeswax rather than glycerin and lanolin, and I wanted to try a different, perhaps gentler, formula. The smell is very pleasant, definitely smells like orange oil. I didn't have much trouble emulsifying it, though I do admit it's not AS easy as glycerin-based saddle soaps. However, I don't feel like the difference is SO much that it's notable. I used a dauber brush, dipped in water (with excess shaken out) and rubbed it into the soap to create a thick foam. By light lydipping the brush back into water periodically, it was easy to maintain a rich lather.This did not get out deep set stains (marks from laces on my Timberlands and Vince Camuto blue oxfords) but did somewhat lift a VERY OLD, deep set mystery stain on my blue Vince Camuto oxfords (pictured). They did not completely remove the stain, but I find that it did a good enough job lightening it (especially given that the stain is YEARS old).Also (not pictured), I removed a grey stain (from normal finger grime, always touching the same spot) from my white/cream-colored Kate Spade purse by using my finger to firmly rub the soap into the spot and wiping with a tissue.

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Got this as well as some other products from otter wax, and they did not disappoint. This cleaned my boots nicely without stripping them too much. Definitely recommend.

Great cleaning product for leather. Lathers and cleans well.

So I was into collecting vintage authentic bag I been searching best cleaning supply for bag and I end up to this yes it does work make my vintage bag look like new, refresh looking. I highly recommend and it’s safe for your leather bag.