For cleaning and conditioning leather neatsfoot oil is cheap, works really well and you can probably pick up a bottle at a drugstore. The best temporary cure for sticky pads I've ever used is powdered graphite. It is dry lubricant you can get at a hardware store. Apply a little (it is usually sold in a container that allows you to puff out small clouds of the stuff) to the sticky pad and it will stop immediately and generally an application will last days to weeks. The best advice I ever heard about avoiding sticky pads was. Sticking pads are caused by three things. Eating, drinking and breathing. Try to avoid doing two of the three while playing. (sorry Idon't recall and can't credit the originator or that bit of wisdom)