Bickmore Bick 1 Leather Cleaner

Bick 1 is an alkaline cleaner (SDS §9 pH 10.0-12.0) designed to strip dirt, oils, sweat, and salt from smooth finished leather. Bickmore explicitly instructs following every Bick 1 application with Bick 4 Leather Conditioner, because the cleaning step can leave leather dry. Used as that two-step system on standard OEM automotive leather, community evidence over many years shows no widespread drying or color-lift problems. Using it alone without conditioning afterward is not how the manufacturer intends it.

It handles routine soiling well: surface dirt, body oils, sweat, and salt lift with light agitation and a soft cloth. Set-in stains and embedded oil are a different task. Community feedback is mixed on deep or old stains, with some owners reporting a clear thin liquid that does little on stubborn marks and others succeeding with repeated gentle passes. For months-old dye transfer or embedded staining, a dedicated foaming leather cleaner delivers more cleaning power per pass.

No. Bickmore states Bick 1 is not intended for suede, nubuck, or roughout leathers. It is formulated for smooth finished leather such as automotive seats, boots, and tack. Using it on suede or nubuck can mat or darken the nap. Bickmore sells a separate Suede and Nubuck cleaner for those surfaces, so match the product to the leather type before applying.

No. The SDS §15 lists no chemicals at levels requiring Prop 65 reporting across all four categories, and the product is titled 'Prop 65 Free' on its own safety sheet. This is a genuine outlier for the category, where many ethoxylated-surfactant leather cleaners carry a Prop 65 warning for trace manufacturing residues. The formula also carries no GHS hazard classification in SDS §2.