Saving a vintage ELC A2

[VeraVoulik]

Saving an ELC vintage.

A customer sent me his jacket in a poor leather condition, not because of bad care but because of bad leather products.

I use to say everywhere and nearly everyday

to avoid "animal" based leather caring products. Moulds stain will soon or later appear.
Here is what happened to a vintage Eastman Leather a2 jacket. Jacket was covered with mould stains.

I cleant it with my special soap mixed with basic addition. Jacket is now safe and be cared with right vegetal issued products.

 

[Ritchy]

Nice job Vera, congrats

 

[VeraVoulik]

The way it looks now after leather grease brand "Le phoque", vegetal and beewax base.

 

[Falcon_52]

That's a great result, Vera! The jacket looks outstanding. Nice work!

Noel

 

[Skyhawk]

Great work! I am on the same page.

After 20+ years of resto and trying many products, I have found that an all natural, beeswax based conditioner is really the best.

The leather care industry is pretty nuts, with everything under the sun being offered as the magic potion.

Reminds me of Snake Oil in the 1800's... lol!

 

[johnwayne]

Nice job but have to say that looks very unlike an Eastman despite the label, certainly don’t recall seeing one with those shaped pocket flaps! I have an early house ELC plus every brochure they’ve put out and those flaps look more ‘Avirexy’ to me!!

 

[VeraVoulik]

Nice job but have to say that looks very unlike an Eastman despite the label, certainly don’t recall seeing one with those shaped pocket flaps! I have an early house ELC plus every brochure they’ve put out and those flaps look more ‘Avirexy’ to me!!

I displayed the jacket with 2 other 90's ELC jackets: same hooks, same zippers, same studs. Absolutely no doubt on this one.

 

[VeraVoulik]

To be accurate, pocket flaps are identical to another one in darker shade I have. 2 others vintage I have are more "scalloped"

 

[Pilot]

absoluut prachtig werk gedaan door een echte kunstenaar en geweldige dame

 

[VeraVoulik]

absoluut prachtig werk gedaan door een echte kunstenaar en geweldige dame

Pas compris....

 

[Snackson]

"Brilliant work done by a true artist and great lady" is what that loosely translates into.