Conditioner for Leather Jackets

<missed this bit in previous answer>

Hmmm, you must have a different relationship with sheep to me, I've
never found the smell of lanolin terribly pleasant.

Lanolin as extracted from sheep's wool has always been presented as a
thin liquid oil at room temperature in my experience, I've never seen it
any other way in unadulterated form.

Lanolin as presented in most commercial uses is heavily perfumed hence
why it would smell nice, that's why perfume is used for - covered up the
smell of stinky bits*

JL
*That should get the wimmin going

 

Ge-Wy Leather Dressing (saddlers/ leather merchants like Lefflers and Sons/
South Melbourne).
Brilliant stuff, just rescued a horse-saddle from going to the tip with it.
Call Saddlery Trading Company 1800 777 249.
Made by GE-WY products in Singleton/ NSW.

Afterwards a good coating with sno-seal (warmed up in hot water/ microwave/
oven to makle it sorta runny), leave in "moderate" sunshine for a few hours
to make it soakin properly before polishing off.
If it has to be re-coloured, rub down jacket with acetone, then re-colour
with Raven Oil (suppliers as above), 2 coats with drying in between, then
the above procedure (Ge-Wy and Sno-Seal) after 48hr dry-out.

cheers
pete

 

But I'd *never* use eighteen pounds of hide food!

Postman Pat

 

Ya wouldn't have to. It's kinda like those bloody
Boeings: If you fly 'em far enough (past about 9 hours
in a B767 from memory), you reach a point where you
have to carry fuel to carry fuel.

So all the way from the UK, you'd prolly end up with
2 pounds of Hide Food left - the rest burns off along
the way.

G

 

Oh, Mr Slave, I'm sure you wood!

Hammo

 

Stuff I bought from Walden-Miller (and I guess they know a bit about leather) is
called "GE-WY Leather Dressing" made by GE-WY Products of Wickam NSW. Come sin
a small tin (220g) and is a pink jelly like goo (in the cool weather.)
Purports soften, preserve and waterproof, and to be good for saddlery, harness
gear, footwear, clothing, funiture, gloves, bags and hair loss. I've been using
it on my jacket for a few years now and have no complaints. The suggested
application is using a soft cloth, but I just hang the jacket in the sun to warm
it then rub the stuff in using my leather gloves. 2 birds, 1 stone I figure.
seems to work.
where to buy it? dunno I haven't run out in 5 yrs so I haven't looked lately.

good luck
rb
GS1100G
“growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional”

 

and then...

My leather lady said that animal fat rots cotton stitching. I have heard
this story several times over the years. Perhaps it doesn't matter now, as
everyone uses synthetic thread in leathers.

Gary

 

True, but then ask her why it wasn't sewn properly with beeswaxed thread.

My sister has bridles we made 25 years ago with waxed cotton thread,
still happily being used, no rotten stitching.

JL

 

My Shoei jacket[1], made in Pakistan? I doubt anyone would know
that.

And regularly Dubbined, I presume... a bit hard to re-wax thread.
I'll
ask her next time I see her (but I think she's gone back to
Canada,
sigh).

Gary

[1] 20 years old this year
--

Mark Latham, former Leader of the Alternative Liberal Party: "My
message
to the business community is that Labor is pro-growth and
pro-productivity."