Effax Leather Balm, 500ml

Love this product as I have bought it before. It was not shipped properly resulting in the jar being open when I received it. It was also starting to melt as a result. Cheap shipping material that could result on disaster if it had been a little hotter. Also, no bubble wrap and jar could have easily cracked in addition tO the lid becoming completely undone. (It wasnt loose when it arrived it was completely off. Small amount of product was on rim.)

Great product, saddle looks like new.

I love this stuff, been using it for decades on my horse tack and leather boots. No gimmicks, no bizarre edible ingredients, no suave label, just a great, proven product that gives consistent high-quality results. It conditions and absorbs well without leaving a residue or film. The smell is light and pleasant. After using it leather feels nourished without being mealy, weak, oily, or wet even if you over-apply it. It doesnt excessively darken leather and wont discolor leather if the application isnt perfectly even. Its ideal for thick leather but fine for thin leather if you use a light coat, and will last a long time. Like most conditioners, dont use it on suede or rough-out. It seems like only horse-people know about this stuff, which is surprising because I see more and more saddle products being used on all types of other leather goods, and this works better than 95% of them - trust me, Ive tried them all before coming back to this old standby. Maybe people dont use it because its not made with honey or milk or guava fruit or dragonfly farts, and doesnt have a fancy label? (The label is so very..... GERMAN isnt it? lol) Though I do love to follow conditioning with a beeswax protectant, like Obenhaufs which is an excellent product. I apply this stuff with my hands, but a sponge or a rag is fine. Its not so hard or thick you need your hands to melt it first, but itll absorb a little better/faster and youll lose a lot of product to rags and sponges which soak up the conditioner. For extremely dry leather (especially old saddle flaps), apply a generous coat and then gently bend/roll the leather back and forth, in and out - without forcing the leather too much (I cracked a brittle saddle-flap that way once). Thatll separates the fibers and pull the conditioner in. Keep applying and flexing until you have the suppleness you want, then apply a good coat and let it sit overnight. Wipe off any excess the next day and let it sit a few more hours, therell be no film or residue. Ive made dry, brittle, cardboard-like leather supple and new-looking with that method. Also works for breaking in a new saddle fast, if you prefer not to ride in a stiff, slick saddle until it decides to soften up, if it ever does. Absolutely love this stuff, its a classic and far superior to most of whats out there these days.

Hi there! I would say that I was a bit confused by the label displayed on the container: lanolin. Whaat? Where was the beeswax and the avocado oil? On the website of Effax was written so, but not on the container. However I sent an email to Effax and they confirmed that their balm contains the beeswax (I was after) + the lanolin + the avocado oil. WHEW! I used confidently though on my Alpinestars leather motorcycle boots. Because the balm is a thick one (containing the beeswax) I warmed up the boots with a hair dryer and then I applied the balm without mercy. I left it over night, then I polished the boots in the morning (old school/ military style). I cannot say the boots became shinny as a mirror and that wasnt my purpose anyway. I commute using a sport motorcycle during a lot of poring rain in Vancouver, British Columbia for at least 45min each way, pretty much every day. Those boots were top rated waterproof but the Effax help them out to stay that way, too. No water could remain on them! Oh YEA! The smell of the Effax Balm seems do not being chemical (and Im pretty sensitive at the nasty chemical smells) . It is a sort of a smell, but an OK one to me one. The color of the balm is yellowish, but once it is applied on a warmed surface of leather it will become quite transparent and it wont leave any yellowish tracks on the leathers. Because we are talking about beeswax I can tell that the balm is a durable, trustworthy, stubborn soldier against the rain. I mean a lot of rain. Good for the apocalyptic movies. I used a previous Effax balm on my leather motorcycle gloves and jackets very successfully too. It saved my leather for years and years of riding. Overall, all my leathers seem to be very happy with the Effax balm (soft and dry). The Effax leather balm is made in Germany. It is written on the container as we could find this detail on Effax website. Hopefully I created you a fair idea about this balm. I wouldnt hesitate to buy one again, as soon as I finish this one. Godspeed my friends!