Cleaning greasy/sweaty tack...

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I have a couple of old bridles that feel really sweaty/greasy despite cleaning them "normally".

Last night I dunked one into a bucket of hot water and cleaned with saddle soap, then another rinse off in hot water to try and get rid of some of the grease. Tbh, the colour of the water was foul.

However its still feeling greasy/sweaty despite the water and saddle soap. Is there any sure fire way of getting them back to "normal"?
 
The NAF leather balm or conditioner? (I've tried both) work really well and seem to make the leather really soft and supple, and the balm smells really gorgeous too!

Once I sold someone a bridle that i didn't need anymore and they were coming to collect it- i thought it was stored away all clean and tidy and to my horror i found out- 5 mins before she was due to come and collect it from me- that it was covered in thick green mould!! i borrowed some horsemans one stop cream off of someone and it completely got rid of it!
 
I would never dunk leather in hot water but do ind that adding a drop or two of fairy liquid to your washing water helps remove the grease. In severe cases, you could perhaps scrape off grease with a blunt blade. Leather dressing after tack is dry is a good idea. I rediscovered ko-cha-line (sp?) recently and that is fantastic!
 
A bit of Fairy liquid in the water helps get the grease off, and use one of the green wirey spongy things you use for washing pots with. We have some spare tack that goes mouldy, all tack stored the same, and in same place some goes mouldy, some doesnt, never really figured that one out!!
But I got this product called Fungisol or Fungistat (cant quiet remember) and its does stop it getting mouldy. The Effax in a brown tub that smells like honey is really good for making tack nice and soft, also the Albion yellow greasy stuff is good too.
 
I would put few drops of washing up liq in warm water, clean with sponge, if really greasy I've used scourer or blund knife. Then I use horsemans one step its fantastic, you can use saddle soap after that if you want, but the onestep can be buffed if required.
 
I use Fairy liquid and hot water then stubben saddle soap. My reins always seem to be greasy and they come up lovely :)
 
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