This will compromise my age, but when I was little and wore patent leather shoes, we cleaned them with Vaseline. I can remember rubbing it on and then buffing it off with a cloth. Hope that helps.
My mother had a good faux leather recliner. She used some type of cleaner on it. Now it is extremely sticky and everything sticks to it! How do I clean leather furnit...
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Try using a little leather cleaner or saddle soap.
Milk
Use a little dish soap and water.
Do not use water. It can dry out the leather. Use saddle soap to clean the leather then a leather conditioner
This will compromise my age, but when I was little and wore patent leather shoes, we cleaned them with Vaseline. I can remember rubbing it on and then buffing it off with a cloth. Hope that helps.
Try goo gone spray and a sponge
https://www.leaf.tv/articles/how-to-fix-sticky-patent-leather/
http://www.miss-thrifty.co.uk/2014/04/27/some-cleaning-fixes-for-patent-leather-shoes-bags/