Reddit reviews Jason Markk Premium Shoe Cleaner 8 Fl Oz, No Color, Size No Size 7Mxz

Hope I'm not too late, but don't use any sort of leather lotion or creme conditioner. It mostly just looks dirty, it doesn't really look dry, but you can judge that better in person. I have some experience cleaning different kinds of leather (deerskin suede, lambskin, vegetable tanned leather, etc.), and from that I'd recommend one of the water based suede cleaners like Ugg Sheepskin Cleaner and Conditioner, which I've used (sheepskin, peccary, whatever, cleaners aren't that specific) or Jason Markk, which looks good, but I haven't used it. The Ugg cleaner link is to Zappos; it's 8 dollars and ships free. The Jason Markk stuff is twice the cost, and Amazon req. $35 min. for free shipping. If you go the Jason Markk route, just get the 8 oz. bottle I linked rather than the 4 oz. with brush for the same cost. A little brush should not cost 8 bucks in a kit.

Finally, since you're a kid and even 8 bucks might be more than you want to spend. A drop of baby shampoo or a drop (really, just a drop!) of dish soap in a quarter cup of lukewarm water will probably work almost as well as the cleaners above. Use a soft nail brush (ask your mom), thick rag, terry cloth towel, or spare sock inside out to lather and gently scrub. Don't drench the leather or it'll shrink and stiffen up. Air dry. Put on the gloves a few times as it dries. Brush again when dry.

Also, It's definitely peccary or imitation peccary. (I had to search to just to check if that was even a thing.) Pigskin has a slightly different follicle pattern. Carpincho looks likes lots of little small spots or scabs. If you're curious whether they're imitation or not, look closely at the the little dots. They're small holes where the hair follicles grew from. If they're just embossed on, leather lotion or the like might swell the leather and mess up the look. I only bring it up so you don't mess up the embossing if that's what it is; who cares if it's not real peccary. Carpincho, aka capybara, is just a giant, hairy South American rat, and peccaries are cute little L. American pigs. You seem really excited about it; that's sweet.

Edit: spelling errors, missing article

Try some of this stuff:

https://www.amazon.com/Jason-Markk-Premium-Shoe-Cleaner/dp/B00D12KGYE

It's a gentle cleaning soap with companion brush that will clean gunk off sneakers and boots. I used it to get mud out of some sneakers made with absorbent fabric and some mud and grass off some workboots also.