Heavy Duty LP Leather Conditioner Natural Oil Beeswax Formula (8oz)

This stuff is simply great, easy to use smells fine and lasts. I apply to any footwear or leather I give a darn about. It won’t last forever as a waterproof treatment, 2-3 years maybe but it will last as a leather treatment to recondition sad leather. If anyone remembers Snoseal, the whole place in oven to warn, this stuff melts on hand contact. The temp of your hand is all you need and this makes it easier to use. Like all quality products you only need a little bit. I find the process strangely relaxing.

I bought this product for my shoes and an old leather chair. It works fantastically at reviving my shoes and bringing the leather back to life. The leather on the chair was a bit more damaged than the shoes, but it did a fine job adding moisture and pliability to the leather. I actually ended up using it on my old baseball glove that has not seen any care in a decade at least, and it feels like it is almost brand new after one application. I will do another in a week or two, and it should be excellent. The look of the product is a light tan, and the look of the leather afterwards is great, very well moisturized, but I cannot speak to the color match because all my leather was already black, but it does warn it may darken leather. It is the consistency and thickness of wax for a beard or hair, and it melts pretty well when applied at body temperature. It is a little difficult to get off your hands, though, so use gloves or just use a cloth, but with my baseball glove, it was easier to just use my bare hands to get in all the crevices. It is not sticky; it just makes your hands waterproof for a day or so. The instructions are simple to follow, and the conditioner is easy to apply. I would recommend it.

WOW! I am in my 80's have worked with leather products most of my life. This is the best product I have ever used with leather. Good example I have a ww2 bomber jacket that needed nourished. This product did it and did so beautifully. It looks and feels brand new. No work, just rub it in. No smell except fresh leather. I rarely give a product a review like this one.

This stuff absorbs very well and smells great, unlike the Shoe Grease. I think this is very similar to, if not the same, the book conditioner sent by White's boots. Really protects and softens up the leather. I mostly use it on my boots but I have also used it on my belt and my wallet. If you are going to use it on either one of those, I would recommend letting it sit overnight to allow them to dry a little bit.

amazing, in fact magical. i have a lot of leather motorcycle jackets and western, as well as hiking, boots. so i'm not a neophyte when it comes to conditioners and preservatives. but i'd only purchased the liquid kind, and good brands. this stuff is leagues beyond oil or liquid leather condidioners. bought it to darken several pairs of cowboy boots that the better leather oils/liquids did not really affect...including not really getting rid of the dryness of some boots, mostly new for that matter, that came dryer than i'd like. the pairs of lucchese, justin and dan post didn't really show any difference from the oils/liquids after they soaked in and a month had gone by. so i figured there is something to using a thick cream/paste with a great reputation like obenaufs. and indeed there was. first, it darkened (as i wanted) a full shade a much too light golden brown pair of justin bent rail distressed boots. at first it took some of the distressing away, but as the cream dispersed fully into the leather from the surface layer, some of that richness and 'damaged distressed' look came back, including the depth and richness of the leather. next came the hard case, a pair of dan post distressed square toe apache 'earp' boots. have to say the uneven leather texture on these went beyond distressing, they had creases in inappropriate places (where wear would NOT take place) plus the color variation looked dopey, with the toes very dark like they'd been dipped in chocolate, and the rest of the boot with better looking variation. they were also dry as a bone (and that's NEW). i'd already tried to darken and condition them a bit, but the oils, didn't help even after 2 applications. the LP was a different story, applied after a slight warming and partial liquification in my hand, it went into the leather like water in a dry sponge. the variety of shades from the distressing disappeared into a deep rich brown, which at least took away the chocolate-dipped toe look. BUT within several days the depth and richness of the distressed leather came back to a much lessened extent, but at least it looked real than the overdone original manner. as the obenaufs dispersed deeper into the leather, drying into the boot...the magic began. on boot trees, the leather began to reform and tighten around the boot trees, bringing great shape to the boots that they hadn't even had when i got them new a few months back...sorry dan post, but these had a rumpled and unequal look that was allegedly supposed to be 'distressing'. after the obenaufs conditioned the leather, and tightened their rumpled look, helping lessen some awkward dimpling and creases, i got the idea of laying obenaufs into some particularly ill placed creases and dimples on one of the boots, figuring it might allow the leather to get needed moisture and conditioning so the creases and dimpled depressions could fill. for once i was right about something, and after a day when the cream i'd laid into those depressions soaked in, it indeed lessened the creases and dimples. a little working in with my fingers, and pressing to flatten, helped. after a second such application, i removed almost completely one bad crease that no kind of wear would have ever naturally created, and had probably occurred by leaving too loose leather on the original wooden last during (bad) construction. despite my problems with the original boot, after some work with the obenaufs, these are incredible...the best part being that virtually all of the dan post defects during manufacture were eliminated...and those that weren't, were lessened immensely so that if anything, they look like real distressing. amazing stuff!

