hi this is Aubrey from the leather and vinyl doctor in Utah we're here today to talk about oiled leather and how to take care of that now all leather is a fascinating product they I mean they apply not only oil but they put wax into the leather very distinct very noticeable by the fact that you can create all sorts of impressions on the leather by simply running a fingernail over it or running anything over it cat claws or sorts of things will show up on the leather and it's a source of a lot of distress for people and naturally so but one of the beautiful things about this leather is that it responds in a very forgiving way to those types of things because it has wax because it has oil when you warm up that wax and oil and and allow to disperse through the leather you find that it actually restores the leather to its original look so the first thing that you want to do if you do have scratches and things of that nature is to generate a bit of heat using a cloth to actually rub the leather so you rub the leather and start warming it up and dispersing that warmed and warmed oil and wax now as it spreads out and gets rid of those those marks if you find that you've got some stubborn marks and they're not coming out very easily you want to intensify that heat maybe using a hairdryer to apply that to that area in some cases you need to use an actual heat gun but you have to be very careful not to send your burn the leather so just do that very cautiously but it's the principle of heat and dispersing the oil and wax now if you want to restore the leather to you know a very shiny glorious sort of finish you can apply some olive oil some cold pressed good grade olive oil you just dip some into a onto a rag and apply that in circular motions and you'll find that that just beautifully highlights the leather once again over time it'll absorb back into the leather but you will find that that finishes it off beautifully so that is how you take care of oil-based leather