To me there's nothing quite as lovely as soft, supple, beautiful leather. I'll take it in a handbag, shoes, car seats and furniture. I love fine leather.

With that in mind, try to imagine this scene that occurred just a few of days ago: me in my comfy chair, my favorite handbag on the floor next to me and a hot cup of coffee on the table to my left.

I stood up and somehow — I could never reenact this feat in a million years — turned to the left and launched the entire cup of coffee into the air. It made a flawless landing in my purse. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was like a 100-year flood in my Dooney. The objects inside were bobbing up and down, gasping for air.

I credit a conversation with a friend who owns a used car dealership with the fact that my favorite leather bag (I've had it for almost 20 years) came out unscathed following my heroic emergency rescue. He had told me the secret for how his dealership cleans, restores, conditions and protects leather car seats and interiors to make them look like new. Since then, I'd been treating this bag like the interior of a fine Italian sports car. I had no idea I was also protecting it against the future tormenting stains of a coffee flood.

To the many readers who write and ask me how to clean their dirty, stained, grimy, sticky, dried out leather, here it is: The secret to cleaning and conditioning any kind of leather — car seats, furniture, handbags, shoes, luggage — is KevianClean Leather Cleaner & Conditioner (formerly BooYah Cleaner and Conditioner — more on the name change in a bit). Once my friend spilled the beans, I began using the product on this purse and lots of other leather things, too, including the interiors of our two vehicles. Here's my pithy review: Wow!

My friend was right on the money. KevianClean cleans and restores leather like magic. He also told me that the dealership charges hundreds of dollars to clean and treat a car interior with KevianClean, a product that costs about $25.

KevianClean is fantastic, nontoxic and chemical-free. It is made from all natural plant-based ingredients. It's not at all oily or greasy or wet or sticky. It has a light scent that makes you think you're on a Polynesian island.

KevianClean is easy to use and cleans old stains, ground-in dirt and even that sticky buildup of spills, splatters and whatever else seems to accumulate on the arms and seats of leather chairs, and bags and shoes. While I haven't encountered super extreme stains myself, I've read reports of KevianClean removing ink stains, melted crayons and other such mishaps.

I have to admit that when I learned BooYah Cleaner and Conditioner had undergone a name change, I was like whaaat? It's such a cool name. And I wondered what else had changed.

This need to know prompted me to contact Laura LaFond, the founder of KevianClean. I learned that she and her husband have two boys, Kevin and Ian. (You're way ahead of me, right?) Bottom line, the family decided that BooYah, though it is a fun name to say, is meaningless. A combination of the boys' names, "Kevian," is meaningful and memorable. And she assures us that only the name has changed. The product remains as it always has been — perfect!

I have to say, I really like the new name. It's easy to remember, and I love knowing that secret, too.

KevianClean is available on Amazon. When you find it, be sure to read the reviews. You're going to learn a lot — mostly that I'm not the only KevianClean fan!

Mary invites questions, comments and tips at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or c/o Everyday Cheapskate, 12340 Seal Beach Blvd., Suite B-416, Seal Beach, CA 90740. This column will answer questions of general interest, but letters cannot be answered individually. Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com, a personal finance member website and the author of "Debt-Proof Living," released in 2014. To find out more about Mary and read her past columns, please visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.