Spydy...saddle soap IS just for cleaning leather...does a great job for that, but not much for conditioning/waterproofing. Lexol is a great product, but I find the Glare leather protectant to be the best, just like the rest of their products. The Doc's Black stuff works well for covering up scratches, etc. The good thing about Glare is it has UV protectant, and UV is the enemy of leather.
Just threw out my saddle soap! read on!
fact, saddle soap is a very poor cleaner. It must first dissolve its own oils, limiting its capacity to dissolve dirt and oils in the leather.
Saddle soap is also inherently alkaline but alkalinity is damaging to leather. Another problem arises during application. Most saddle soaps instruct the user to work the lather into the leather. Since loosened dirt is suspended in the lather, it is pushed back into the leather's pores.
Saddle soaps have long been replaced in tanneries by modern emulsions which penetrate, soften and condition with greater ease and stability. the popular myth of saddle soap as a cleaner however persists as modern folklore.