Urad Leather Cream

[Tarmac]

I was at the shoe repair shop, about to buy a can of $3 Kiwi brown when the repair guy totally upsold me on some $11 Urad Leather Cream. I tested it on the heel panel of my brown Tricker's (very soft leather, no hard gloss), and they had kind of a lacquer or clearcoat feel. Also it felt kind of sticky for at least an hour, and I feel like if it got wet in the rain, it would get sticky again. Not sure of that though.

Anyone have any extended experience with Urad? Everything I can find online seems to give it a thumbs up, i'm wondering if there is a SF long-term verdict on it. There is a mention of it in one of the old shoe care threads but nothing more than a single mention.

 

[Tarmac]

One bump with pics. No more bumps, I promise

Anyone?

 

[Omegablogger]

To be fair it does what it says it does but like you say the stickiness aspect is worrying and it's very difficult not to leave streaks. Personally I wouldn't use it on a pair of grade A shoes but am happy to use it on general workhorse shoes. I insist on shiny but am prepared to cut corners on the lower grade shoes to save a lot of time.

Best use I have found for it is on general leather stuff, briefcases, belts etc. I have a lot of stuff from The Bridge and it does a great job on that leather.