hi I'm Aubrey Kramer and I'm one of the owners of the leather and vinyl doctor we're here today to discuss how to clean leather pants and leather skirts for that matter now one of the things you want to identify with your garment in this case is whether it's a finished leather now the way to do that that's very important from a cleaning standpoint the way to do that is to drop a couple drops of water onto the leather itself and if you notice that it beads up and wipes off very fairly easily and it's just not penetrating into the leather itself then you know what you have is a finished leather which is generally safe with most cleaners what you'll find if the what if the water is absorbing into the leather it's telling you that it's a semi-aniline or an aniline piece of leather unless treated piece of leather which means that you've got to be a little bit more careful because when you introduce a liquid into that leather it's going to retain a lot of that so here we have a finished piece of leather which is a lot more durable so what you need to do first of all is to secure yourself a pH neutral water-based cleaner you want something that isn't going to react with the leather now always best to check check the the cleaner in an inconspicuous spot just to make sure that you're not losing some color but as with most cleaners you apply it directly onto the leather now in my suggestion is just is to actually apply it to this to a clean cloth a Terry towel type type cloth like this and then work in circular motions so work the cleaner into the leather noticing any kind of pores or crevices things like that that need a little bit more elbow grease a little bit more pressure if you find that you have a lot of in-ground dirt you can also use a brush a soft brush again apply the solution to the leather you work the brush in a circular motion and then using your clean cloth to just wipe that up and as you systematically go through the the whole piece of leather just working in small sections at a time don't go generally and broad with it you just want to work in small areas you will eventually finish cleaning that leather and now the leather is actually nice and clean it's it's ready to receive a conditioner and again you want to find a condition of it doesn't have a lot of additives to it you want to find something that doesn't have a silicon to it so that when it dries it leaves a residue this particular conditioner is predominantly a lanlan based conditioner it can it has a small amount of water so it's it's going to disperse itself fairly easily throughout the piece so again in similar fashion to the cleaner you use a clean cloth and in this case you want to dampen that cloth so it has a bit of moisture to it and then apply your conditioner directly to the cloth and then work in in circular motions once again your conditioner into the leather so that you have good coverage and good penetration it will like a hand lotion like like skin it will actually sit on the surface but eventually start absorbing through the pores of the lever which are still somewhat exposed even on finished leather and start penetrating in there and will give you a good result now obviously if it's not too too dirty it's it's not going to show a dramatic result but the dramatic or not keep taking good care of your leather with a good conditioner with a good cleaner will help you to take care in this case I have a skirt or a leather pair of pants in a good fashion they'll last a long time