Originally Posted by EVlove

Following/piggybacking as I just got an old Dawes touring bike with a Brooks B.17 that may be beyond saving. Used up nearly half a tin of Kiwi saddle soap (on a damp t-shirt) and it would still turn the rag coffee brown. Went to a stiff-ish brush from there, but that's starting to remove surface. Should I just seal the gunk somehow? I don't have Proofide at hand, was going to use Timberland "waxed leather protector" which is beeswax and coconut oil. Well, the current formulation is, however this tin might be 20 years old.