Whats the best way to clean the leather loop band, I noticed mines got extremely dirty and theirs a quite a bit of dead skin from when sitting on my wrist.
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Cleaning leather loop.
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The Apple instructions are to just use a dampened cloth. I actually have been using a screen cleaner called iKlear that I use to clean my mac's screen as well as my iPad and phone. I just spray a little bit on a cloth and wipe it across the band, front and back. It works pretty well and I've not seen any discoloration of the band. I also use that to clean the screen as well as the sensors on back when I've been sweating a lot.
iKlear is mostly isopropyl alcohol from what I remember. I wouldn't use that. Long term you're drying the leather out. I think a warm damp cloth should be fine.
iKlear is definitely not isopropyl alcohol.
"Meridrew has always been the industry leader in High Performance Screen Cleaning Technology. The secret to Meridrew's success has been our exclusive, alcohol and ammonia-free, environmentally friendly and non-toxic formula."
I have three leather loops and just wash it under tap water with the watch using a soft toothbrush. Dry it right after and it looks great. This leather has been worked over or over processed to the point that any leather products will do very little and attract more debris.
The damp cloth is Apple way of telling us to not keep it wet for a long time but rinsing under water with the watch once a week will do it no harm.
The damp cloth is Apple way of telling us to not keep it wet for a long time but rinsing under water with the watch once a week will do it no harm.
If you don't mind, would you post a picture? I want to compare to how dirty mine looks.