Leather Preservative Experiment
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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. -
Yup, would be great!
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Yell me down, but i think olive oil has the nicest result so far.
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Yea, total agreement, suprised by the olive oil.
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Well, to give us an objective impression, you should also describe the odour of all leather pieces
Olive and Mustang are super nice. -
jeez, seems like a load of trouble.
why are you doing this again hAhahEhahahahahha . . . yikes
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@Max:
Well, to give us an objective impression, you should also describe the odour of all leather pieces
Olive and Mustang are super nice.How more objective can I be than giving you a photo with no comment?
And subjective is subjective - depends what you want to achieve. Personally I think it is remarkable that the mustang paste does not alter the original colour…..Not saying that is what I like, just think it is remarkable......
