New Carhart trifold, stiff as heck. I do not want to wait a year. What can i do now. Clothes dryer?
OT semi. How can I break in a new leather wallet?
Sep 27, 2017
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saddle soap
None on hand but thanks.
canola oil
Neatsfoot oil - made from the feet of the endangered neat ..
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John T.
That would be my suggestion. otoh, I have a jug of it out in the shed but the OP might not.
You are confused though. It's not neats that are endangered but the naugas.
I've heard neetsfoot oil, whatever that is.
You inspired me to look it up.
After cattle are slaughtered, the feet and lower leg bones, including the skin but not the hooves are boiled. The oil that is released is skimmed off, filtered and pressed. The first pressing is the highest grade, the second pressing produces a lower grade oil and a solid press cake or stearin product
Amazing. Who would think of doing all that.
Almost a year now... i will wait another of daily use.
Prompted the chemist in me to look it up too. Says mostly oleic and palmitic glyclerides and of the edible fats and oils beef fat comes the closest.
Be careful. 'Neetsfoot compound' bears the same relationship to neetsfoot oil as processed cheese does to cheese. I'd go with Bickmore's Bick 4. Disclaimer: after using it the leather will smell like, well, leather.
I would agree and best to use what is best. Others would work but I would avoid unsaturated oils as these can more easily go rancid.
Take the stuff out and run over it a few times open and then closed. Do you have a dog, or better yet, a puppy? Accidentally wash it.
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