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

    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

    Leather Preservative Experiment

    The Resource Centre
    56
    184
    61.5k
    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:

      @urbanwoodsman:

      Also, were the pastes/waxes applied then hit with a heat gun?

      No, just rubbed in with a cloth

      "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
      • toddjcoleyT
        toddjcoley
        Joined:

        The lp seems to have less cracking and marks from the bend test. Do you think any are better?

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

          IMO the LP is best.  Remind me to show them to you when you are next down.

          "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
          • ohighyoO
            ohighyo
            Joined:

            @dcg:

            This thread is the sort of thing that really sets Giles apart from other retailers.  Such a cool idea.  Thanks, G!

            Agreed

            Slipping gradually into senility

            last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • mclaincauseyM
              mclaincausey
              見習いボス
              Joined:

              I'd think that vegetable oils (like olive oil) that can go rancid would be a bad idea.

              Think it, be it.

              last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • dave28D
                dave28
                Joined:

                I made the fatal error of putting neatsfoot oil on several pairs of leather shoes and boots.

                Mould, mould and more mould. Disgusting stuff ruined all my leather goods.

                last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • mclaincauseyM
                  mclaincausey
                  見習いボス
                  Joined:

                  That's crazy, that's what Nick Horween says to use on cxl

                  Think it, be it.

                  last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • mclaincauseyM
                    mclaincausey
                    見習いボス
                    Joined:

                    This isn't true, mineral oil would have been fine on the butcher block (but NOT on leather).

                    The logic is entirely backwards, the entire rationale for vacuum sealing, for example, is exactly the opposite what he's describing, removing oxygen and oxidation from the material to be preserved so that it WON'T rot.

                    @Rollo:

                    @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.

                    Think it, be it.

                    last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • ChrisC
                      Chris
                      Raw and Unwashed
                      Joined:

                      @dave28:

                      I made the fatal error of putting neatsfoot oil on several pairs of leather shoes and boots.

                      Mould, mould and more mould. Disgusting stuff ruined all my leather goods.

                      Do you have any pictures of the damage?

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

                        @Chris , are you thinking it's bloom, not mold?

                        “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
                        • dave28D
                          dave28
                          Joined:

                          @Chris:

                          @dave28:

                          I made the fatal error of putting neatsfoot oil on several pairs of leather shoes and boots.

                          Mould, mould and more mould. Disgusting stuff ruined all my leather goods.

                          Do you have any pictures of the damage?

                          No but in one case I had two pairs of expensive 1000 mile leather boots.
                          I left one pair untreated and one pair treated with neatsfoot.
                          The treated pair developed green looking crud all over them where the oil was used.
                          The untreated pair stayed like new.
                          Both were kept in very similar place so I can only blame the oil really.
                          It happened with other stuff as well though, not just those boots.
                          Maybe I used too much, I don't know.

                          last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • ChrisC
                            Chris
                            Raw and Unwashed
                            Joined:

                            @seawolf:

                            @Chris , are you thinking it's bloom, not mold?

                            You read my mind. 🙂

                            Though the fact that it was green, rather than white, gives me doubt.

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

                              Yeah, agreed. My theory? There was already moisture present in the leather. That kind of reaction isn't normal.

                              “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
                              • seawolfS
                                seawolf
                                Mod Squad
                                Joined:

                                Okay, it's been over 13 years. How are the samples? 😂

                                “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
                                • GilesG
                                  Giles
                                  IHUK Crew
                                  Joined:

                                  Probably knocking around somewhere.....

                                  "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.