Chamberlains Leather Milk Chamberlain's Leather Milk Healing Balm

Chamberlain's Leather Milk Healing Balm works great. However, no balm or conditioner will cover all scratches. To blend/cover REALLY stubborn scratches you have use a colored leather cream. But no worries, this conditioner blends/covers most scratches. You'll like it! Applicator sponge works great to control and move around the product. Yes, it darkens finished leather, even dark leathers. 2-3 hours to dry. If your leather jacket was manufactured with a mat or satin finish, this conditioner will dry to a mat finish. Don't like the dull mat finish on your leather jacket? Me neither. Let's give that old leather some shine again. Hah! Don't bother hunting for leather jacket shiner. I didn't find one. But I did figure out how to shine my jacket. It's easy. To shine the surface of your leather jacket, you have to apply a light wax and buff to a shine. Here is how I did it on my medium-to-dark brown genuine leather jacket. My jacket came finished from manufacturer with a distressed finish and satin shine. The distressing job was terrible. I used Leather Milk Healing Balm and Leather Honey conditioner to condition, darken, and cover/blend those areas where distressing looked unrealistic. I left areas of the jacket untreated where the "distressing" looked natural and realistic (at the seams, cuffs, collar, bottom hem, etc.). Allow to dry 2-3 hours. To create shine you need a neutral-colored WAX. I used Kiwi shoe wax "Neutral." Don't use wax, you say? It will clog the leather's pores and restrict it from breathing? Hah! This cow is dead! Forget all that nonsense. We're only going to use a little wax. Besides, I've been globbing wax on my LEATHER shoes for YEARS and they've never complained for being short of breath. In fact, my shoes look AWESOME. Be aware applying neutral shoe wax will further darken your leather. Experiment on an inconspicuous spot. OK. Cut an old cotton tshirt and ball it up so you have nice smooth dipping surface. Very lightly rub the ball into the wax. Very lightly rub the wax onto the jacket working in small circles. I say LIGHTLY because we only want to wax to lay on the upper surface texture of the leather. Do not smash the wax in the leather's microscopic cracks. Waxing the leather's TOP surface will bring out the leather's awesome texture and allow the unwaxed lower microscopic cracks to breath. If you are waxing a distressed jacket, apply the wax lightly to those areas that are NOT worn or distressed. Apply the wax to the center patch of non-distressed leather, working in circles from the center of the area gradually applying less and less wax as you near those distressed seams. Again, waxing only the very top surface of the leather's texture. Allow the wax to dry, 5 min. With a soft, clean cloth or clean, horsehair shoe brush, VERY lightly buff the waxed areas. See? Easy and AWESOME. To make the leather shinier, repeat the process as many times as you like. Wax repels water, adding a layer of protection, preserving your leather jacket. To remove wax, towel off the wax with a towel and rubbing alcohol. I looked EVERYWHERE for this information and came up empty. I hope folks find this helpful.

Less is more! Apply super lightly This container is a lifetime supply. The sponge pad is just soft enough to never scuff.and barely pick up any polish It's true, it's probably 90% coconut oil. How that justifies the other reviewer's 1-star, I'll never know. They've whipped up the oil for easy application. Texture is somewhere between whipped and lotion. I cleaned each pair first with a clean damp old undershirt and let them dry. Start with a tiny dab on the sponge and move fast to apply evenly. You don't want a glob to sit on the leather too long. It does make the leather darker, and the glob will leave a dark spot. The leather readily absorbs the stuff and will mostly even out within a couple days - probably faster if your house is warmer than 68F. I was a little worried about the darkness and unevenness but 2 days later and they're less darkened and no unevenness. I did 2 pairs of loafers and 1 pair of boots and probably used 1/4 tsp total. One was an especially soft leather I was concerned about scuffing with the sponge - nope. All 3 pairs look so much better. The boots had light shoe polish already and this stuff made it through. The leather looks and feels "healthier", rejuvenated. I haven't tested water resistance yet since that wasn't my goal. For $16, I'm pretty sure I'll never need to buy another. I'm testing out on my couch and recliner tomorrow. If it goes well, I bet I'll still have half the container left.