I love fine leather footwear. It's a thing. I'm willing to spend money on them. That's primarily why I'm taking the time to write this. I messed up. The fault is my own. And I want to help prevent you doing the same -- if you are considering using this product on fine footwear (the vast majority of which will be sealed in some manner). This product is amazing. FOR WATERPROOFING UNTREATED, UNSEALED, OPEN-TO-THE-WILD-ELEMENTS LEATHER FOOTWEAR. This is NOT a leather conditioner. Sure, it will "waterproof" -- a layer of wax on anything will waterproof it! Read the title: "LP" stands for LEATHER PRESERVATIVE. 1) This is NOT for most footwear made with a SEALED leather (this is almost everything that I own as an urban dweller). It cannot penetrate the finish and instead will lie as a sticky-tacky layer that is impossible to buff, or take off, once you apply it. [See pics]. 2) This WILL sink in, darken (lusciously) untreated, *unsealed* light colored open-pore leather ( I LOVE a darkened cognac color -- if you don't, you will hate this stuff). [See pic of handmade tassled Italian loafer.] While I *LOVE* the new darker color (and waterproofing) this product delivers -- I do not like the tacky-sticky feel of the finish. There is no way to "buff" it out. It doesn't matter how long you try to polish it. It stays tacky. I don't fondle my footwear so I can live with it. (But I almost treated a handmade leather tote and thank the gods now, that I didn't.) 3) It is made with beeswax. What does hardened/dry beeswax look like? If you like that look you will see this look reflected in the crevices, creases and stitching of your footwear (see pics). The beeswax turns WHITE AND FLAKY - you will see it stuck in the creases and stitching. It will glow white-ly along seams. It leaves a foggy grayish haze on dark leather. There is no way to "buff" this out. It.will.not.get.shiny. It stays foggy and tacky. As other reviewers have noted: THIS WILL TURN LIGHT COLORED STITCHING DARK. 4) This stuff was made for firefighters' footwear. Think about it. If what you want is leather *conditioner* this is NOT that. This is heavy-duty, waxy/tacky, wipe-on, leather protector. For that purpose, it is excellent. Simply excellent. (I'm guessing). But if you are not a lumberjack, or firefighter, if your footwear is mostly polished/treated/sealed leather (which the vast majority of footwear is these days), this is NOT what you are looking for. I'm embarrassed I didn't think more deeply before dipping my surgical gloves into this stuff (BTW-- USE GLOVES!! It works beautifully -- too beautifully ;-( I don't know how to undo what I've done. I'm brainstorming and googling up chemical interactions to see what will "strip" this stuff off but NOT my leather color or sealant on the shoes. I am sad. May this prevent unnecessary sadness.

Man, I love this stuff for conditioning boots! I find the LP works best if I apply it by hand, since it warms the product and makes it easier to spread. I go heavier on the welts with Goodyear welted boots, simply because the welt, while water resistant, can only resist so much water before your foot gets wet. When rubbed onto the boot, it doesn’t affect the boot’s color. The leather stays true to color, just a shade or two darker from the conditioner. I’ve found the LP protects boot leather from water, chemicals, and paint. Granted, I needed paint thinner to pull the paint off of my boots, but Obenauf’s conditioned the leather like new again. The product is more of a balm texture instead of oil, which I prefer. I usually rub in the excess with a towel, and the stuff left over protects the boot! I would recommend Obenauf’s Heavy Duty LP for anyone who needs good protection for their leathers. I’ve used this stuff on jackets too and it works like a charm. If it’s good enough for firefighters, it’s good enough for me.

Excellent heavy-duty leather preservative that really works — especially for tough outdoor/multiple-season use — but beware of color change and dust attraction if appearance matters to you.I think it makes them look better but that's me