• Home
    • Recent
    • Calendar
    • Register
    • Login
    Iron Heart Forum
    Iron Heart Forum

    New Iron Heart Website - Live Now - Feedback and Bug Report Here Please!

    Leather Preservative Experiment

    The Resource Centre
    56
    184
    61.1k
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • GilesG
      Giles
      IHUK Crew
      Joined:

      Bummer, that's what I use on mine….....

      IHB-01 Tan (or natural)

      Approx 3 years. no smell, no rot - but i have only applied a couple of times - the rest is probably sweat….

      "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

      last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • seawolfS
        seawolf
        Mod Squad
        Joined:

        That's good to hear. Maybe it affects wood differently than leather? That's great if it works for you! I'm too scared to try it at this point after my butcher block incident 🙂

        “Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible” - Don Norman

        @zeebeeleather

        last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • L
          LandoCal126 0
          Banned
          Joined:

          Great idea/ experiment G. Thanks for doing this!~

          last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • 7tacos7
            7tacos
            Iron Heart Deity
            Joined:

            +1  Great idea.

            I've had Aero and Langlitz leather samples tacked on boards around my yard for over a year now.  Best way to know how you leather's going to age is to get on it and start aging it to see what happens.

            RIP, Geo
            "Wow I never knew the made jackets that heavy… I need room for underlay and a gun.  Please advise.  That is one heavy jacket."  My Dad, IH-526Jod

            last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • H
              Heavy Duty
              Joined:

              Any updated shots G?

              last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • GilesG
                Giles
                IHUK Crew
                Joined:

                Maybe this week end….

                "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • GilesG
                  Giles
                  IHUK Crew
                  Joined:

                  So, 3 weeks in….

                  Just brought inside to dry out.

                  Tomorrow, another application of potions…...

                  "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                  last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • GilesG
                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined:

                    After latest application:

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                    last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                    • michaeljcrM
                      michaeljcr
                      Raw and Unwashed
                      Joined:

                      Loving this thread, apart from the fact I now really, really, want one of the IHB-02s in natural leather… 😃

                      last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • jimmyJ
                        jimmy
                        Joined:

                        olive oil doesn't actually seem to do too much in my eyes so if thats what you like just keep it el natural

                        last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • madmondayM
                          madmonday
                          Raw and Unwashed
                          Joined:

                          nah don't agree jimmy.  let's see what happens down the road.  it's a little too early to call it.

                          head high, middle finger higher

                          last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • jimmyJ
                            jimmy
                            Joined:

                            true early days

                            last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • J
                              jacoavlu
                              Joined:

                              this read might be of interest to folks hanging around this thread
                              http://leffot.com/2011/08/31/the-brownout-by-nick-horween/

                              last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • jimmyJ
                                jimmy
                                Joined:

                                nice link jaco.

                                last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • RolloR
                                  Rollo
                                  Joined:

                                  @seawolf:

                                  A bit of warning: Olive oil rots over time, and smells really bad. I thought it would be a good idea to oil my big butcher block with olive oil, because, you know, its a cutting board, so what better to oil it with than olive oil, right? Wrong! After about a year, I noticed a foul odor that actually permeated the food and tasted horrible. I can't imagine the effect would be less on a nice piece of leather. Since that incident, I got a new butcher block, and oil it with mineral oil, which won't rot, and keeps my block looking (and smelling) fresh!

                                  As good as that olive oiled leather looks, I would strongly advise NOT using olive oil on your own belts!

                                  There's a good reason your chopping board became stinky.
                                  Oil creates a seal, that will seal any sort of dirt, mud or tiny chopping remnants inside of it. It'd be like coating a piece of meat in vaseline so it degrades in an almost oxygen free environment and any space in that seal is going to reek.

                                  last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • Finn666F
                                    Finn666
                                    Joined:

                                    any news?…

                                    last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • Max PowerM
                                      Max Power
                                      Raw and Unwashed
                                      Joined:

                                      Yup, would be great!

                                      @elclintor:

                                      > I don't care what people say.. The Max Power way is the right way…

                                      last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • GilesG
                                        Giles
                                        IHUK Crew
                                        Joined:

                                        Will post next week unless they get stolen from the garden whilst we are away…..

                                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                                        last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • Finn666F
                                          Finn666
                                          Joined:

                                          thanks a lot G. - have save and great trip y´all…enjoy!

                                          last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • GilesG
                                            Giles
                                            IHUK Crew
                                            Joined:

                                            Two months outside now.  Pre application…..

                                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                                            last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                                            • First post
                                              Last post
                                            Copyright Iron Heart 2022.