Pros: Very easy to use Nice light coconut scent Conditions the leather nicely Reduces the appearance of scratches. Use this on the couch before it looks dried. Ours is still in good condition, but now it. looks new! And yes, new IS slightly darker. There was minor sun fading. Cons: Don't have any so far Considerations: This doesn't HEAL the scratches. They are still there, but the conditioning does reduce their appearance. Finer scratches disappear quickly, deep ones will still be noticed by texture. I might have to do a little light sanding (NOT 600! Too coarse! 😬😔) For the deeper scratches I scooped up some of the milk on my finger tho work it into the leather without losing a bunch into the sponge. I let it sit a little, just a few minutes, then buffed it into the surrounding leather. Worked out great! If you're doing the whole couch, put the jar in the fridge so it gets stiff. You'll get less on the sponge, and less will soak into the sponge before it gets worked into the leather. I learned it the opposite way. I opened it as soon as I got it (it's December in Minnesota) and used it on a couple scratches. I had to press really hard to get the "milk" onto the sponge. When I used it today, I pressed really hard again while looking at the work in front of me and realized I had squished it out of the jar! 🤣 Also, it's kinda hard to wash off your hands. Wear gloves if you wish. Overall, I'm really liking this product.

This made my 30 year old leather chairs look like new! It moisturized and buffed out scratches. It was easy to use. This is an effective product that will make your leather last longer. Great product!

I ordered this looking to refurbish and protect my leather bag I use for school everyday. I got the bag new a little less then a year ago and it definitely took a beating over the past two semesters (see brown bag before pictures above). I spent around 20 minutes buffing the conditioner into the leather. There was absolute change in the shade of the leather with it becoming darker and a little glossier. I did expect this and actually like the slightly darker outcome. Given that the bag seems to have been basically untreated when I got it I’m assuming that’s why it showed so much wear and tear in such a short period. Additionally, after treating this bag for the first time it seems like it would be more resilient to wear and tear moving forward. I’m really not sure if there is any way I would have been able to refurbish the light virgin leather look without some form of darkening. Luckily I was anticipating/ looking forward to the outcome of it becoming slightly darker and I would caution anyone to carefully consider this ahead of time. I also did my wife’s black bag which also worked very well. There was no noticeable darkening with the black being very dark already. Over all very pleased with how the product performed. Please see the before and after pictures I posted of both the black and brown bags. After pictures were taken within 15 minutes of completing application. If I notice any notable changes I’ll post updated pictures. Finally this was my first attempt at restoring leather bags and the first product/ brand Ive used. I spent quite a bit of time looking around the internet before landing with this one and I feel I am satisfied enough to commit to this brand moving forward.

Amazing!! I’ve been searching for a leather conditioner for my chairs for a couple years. I’ve tried many products, but nothing worked well. This product definitely did the trick! Easy to apply and took one coat. I used about 2/3 of a tin for each chair. The picture shows one chair that has been treated and the other one has not. They look brand new again!

I wish I would have taken full before pics so you could see how TERRIBLE our old furniture was! Our leather furniture is 16 years old and in that time it’s been through the wringer with a 200lb Great Dane, 2 Golden Retrievers and 3 cats. Sooo many scratches and was also dried out and flaky/scaly in many areas. It had scales like alligator skin, no joke. Also lots of discoloration. We caved this week and spent THOUSANDS on a new leather sectional for our main family room, and banished the old “icky” furniture to the basement family room that isn’t used much. After stumbling across this product, I decided to give it a try because what’s the worst that could happen?! I knew it certainly couldn’t get worse than it already was. WOW! Magic before my eyes. I rubbed it on with the supplied sponge and all the scales literally disappeared. The scratches disappeared. I kept saying out loud, “this cannot be real life!!” It’s amazing! Plus it’s so easy and fast…bonus points! This old worn out furniture looks nice again (minus the cushions being flat because it’s so old.) I cannot recommend this enough. I’d pay $100 and still continue to buy it. It’s worth it. It works and I’m so happy!! I’m so glad I know how to restore all my leather now!!! For the record: I did a full sofa, loveseat and lazy-boy chair, and still have plenty of product left.

This will not repair or hide scratches. It’s a leather conditioner. It will do exactly that; moisturize and condition your leather. It is mostly coconut oil and another ingredient to make it a slightly creamier consistency. This will make it temporarily shinier so the appearance of scratches is temporarily “hidden” but unless you plan on applying this once every 4-7 days, those scratches will pop right back into the spotlight after the sheen from the conditioner is dulled. If you want to better hide scratches you need a recoloring balm, not this conditioner. That being said the conditioner is just okay. It doesn’t last as long as other brands like Chemical Guys, Leather Honey or Lexol but for the price it’s okay. You’ll need to reapply more often to keep the “fresh and new” look so I likely won’t purchase it again but for what it is I’m not mad at it. They should not advertise that it repairs leather because it doesn’t. It simply conditions it, keeps it soft which can help prevent cracking but it by no means repairs leather or even hides scratches sufficiently.