How to take care of leather jackets?

Today, a leather jacket is becoming a ‘must-have’ accessory in your wardrobe. A leather jacket can complement your personality greatly. While the life of a leather jacket is really long, the leather of an uncared jacket starts to crumble or fade off making it unusable. Since a leather jacket is actually a skin jacket, it should also be cared for just like your skin. With beltkart.com, leather jacket online shopping is easy, but maintaining it by following simple care instruction is still easier.  

• Avoid too much exposure to water: Leather is skin. Would you allow your skin to be exposed to water too much? Since leather is a breathable material, certain leathers have a tendency to absorb moisture, even when they are treated well. So it is advisable to avoid prolonged or regular exposure to water.
• Wipe out the excessive moisture/water: If you have bought your leather biker jacket online had have accidentally exposed it to rain or water, then the best thing upon returning back is to simply let it dry on a coat hangar. Let the excess water just drain out. Once the water has drained off, take a dry piece of cloth and simply clean off the moisture left behind. Then place the jacket in a dry area.
• Drenched Jacket care: If the jacket was fully drenched, then leave it for a while to let go the excess water. Then, take a clothes iron, turn it on ‘rayon’ or the softest setting, and iron the jacket lightly by keeping a towel in between the jacket and the iron. This allows the excess moisture inside the leather pores to evaporate thereby extending the life of the jacket. Do not use to the iron directly over the jacket.
• Remove the dust and grime: It is a well known fact, that once you buy your leather biker  jacket online and start wearing it, it is difficult to stop wearing it. However, your leather jacket protects you from the elements by taking the brunt on itself, it is advisable to take maintain it once in a while. Dust and grime from regular traffic start accumulating in unseen areas of the jacket over time.  Hence, once in a while, simply take a moist cloth and simple clean this accumulated dust or grime and rejuvenate your jacket.
• Use of chemicals: If you have bought the leather bikers jacket online from sellers like beltkart.com, you will always get an instruction note to care for your prized possession. It clearly mentions the chemicals that could be used and those which should be avoided. The softer the chemical, the better for leather.
• Use recommended wax polishes only: While it makes sense to buff your jacket occasionally, it is always advisable to use recommended polishes only. If you use a strong polish, then the chances are that you may see that the leather has faded in certain areas or has started to chip off.

A leather jacket is just like your second skin. Care it the way you would care for your own skin. Remember, just like your own skin, too much of care is as bad as too little care. So just maintain it once in a while and see your second skin grow on you.