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Leather Preservative Experiment

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    mclaincausey
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    Joined: 12 Apr 2013

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

    Think it, be it.

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      dave28
      Joined: 22 Aug 2010

      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.

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        mclaincausey
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        Joined: 12 Apr 2013

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

        Think it, be it.

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          mclaincausey
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          Joined: 12 Apr 2013

          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.

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            Chris
            Raw and Unwashed
            Joined: 28 Jun 2010

            @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?

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              seawolf
              Mod Squad
              Joined: 28 Oct 2011

              @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

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                dave28
                Joined: 22 Aug 2010

                @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.

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                  Chris
                  Raw and Unwashed
                  Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                  @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.

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                    seawolf
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                    Joined: 28 Oct 2011

                    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 16 Sept 2018, 20:34 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                      seawolf
                      Mod Squad
                      Joined: 28 Oct 2011

                      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

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                        Giles
                        IHUK Crew
                        Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                        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

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