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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Collection Preview - Now Live

    Leather Preservative Experiment

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    • zendeenZ
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      wow love the olive oil color. look beautiful G.

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      • jimmyJ
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        Yeah olive oil and nothing seem to do the job haha…

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        • madmondayM
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          wonder how much of a difference you would see with actual movement of the leather.  a belt or a patch on jeans bend & that's when they develop cracks & the like . . .

          head high, middle finger higher

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          • Wavey_lenzW
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            Whats the white stuff inbetween the belt holes?

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            • C
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              just extra paste that accumulated in the holes while it was being applied and was not removed

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              • GilesG
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                6 months in…

                "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

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                • SeulS
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                  LP for the win imo. Good to know, since that's what I use  😃

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                  • B
                    beautiful_FrEaK
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                    Mustang for the win IMO 😉

                    As it also kinda preserves the natural color (compare with the untreated leather, closest in color) but it also maintain the leather and keeps it in good condition

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                    • madmondayM
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                      look at the difference around the holes.  "none" seems to be showing some weathering while the treated leathers still look pretty smooth.

                      whoops looked again the "ober oil" looks to have some creases as well  :-\

                      6 months go by quickly

                      head high, middle finger higher

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                      • Finn666F
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                        LP and olive oil ftw imo…

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                        • derivative666D
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                          Love the LP great stuff

                          "honorable mention to the bearded giant aka derivative666 for being a stand up dude & not changing with the seasons since i've been around these parts" Monday

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                          • MoonshineM
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                            I don't have a favorite just yet, but it seems the Mustang is the way to go if you want to preserve the natural color, and LP or OO if you want to go a bit darker and lastly, the Oil if you want to go darker still.

                            (I'm pretty good at stating the obvious, huh?)  Good stuff, G!

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                            • GilesG
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                              8 months in…..

                              "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

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                              • FurattoHeddoF
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                                I've stopped oiling leather a long time ago, good leather doesn't need it (which the above pic seems to acknowledge to me) …

                                "Don't ever be sorry"

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                                • ChrisC
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                                  I don't know, the untreated one seems to be cracking a bit around the holes.  I'd agree that it shows good leather needs minimal care, though. 😉

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                                  • GilesG
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                                    I'm trying to resist doing a "bend test" till 12 months is up…..

                                    "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

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                                    • ChrisC
                                      Chris
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                                      Ooh, that's going to be interesting to see.

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                                      • SpaceGnomeS
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                                        awesome.  Nice work

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                                        • madmondayM
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                                          updates please when time presents itself

                                          head high, middle finger higher

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                                          • GilesG
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                                            Almost 10 months…..

                                            "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

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