Road Salt Rescue

Jan 19

Road salt stains on your favorite leather boots or shoes. It’s the WORST. It’s right up

there with frozen uncoiled garden hoses and horses that crap in their water buckets. The

WORST.

On the bright side, the clean up is pretty painless comparatively, especially the water

bucket thing. (Snowman I’m looking at you).

Put 1/2 cup of warm water and 1/2 cup of vinegar into a bowl. Using a DAMP lint free

cloth, gently blot the stains, Make sure cloth is not too wet.

Gently and lightly “rinse” leather with another cloth damp with water ONLY. Repeat

process until stain has lifted. Allow leather to dry

Using a dry sponge, lightly apply Healthy Leather in small amounts until leather has

absorbed what it requires.

It’s that simple. You may need to repeat cleaning portion a few times, but remember to

be gentle and remind yourself that all great leather has “character”.

I hope everyone is staying warm and dry out there!

Have any of your own tips or tricks for salt and road goo stained leather? Leave it in the

comments, we’d love to know.

~Jilly

Jill Mcconaughy

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