Well I have a pair of 2007 model A^ SP-2's that are getting a bit raunchy. I looked everywhere for the care instructions but cant find them on the net. How are we cleaning our leather gloves, inside and out? Especially inside.. I'm getting to the point where I'm about to throw them in the wash but yet I cant afford to ruin them... I noticed whatever anyone says its immediately discredited and contradicted by someone else.

Call around to dry cleaners. There are some that will specialize in cleaning leather. I'm not sure there's too much you could do at home to seriously clean them yourself... I think you could probably take care of small stains or whatever at home, but for the real, truly nasty stuff, I'd go to a professional. I doubt they'd charge much....

Quote from: Unknown on July 29, 2008, 04:32:10 PM
Well I have a pair of 2007 model A^ SP-2's that are getting a bit raunchy. I looked everywhere for the care instructions but cant find them on the net. How are we cleaning our leather gloves, inside and out? Especially inside.. I'm getting to the point where I'm about to throw them in the wash but yet I cant afford to ruin them... I noticed whatever anyone says its immediately discredited and contradicted by someone else.

Are they smelly or actually dirty? I did a lot of track days and when mine got smelly I would hang them in the sun for 2 days. All my gear is black on purpose so I dont have to worry about matching and stains.

I've had success using a saddle soap, follow instructions on the package. Mine are deerskin and really absorbent like a chamois. So they also dry out. So a secret is to use leather conditioner after washing them, I use a pure lanolin and mink oil leather conditioner. Work the leather conditioner in really well while the gloves are still wet. Then I let them dry in the sun for a good while then wring and scrunch up the leather to get it's pliability back. Don't worry about damaging the leather with the wringing and scrunching. You should see how they beat the stuff into submission to make it soft in the first place.