Recently I decided to 'clean' my used Kanayama 80000 which had some stains on it using Lexol leather cleaner and some water thinking 'the best leather cleaner in the world' would do the trick and following the directions closely rinsing with water and all.

I now know this was a bad idea as it is as stiff as a board and has no draw, like stropping on cardboard instead of the velvety soft luxurious feel it used to have. I ordered some neatsfoot oil from SRD hoping this will put it back into shape. Is it already too late? Is there anything I can do to reverse the damage? I am pretty pissed at myself as it used to be a nice strop and did a great job except for the look of the staining getting on my nerves. Worse the staining didn't really even come out.