How to Clean Your Leather Watch Strap?

Preparing the Wrist Watch

Use a spring bar tool to remove the pins holding the leather band in place. Most watches will have standard spring bar pins, which look like tiny screws that you can remove with a spring bar tool.Clean around the watch carefully if the band is unable to be removed. Just be extremely careful that excess cleaning liquid does not encounter the watch face. If you are worried you will damage the watch mechanism, or even the leather strap, take the watch to a repair center and have it professionally cleaned.

How to clean a leather watch band?

• Tap the leather with a soft wet cloth. Wet the cloth with clean enough water, but do not soak the cloth. This will form a sufficiently wet surface on the leather to continue cleaning.
• Put a little pea sized mild hand sanitizer on the cloth. Apply dishwashing soap evenly to the cloth before applying it to the leather. This will prevent concentrated soap beads from contaminating the leather.
• Clean both sides of the webbing with a circular motion. Start at one end of the webbing and move slowly to the other end. Circular motion will gently wipe away the oil and dirt accumulated on the outside of the leather. In order to prevent cleaning, soap and water from penetrating into the leather, the whole process should be completed within 20 seconds.
• When the leather strap has peculiar smell, spray 99% medicinal alcohol on the leather strap, and then wipe it again with honey wax. The smell of leather strap can be eliminated immediately and permanently after three times. It has strong disinfection, moisture-proof, mildew proof and mildew proof effects, and will not cause damage to the belt.
• Wipe the leather clean with a new cloth dipped in water. Do not oversaturate the cloth with water because it will stain the leather. Continue to wipe each side of both belts until all soap residue disappears.
• Let the leather dry overnight. Do not re tie or wear the strap when the watch is wet. This will stretch and may damage the leather. When it is completely dry, you can stick it on the clock face and continue to wear your watch as usual. In addition, consumers can also apply some leather oil on the belt. Leather oil can protect the belt and make the maintenance work more complete.

Leather strap care tips

• The most attractive part of leather strap is fit, comfort, elegance and elegance; But maintenance is not easy, this is a big problem! It is recommended that consumers wear leather strap in winter or air-conditioning room temperature, and then wear watch. In summer, when they are exercising and prone to sweating, try to avoid wearing it. If you really want to wear it, please wipe the sweat stains first, so as to prolong the service life of leather strap.
• No matter what kind of leather is used for a long time, it will produce peculiar smell. Therefore, regular cleaning and keeping dry is the best way to maintain the leather strap; If the leather strap is wet, please dry it quickly with a fine cloth. If there is dust, please clean it with a wet cloth and then dry it with a dry cloth. In addition, if the sun shines for a long time. It will also deteriorate or deform the belt, which is also a problem that consumers need to pay attention to.
• Leather strap watches should not be worn all the time. If consumers have two or more watches to wear instead of the best, it can not only reduce the risk of personal injury, reduce wear and overuse, but also allow the leather strap to rest and breathe moderately, give it a good ventilation environment, and prolong the service life of the leather strap.
• Wearing a watch with leather strap for a long time will not only produce smell, but also lead to hardening and cracking. Sweat is the chief culprit of leather erosion, which deforms, hardens and even breaks the belt, resulting in inexplicable loss or falling of watches; The service life of leather is short, so the maintenance steps are particularly important.